The Viewbar is a quick access bar at the bottom of your screen. On the left, you can show or hide the Explorer or Ingredients panels.
Explorer and Ingredients
On the right, you can switch between Design View, Images View, Ingredient View, and Score View.
Design View, Images View, Ingredient View, and Score View
In the next group on the right, you can launch a Search to find experiments or projects, open the Image Navigator, or open the Plate Notes panel.
Find Drops, Navigator and Plate Notes
The slider is a zoom slider. If you drag it to the right, you will zoom in on your plate; if you drag it to the left, you will zoom out.
Zoom slider