24.2 Edit Toolbar

The Edit toolbar on the Kaleido Layout Editor screen contains shortcuts to various commands. All but two of these are accessible through the menus, and some are also available through keyboard shortcuts. The following figure illustrates these icons:

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Keybd

Equiv.

Menu Access

Description of Function

1

CTRL+N

File-New...

Opens the New Layout Format dialog to create a new layout.

2

CTRL+F

File-Open-File

Opens a saved offline Layout.

3

CTRL+S

File-Save (Save as...)

Saves the current Layout (opens the Save file dialog box for a new file).

4

CTRL+X

Edit-Cut

Remove the selected element from the Layout and store it in the clipboard.

5

CTRL+C

Edit-Copy

Make a copy of the selected element and store it in the clipboard.

6

CTRL+V

Edit-Paste

Paste the copy of the clipboard contents into the layout.

7

CTRL-Z

Edit-Undo

Undo last action.

8

CTRL-Y

Edit-Redo

Redo an undone action.

9

 

Draw-Snap to Grid

Toggles the Snap-to-Grid feature. The appearance of the icon indicates the current status:

ON OFF

10

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Lefts

Align the left sides of all selected elements to the left side of the first-selected element.

11

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Centers

Align the centers of all selected elements to the center of the first-selected element.

12

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Rights

Align the right sides of all selected elements to the right side of the first-selected element.

13

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Tops

Align the tops of all selected elements to the top of the first-selected element.

14

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Middles

Align the middles of all selected elements to the middle of the first-selected element.

15

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Bottoms

Align the bottoms of all selected elements to the bottom of the first-selected element.

16

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Distribute Horizontally

Distribute the selected items horizontally.

17

 

Draw-Align or Distribute-Distribute Vertically

Distribute the selected items vertically.

18

 

Draw-Order-Send to Back

Move the selected element to the back of the layout. It will be hidden by any other element.

19

 

Draw-Order-Bring to Front

Move the selected element to the front of the layout. It will hide any other element.

20

   

Change the fill color of the current object to the fill color shown beneath the icon. Click on the down-arrow beside the icon to open a window to select other colors. Applies only to Text Labels and Background.

21

   

Change the text color of the current component to the text color shown beneath the icon. Click on the down-arrow beside the icon to open a window to select other colors. Applies only to Text Labels, UMD text and Alarm Group Inhibit buttons.

22

   

Change the font of the current component for on-screen text displays, digital clocks and count-down timers. The selected font can include Unicode characters for support of Japanese, Chinese and other international languages.

23

   

Set the font size for a selected element

24

 

View-Zoom

Select the view magnification for the Kaleido Layout. Applies only to the layout as viewed on KEdit.

25

 

Draw-Lock selected layout

Lock or unlock the current layout (Monitors and Components cannot be moved or resized in a locked Layout). The appearance of the icon indicates the current status:

LOCKED UNLOCKED


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