Right-click Menu Commands
- Last UpdatedOct 27, 2025
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As explained above, the menu that appears by right-clicking on a node is context-sensitive. The menu will display a selection of the following commands:
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Edit Detail |
Displays a window for editing the data of the item represented by the selected node. For further information, refer to Edit and Rename Items in the Equipment View. |
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Edit Terminations |
Displays the Terminations window. For further information, refer to Terminations User Interface. |
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Various Add.... commands: |
Selecting an Add... command will display a window for adding equipment to the Wiring Manager database. The item to be added is created at the equipment node (or Area node if an Area node is selected) selected when the right-click menu was opened (the node that was right-clicked on). For further information, refer to Add Area, Buildings, Equipment Rooms and Vendor Packages, Add Cabinets and Junction Boxes, Add Field Devices, and Terminal Strips, Earth Bars, Din Rails, Devices, I/O, Modules, Compartments and Group Labels. |
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Cut |
Used to move the currently selected equipment node.
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Paste |
Used to complete a copy or move/cut. |
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Note: Wiring Manager will only allow copying/moving to a valid parent node based on equipment type. For example a Cabinet cannot be pasted (copied or moved) to a Terminal Strip or a DIN Rail copied to an Plant Area or a Cabinet/Panel to a Cabinet/Panel. |
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Copy |
Used to copy the currently selected equipment node. 1. Select the node to copy 2. Right-click the node, and select Copy. 3. Select the new parent node (for example, a Plant Area, Building, or Room). 4. Right-click and select Paste from the menu. This command also copies any internal components (DIN Rails, terminal strips, and devices if the selected equipment node has any). Any 'Links' and/or 'Looping Wires' are also copied. |
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Copy (with 'From' cables) |
This menu option only appears if the node selected has 'From' cables (that means, cables in the cable schedule leading from this equipment). 1. Select the node to copy 2. Right-click the node, and select Copy (with From cables). 3. Select the new parent node (for example, a Plant Area, Building, or Room). 4. Right-click and select Paste from the menu. This command is the same as the above Copy command but also copies any cables and terminates the new cables exactly as the cables are terminated in the original 'source' equipment selected. The Copy Equipment with Cables window is displayed. This window is used to assign new Cable Numbers to the copied cables. For further information, refer to Copy Equipment. |
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This is command is ideal for copying Junction Boxes with their main multi-pair (or 'home-run') cables. |
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Delete |
Used to delete the item (node). |
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Refresh |
Refreshes the view and closes all the sub-menus. |
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Find |
Displays a window used to enter a Tag Number and search for it within the Equipment View. |
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Collapse All |
Closes all the tree "branches". Also available on the Tools - Equipment Tree tab. |
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Expand Selected |
Opens all the sub-"branches" for the selected item. Also available on the Tools - Equipment Tree tab. |
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Print Preview Terminations |
Displays Termination Reports for the currently selected equipment node as a Print Preview (if the node represents Equipment). |
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Ferrule No Report |
Displays a window that shows all wire ferrule numbers for each terminal strip/device in the selected equipment allowing for easy definition of ferrule/wire numbers. |
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Auto Ferrule Selected Equipment |
Used to automatically add ferrule numbers to the wire ends connected to the equipment in accordance with pre-defined numbering rules. Accesses a sub-menu from where the left, right or both sides of the equipment can be selected for numbering. For further information, refer to Update Ferrule Numbers using Ferrule Rules. |
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Create Wiring |
Used to create the wiring for a field device. For further information, refer to Create Wiring for Field Devices. |
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Wiring Check Report |
Opens a report that displays the wiring for field devices that have had wiring created for them. For further information, refer to Field Device Wiring Reports. |
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Junction Box Allocation |
Used to allocate field devices (from the Engineer’s Instrument List) to a selected Junction Box. For further information, refer to Assign Field Devices to Junction Boxes. |
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Attached Documents |
Displays the Attached Documents window. For further information, refer to Attachments (External Documents). |
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Enhanced Termination Report |
Displays the Enhanced Termination Report window. For further information, refer to Enhanced Termination Reports. |
Notes: Wiring Manager is configured to allow only certain types of Equipment objects to be
'external' or 'internal' to other equipment types. For example, a Cabinet cannot be
created or pasted (copied or moved) to a Terminal Strip or a DIN Rail created or copied
or moved to a Plant Area.
Equipment can also be accessed from Wiring Manager's Equipment List grid. The Equipment List support the Grid Manager, filtering.