# Interface Overview

Exaplay 3 has three web-based views, each targeting a different role:

| View                 | URL path   | Who uses it                                      |
| -------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Main Editor**      | `/`        | Operator / programmer setting up the show        |
| **Operator Control** | `/control` | Stage operator running the show                  |
| **User Panel**       | `/user`    | Simple remote triggering for non-technical users |

All views connect to the same C++ engine and share live project state over WebSocket.

![Three views overview](/files/aMeJJWP3tF8LWpM7bAhR)

## Layout of the Main Editor

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Header bar  [Logo]  [Screen tabs]  [Transport]  [Config] [Diag]    │
├──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┤
│                                      │                              │
│         Composition Canvas           │       Inspector Panel        │
│         (outputs / preview)          │       (selected item props)  │
│                                      │                              │
├──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┤
│  Sub-header  [Timeline | CueList]                                   │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                      │
│         Timeline / Cue List / Plan (bottom panel)                   │
│                                                                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  File Browser  [Media | Live Feeds | Targets | Visualizer]          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

Each area is documented in its own page:

* [Main Editor View](/v3/user-interface/main-view.md) — composition canvas, header toolbar
* [Operator Control View](/v3/user-interface/control-view.md) — simplified show-running interface
* [Inspector Panel](/v3/user-interface/inspector.md) — properties of the selected clip or layer
* [File Browser](/v3/user-interface/filebrowser.md) — media, live feeds, targets, visualizer tabs
* [Timeline](/v3/user-interface/timeline.md) — clip arrangement, tracks, playhead
* [Cue List](/v3/user-interface/cuelist.md) — cue-based triggering workflow
* [Custom Controls](/v3/user-interface/custom-controls.md) — pin Inspector parameters to the operator panel
* [User Panel Builder](/v3/user-interface/user-panel-builder.md) — create custom pages for end users


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