Toolbars

Toolbars place commonly used commands and options within easy reach of your pointer. They can be floated over the application and moved around the screen.

Main Toolbar

To view the Main toolbar, click View > Main Toolbar.

Create Flight Plan

Creates a new route. See Using the Route Planning Tool.

Zoom in

Zooms the Enroute Chart View in one level while keeping the same center point. See Navigating the Map.

Zoom Out

Zooms the Enroute Chart View out one level while keeping the same center point. See Navigating the Map.

Previous View

Displays a previous page in the Enroute Chart View. See Navigating the Map.

Next View

Displays the next page in the Enroute Chart View (only after clicking Previous View). See Navigating the Map.

Search

Displays the Electronic Chart Data (NavData) search dialog box. See Searching for a Navaid.

Default View

Restores the Enroute Chart View to the default theme by resetting chart objects. See Setting a Default Display.

Weight & Balance

Displays the weight and balance dialog box with information for the planned flight. See Trip Weight and Balance.

Airmets/Sigmets

 

Displays and hides airmets and sigmets on the Enroute Chart View. See Text Briefing Enroute Chart Overlay.

Surface (Metars)

Displays surface winds in the Enroute Chart View. Click on the down arrow to view Winds Aloft. See Text Briefing Enroute Chart Overlay.

Winds Aloft

Displays winds aloft in the Enroute Chart View; click again to remove. See Text Briefing Enroute Chart Overlay.

Print

Prints the current screen view.

Trip Kit

Prints the information associated to your planned route. See Printing a Trip Kit.

Help

Accesses the online help system.

Chart Theme

Select a chart theme to display on the enroute chart. For more information on chart themes, see Customizing the Chart Theme.

Weather Overlay

Select a weather overlay to display on the enroute chart. For more information, see Downloading Graphics and Overlays and Viewing and Overlaying Weather Graphics.

Context Help

Displays specific help for buttons, menus, windows and other program elements. Click the Context Help button; then click the menu command, button, or screen element for information.

Preferences Toolbar

The buttons listed below hide or show data elements on the enroute chart. Depending on how far out you zoom and the theme selected, some elements might not display.

For a table listing the elements displayed in each chart theme and the maximum zoom level for each element in each theme, see Chart Object Maximum Display Scales.

To view the Preferences toolbar, click View > Preferences Toolbar.

IFR Landing Facilities

Displays or hides IFR airports in the Enroute Chart View.

VFR Landing Facilities

Displays or hides VFR airports in the Enroute Chart View.

Low Use Landing Facilities

Displays or hides low use landing facilities in the Enroute Chart View.

VORs

Displays or hides VORs in the Enroute Chart View.

Enroute NDBs

Displays or hides Enroute NDBs in the Enroute Chart View.

Terminal NDBs

Displays or hides NDBs in the Enroute Chart View.

Enroute Airspace Fixes

Displays or hides enroute intersections in the Enroute Chart View.

Terminal Fixes

Displays or hides terminal intersections in the Enroute Chart View.

Low Airways

Displays or hides low altitude airways in the Enroute Chart View.

High Airways

Displays or hides high altitude airways in the Enroute Chart View.

Terminal Airspace

Displays or hides terminal airspace in the Enroute Chart View; click again to remove.

Special Use Airspace

Displays or hides special use airspace in the Enroute Chart View.

Localizers

Displays or hides localizer feathers in the Enroute Chart View.

Marker Beacons

Displays or hides marker beacons in the Enroute Chart View.

Holding Patterns

Displays or hides holding patterns in the Enroute Chart View.

Obstacles

Displays or hides obstacles in the Enroute Chart View (not available in the High Enroute and Low Enroute theme).

ARTCC/FIR/UIR Boundaries

Displays or hides ARTCC/FIR/UIR boundaries in the Enroute Chart View.

Grid MORAs

Displays or hides grid MORAs in the Enroute Chart View (not available in the Atlas theme).

Roads

Displays or hides roads and highways  in the Enroute Chart View (not available in the High Enroute and Low Enroute theme).

Railroads

Displays or hides railroad tracks in the Enroute Chart View (not available in the High Enroute and Low Enroute theme).

Cities

Displays or hides city outlines and names in the Enroute Chart View.

Lakes/Rivers

Displays or hides inland bodies of water in the Enroute Chart View.

Terrain

Displays or hides terrain shading in the Enroute Chart View.

Floating a Toolbar

A floating toolbar is a toolbar that is displayed over the top of a View window instead of docked in the border of the window.

To float a toolbar, double-click the edge of the toolbar with the single bar.

To redock the toolbar, double-click the toolbar header.

Moving a Toolbar

The Main toolbar and the Preferences toolbar can be floated above the main JIFP window or docked at the right, left, or top edges.

To move a docked toolbar to another area:

  1. Click and hold the edge of the toolbar with the single bar.

  2. While holding down the left mouse button, move the toolbar around the edges of JIFP.

  3. Release the toolbar at the location you want it to float or dock. The toolbar docks in the areas where the toolbar border changes to a solid outline.