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===Starting Activities=== | ===Starting Activities=== | ||
Activities appear in the Actions section of the frame; starting an activity amounts to creating an active instance of it, represented in the activity ring. They can be started with a single click. An activity may also be directly manipulated; dragging an activity into the ring will also | Activities appear in the Actions section of the frame; starting an activity amounts to creating an active instance of it, represented in the activity ring. They can be started with a single click. An activity may also be directly manipulated; dragging an activity into the ring will also create a new active instance of it. | ||
Visual cues differentiate between instances of an activity and the [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Icons#Activity Icons|activity icon]] in the frame. Specifically, any activity installed on the system and appearing in the Actions edge is drawn as a white outline stroke, with no fill. Upon instantiation the icon receives a fill; both [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Icons#Strokes & Fills|stroke and fill colors]] match the XO colors of the child who created it. | Visual cues differentiate between instances of an activity and the [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Icons#Activity Icons|activity icon]] in the frame. Specifically, any activity installed on the system and appearing in the Actions edge is drawn as a white outline stroke, with no fill. Upon instantiation the icon receives a fill; both [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Icons#Strokes & Fills|stroke and fill colors]] match the XO colors of the child who created it. | ||