Using it Offline
You will need a folder containing:
- The Java archive of class files, jigsaw.jar
- The binary template for edge shape, templedge.png
- The sound file for pieces joining, click.wav
- An html file which calls the applet, jigsaw.html
- A child folder containing the image files, pictures.
These files are all created by unzipping jigsaw.zip. Add any images of your own in jpg, png or gif format to the pictures folder. For basic offline operation, open the file jigsaw.html in your Java-enabled browser. An options window will pop up which allows selection of:
- Image File to use.
- Background colour [select hue/tint and then saturation in special window].
- Number of pieces horizontally (Pieces are constructed from template to the exact size required).
- Number of pieces vertically.
- Whether to show the original faded as a guide.
- Whether to show thumbnail as guide.
- Whether to have square pieces which can be rotated (right mouse).
- Whether to use the actual size of image or scale it to take a certain percentage of the space.
Clicking thumbnail checkbox allows a preview of the image; in addition the thumbnail can be viewed while solving the puzzle by holding down the right mouse button not on a piece. Shift-right-click will reshow the options window during solving.
In fullscreen mode (F11), pop-up windows cannot be used. In this case use the html file fullscreen.html which starts with a Javascript form for option selection.