Contemporary Control Systems BASview - Manual (Page 38)

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Graphic Screen Editing
Left-click a graphic icon in the tree to add, delete or change graphic component properties. Components
(visual items on a graphic screen) include text labels, check boxes, animations, etc.
Adding Components
To add new components to the graphic, drag an item from the device tree and drop it on the graphic. A
component selection dialog will be displayed allowing selection of a component to use for the item.
Alternately, click the button to display the Components dialog that allows adding components that are
not attached to device tree items.
Hold down the Ctrl key as you drop an item on a graphic to automatically use the last component selected.
Selecting Components
Click a component to select it. To select multiple components, hold down the Shift key while clicking — or
draw a box around the desired components by left-clicking-and-holding on the graphic background while
dragging the mouse to form a box. All components that touch or are within the box will be selected.
Positioning Components
With one or more components selected, left-click and hold on a selected component — then drag the
component(s) anywhere on the graphic screen. For only vertical movement while dragging, hold the Shift
key down. For only horizontal movement, hold the Ctrl key down.
Editing Components
Right-click a component and select "Properties" to edit the settings of a component. Multiple components
may be edited at the same time if they are all the same type. Note that this will change all of the settings
of all of the selected components, not just the settings that are changed. Click the "Apply" button to apply
and see changes. Click the "Close" button when done making changes. To change the point attached to
a component, drag the new point from the device tree and drop it on the component.
Pop-up Menu
Right-click a component to display a pop-up menu of options which include:
Properties… — Display the Properties dialog for the selected component.
Align… — Display the Align dialog to align multiple components.
Size… — Display the Size dialog to size multiple components.
Scale… — Display the Scale dialog to scale multiple components.
Delete Item(s) — Delete the selected components.
Cut Items(s) — Copy the selected components to the clipboard and delete them from this graphic.
Copy Item(s) — Copy the selected components to the clipboard.
Paste Item(s) — Paste components from the clipboard onto this graphic.
Bring to Front — Reorder selected components so they appear above other components.
Send to Back — Reorder selected components so they so they appear behind other components.
Save Component — Save the selected component and its settings as a template for easy re-use.
Components may be copied and pasted between graphics but must be re-attached if the graphics
are under different devices or if points with the same names do not exist on the second device.