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General Editors
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A plus-sign at the cursor during dragging indicates that the element will be brought
into the editor window. After having been dropped, the element will be displayed in
the visualization.
Another way to insert an element is via command Add Visualelement, by default in the
'Visualization' menu, which leads to a submenu providing the available elements like
the toolbox does. If necessary use the Customization dialog to configure menus and
commands regarding command category 'Visual Commands'.
For inserting other visualizations in a frame element of the current visualization use
the Frame Selection command, by default also available in the Visualization menu.
After having inserted an element you can select it and change position, size, order and
alignment directly within the visualization editor resp. configure further parameters in
the element properties window.
Notice the standard library for visualization elements: VisuElems.library.
13.18.2 Selecting elements
A selected element is provided with small squares on the outline indicating the points
which then can be selected via a further mouse-click to change position or size.
To select a visualization element move the mouse on an element. As soon as the
cursor symbol converts to a hand-symbol, perform a mouse-click.
Multiple selection is possible by keeping the <Shift>-key pressed when selecting the
particular elements or by drawing a rectangle around multiple elements with the left
mouse-button. Also notice the respective "Visual commands" 'Select all' and 'Select
none'.
Alternatively elements can be selected in the Element List. There also single
subelements of a group can be selected.
Keyboard Usage:
When an element is selected, the selection can be shifted to the next element
according to the insertion order (z-order) via the <Tabulator> key, via <Shift> +
<Tabulator> will shift to the previous one.
By using the <Space> bar when an element is selected, a text input field gets opened.
After having entered a string, that will be applied to the element (element property
"text") as soon as having closed the edit field via the <Enter> key.
The properties of the currently selected element immediately will be displayed in the
Visualization Element Properties window and can be edited there. If multiple elements
are currently selected, the property modifications will be applied to all.