Information tree


It's a panel on the left of program's window. It contains information about readers, smart cards, keys and certificates shown in hierarchic structure. The tree shows to a user brief summary of all information. Click on particular item to see more detailed information in information window.

Tree hierarchy has 4 levels:

  1. smart card reader
  2. smart card
  3. RSA keys or data objects
  4. certificates
Smart card reader is the root (the first level) of tree hierarchy. The second level is a smart card inserted into reader's slot. As the third level, bellow a smart card, there is a list of keys stored on the card. The last level is a list of certificates linked with a certain key.
Data objects are displayed on the same level as the keys - below the card.

While moving through the tree, information shown in information window is updated and relevant menu options are also either activated or deactivated. For example if the user chooses a reader in the tree, the operations with certificates aren't available, if a key is selected it's not possible to export certificate etc.

Click with right mouse button shows context menu for some tree items. The context menu helps to perform operations quickly and easily.

Ref. also to information window.