Editing Element Properties

You can control the appearance of an element, a group of elements, or multiple elements with functions on the toolbar and properties shown in the Properties Editor of the Industrial Graphic Editor.

Often you can edit an element by changing the values of its properties instead of using the mouse to perform the same function. This is useful when you want very exact editing, such as when you want to resize an element to a specific width.

The Properties Editor shows the properties common to all selected elements.

• Read-only properties appear in grey.

• Non-default values appear in bold.

  Note: The Properties Editor not only supports values, but also allows input of color, font, and file information in the respective dialog boxes.

  Properties are organized in categories so you can find them more easily. The following table shows the categories:

  Property Category	Purpose
  Graphic	Element name or other describing identifiers
  Appearance	Element style, location, size, orientation, offset, transparency and locked status
  Fill Style	Any parameters related to the fill appearance of the element
  Line Style	Any parameters related to the appearance of element lines
  Text Style	Any parameters related to the appearance of element text
  Runtime Behavior	Element visibility, tab order and any other element behavior at run time
  Custom Properties	Additional user-defined properties you can associate with any element

Related Topics

Working with Graphic Elements