Panels & the Organizer

The Organizer is the layout box in the Method column of the Workbench (the Analyses drawer at the top left lists your analyses and organizers). A layout is a grid of panels; each panel shows one figure from any analysis — or an image you upload — and the whole layout exports as one figure.

Building a layout

Create a layout

Analyses drawer (☰) → + new organizer

Layouts and analyses are listed under separate headers; double-click either to rename it.

Add a figure to the Organizer

Under any figure → + Add to organizer → choose the layout (or the default one)

The figure lands in the next empty panel; it stays linked to its analysis, so re-running the analysis updates the panel.

Add a figure by dragging

Analyses drawer (☰) → open the organizer → drag a figure thumbnail from an analysis into a panel

An empty panel reads “Add a figure from any analysis, drag a panel here, or Upload image…”.

Arranging panels

Reorder panels

Layout → hover a panel → Move → drop it on another panel

The two panels swap; letters renumber automatically.

Set the grid

Layout → Panels: → columns × rows

Empty panels are kept in the export only if they hold something; the grid can be widened at any time.

Panel numbering and labels

Layout → Panels: → letter style (A, a, 1) and position

Every panel carries a letter in its corner; the style applies to all panels of the layout.

Remove a panel

Layout → hover the panel → remove (×) or Delete

Removing a panel does not delete the analysis it came from.

Images in panels

Add an image to a panel

Layout → empty panel → Upload image… → choose the file (PNG, JPG, SVG, TIFF)

A photo of the samples, a micrograph, a schematic — anything you want beside the figures.

Fit, fill or stretch the image

Layout → the image panel → Edit imageFit to panel / Fill panel (crop edges) / Keep aspect (letterbox) / Stretch to panel

Fit keeps the whole image; Fill crops to the panel’s shape; Stretch distorts and is rarely what you want.

Panel-level styling

Panel border and spacing

Layout → Panel border / Spacing:

Applies to the layout as a whole.

Style one panel

Click the panel → Figure stylingOne panel

The figure’s own styling tabs apply to the panel; Harmonise in Saved styles makes every panel share one style.

Export the layout

Layout → Export → format and DPI → Download

See Exporting & downloading.

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