Option Box

The option box is a simple visual metaphor used throughout the Rapid Recovery Console in order to decrease the complexity associated with a function. When an option box appears on the screen, it means that there are additional options that are available. These additional options are, as you would expect, optional. Thus the user does not need to configure options unless there is some aspect of the system that they wish to specially configure. The text associated with an option box depicts the purpose of a collection of options.

An option box may appear as either open or closed. The text associated with the option box typically changes based on the state of the option box. This is depicted and discussed below.

A closed box and its associated text represent that the options are not available. In order to make the options available, the user must select the closed box in order to open it.
An open box and its associated text represent that the options are currently available and are depicted on the screen. In order to make the options unavailable, the user must select the opened box in order to close it.

Note that the act of opening and closing a box does not change the state of the options themselves; the act of opening and closing a box simply changes the visibility of the configurable options.