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Layout file

A small file Themescape writes when you arrange or build anything, holding names and positions only, never quotes.

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In more detail

The layout file is not part of the coding template and is never filled in by hand. Themescape writes it as a .json file when you have placed bubbles with Custom placement, reordered the hierarchy or file tree, or built a figure in Build mode.

It holds those arrangements as names and positions only. Since nothing about a project is kept in the browser, the layout file is the only way to keep an arrangement between sessions.

In Themescape

The layout file is saved with your progress files. Load it in the Layout slot of Start a project, or with Open layout in Build mode, to bring the arrangement back. A file that is not a Themescape layout file is turned away with a short note.

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The viewer with a theme selected, its codes around it and its definition in the panel. Sample data.

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ThemescapeProgress fileThe files the viewer saves to your computer so you can carry on where you left off. Themescape keeps no copy of your project.Read the entryThemescapeCustom placementThe Work mode tool for dragging themes and codes into an arrangement of your own, saved in the layout file.Read the entryThemescapeBuild modeA Parent mode, in beta, for turning a figure style into a finished figure, reshaping it and exporting it.Read the entryThematic analysisCandidate themeA provisional theme generated in phase 3, held loosely while the researcher reviews whether it works against the coded data and the whole dataset.Read the entryThematic analysisCodeA short label the researcher gives to a segment of data to capture something meaningful about it. Codes are the building blocks themes are developed from.Read the entryThematic analysisCodebookA structured list of codes with definitions, used in codebook approaches to thematic analysis to apply codes consistently, often across several coders.Read the entry

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