The purpose/meaning of buttons/icons in short
On a desktop/laptop the icons may show a tooltip when hovering the mouse pointer over an icon. So , no general rule if and what which touch devices show on tap and hold.
Diagram captions
Reload
The wand (re)loads a diagram.
Resume
The play button resumes the animation of a diagram.
The animation may quit too soon, resulting in stretch diagrams or even something that looks like throwing a fishing net that did not yet unfold. The resume button is there to continue the animation.
Pair diagrams in the stitches don’t start the animation at all. Using the resume button may bridge the difference in shapes of the holes between pattern definition and thread diagram. For example for dropped stitches or irregular holes. An example of the latter is the TesseLace pattern 3x4_447 which becomes surprisingly regular. See also reshape patterns. The wand will reload the initial shape.
Panel size
The buttons maximize, default, minimize can be convinient on desktops/laptops but are essential on touch devices.
Depending on the browser/device, the diagrams may have a hot corner
in the south-east, where the sliders meet as shown on the right.
Drag this corner to adjust the available space.
The buttons shown here (maximize, default, minimize)are an alternative when the hot corner is not available, for example on touch devices.
A half minute video clip shows how to use the set of buttons.
Download
The button lets you save a single diagram. For complete pages: see print as PDF.
Details about download types here.
Mobile devices
Menu
Mobile devices may not have room for a menu in the sidebar. Then a floating hamburger jumps to the menu.