Properties Editor

The Properties Editor is where you can add the Level B and C Properties of Local Property, Local Personal Property, Local Role Property, Global Property, Global Personal Property and Property Group types. A Property Group references all of the Property types.

 


The Properties Editor Panel

 

To Add a new Property or Property Group, right-click on the "Properties" tree node and select one of the New->Property menu items. Alternatively, you can select the File->New->Properties menu item from the main menu.

To Delete a Property or Property Group, right-click on the tree and select the Delete menu item. Alternatively, you can select the Edit->Delete menu item from the main menu, or click on the Delete toolbar button.

To Rename a Property or Property Group, right-click on the tree and select the Rename menu item. Alternatively, you can select the Edit->Rename menu item from the main menu. Note that in the case of Global Property and Global Personal Property types you cannot rename them if they are set to "Existing" since these types do not contain a "title" element. In this case the component's displayed name is either "Global Property" plus the HREF value, or "Global Personal Property" plus the HREF value.

To Move Up a Property, right-click on the tree and select the Move Up menu item. Alternatively, you can select the Edit->Move Up menu item from the main menu or click on the toolbar button.

To Move Down a Property, right-click on the tree and select the Move Down menu item. Alternatively, you can select the Edit->Move Down menu item from the main menu or click on the toolbar button.

 

Adding Property References

Property Group types consist of references to the other Property types.

Property references are indicated by the Property shortcut icon
Property Group references are indicated by the Property Group shortcut icon

There are two methods of Adding Property References to a Property Group. Either:

Select with the mouse any Property and other Property Group tree nodes and drag and drop them on to a Property Group tree node.

or

Right-click on a Property Group tree node and select the New->Property Ref menu item. Alternatively, you can select the File->New->Properties->Property Ref menu item from the main menu. A dialog box will appear allowing you to select the available Properties that you can reference:


The Property Ref dialog

Select the Properties you wish to reference and click OK. The Property reference(s) will appear as shortcut nodes on the tree.

Double-clicking on one of these reference-type icons will automatically take you to the component that is being referenced. Alternatively, you can right-click on the reference-type icon and select the "Go to referenced component" menu item.

See also:

Local Property Editor
Local Personal Property Editor
Local Role Property Editor
Global Property Editor
Global Personal Property Editor
Property Group Editor