Topic 1.1.3: Object Editor Changes
A number of changes are available in the Object Editor.
1. Graphics Tab Is Removed
The Graphics tab no longer appears in the Object Editor. Symbol functionality is incorporated into the Attributes tab.
2. Attributes Tab
The Attributes tab includes new panes and features:
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- Symbols Pane: Symbol functionality is available on the Symbols pane. Buttons and controls are provided to allow adding symbols, linking external symbols, duplicating symbols, accessing the Symbol Editor to edit symbols, and deleting symbols.
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Object Wizard Panes: The Choices and Options and Settings panes are available for configuring Object Wizards. Buttons and controls are provided for adding, removing, and testing wizard options.
3. Bulk Attribute Editing
When configuring attributes in the Object Editor, you can select and edit multiple attributes at once. For example, you can select one or more attributes and apply Features, such as IO and alarms, and perform other operations.
Multi-selection is supported for operations such as:
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- Enabling, disabling, and configuring Features for selected attributes
- Duplicating selected attributes
- Deleting selected attributes
- Associating selected attributes to Choices and Options
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For example: to apply the I/O Feature to multiple attributes, select the attributes that you want to configure and select the I/O Feature. When prompted to enable this feature on the selected attributes, click Yes.