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The Properties tab is located to the right of the Event window, and this allows the user to modify the experimental design at all levels - from the runtime features of the entire experiment to the aesthethic features of individual elements.
Things To Know
- The Properties tab shows you properties of the selected element.
- Hovering over a property in the 'Properties' list will provide a brief description of the property, and the property type will often follow this description (in square brackets).
- The proxy variable can be created for selected property in the property panel.
Practical Use
Multiple elements selection
When multiple elements are selected only general properties would be shown.
You can select together elements from one event only.If you need to interact with elements from different events you can 'pin' elements to make them visible from all events.
 pin an element
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Adding proxies
When you need to change some property with your snippet, you have to make this property a proxy variable and give it its unique name, which you can use wherever you want in you snippets.
To add proxy to the property you need to press
button.
To remove existing proxy you need to press
button.
Seeing no
button near property means that proxy can't be added to this property.
You can organize your variables into groups. When you add a new proxy variable, you can either include it into the existing group or create a new one.
You can add proxy to several elements also.This can be done by adding proxy either as proxy array or as proxy hub.
 Adding proxy
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Adding single proxy
Single proxy associates one property with one variable.
 proxy array
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Adding proxy array
Proxy array is an indexed array containing several proxy variables linked to the same property of different objects. You can change the properties of different objects independently.
 proxy array
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Adding proxy hub
Proxy hub allows to modify a property of multiple linked objects at the same time, with a single proxy variable.
 proxy hub
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Property attributes
A property's attributes determine how it can be accessed. Although most properties are available for use in code snippets through the parameters functionality,the property attributes can impose certain restictions on such interactions.
- Run-time only: This attribute means that the property can be accessed only in the run-time. Such a property can be used only in conjunction with parameters functionality with property values to be read and written in code snippets.
- Read-only: These properties are informative values. For example, it can be the statistics relating to the timing of EventIDE collected through a experiment run. Read-only properties can be used with parameter functionality and be read in code snippets like others. However, their values cannot be set- all assignments will be ignored.
- Design-time only: The properties with this attribute can be changed only at designtime and during the running of an experiment their values are fixed or not used. Typically these properties provide supplementary information (such as an event's title) or they hold global settings such as display resolution that can not be changed in runtime. Design-time properties cannot be made into parameters.
Search
When you type something you'd like find in the Search field, it shows you a list of elements, which have titles with the same letter combination.
Search results can be shown not sorted or sorted alphabetically or sorted by category when the proper button is pressed.
 Search field
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Standard editors ¶
Text editor
You can enter any text that you need to this field.
 Text field
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Drop-down list
You can select the value of this property from the drop-down list of values.
 Drop-down list
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Color editor
You can choose the desirable color either by selecting it from the list at the bottom of drop-down box or by typing its numerical values in RGB directly to the proper fields.
 Color editor
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Position editor
You can change position of the selected element either by dragging it with your mouse or by typing coordinates in the proper fields (X and Y fields).
R field is ..........
Theta field is ......
 Position editor
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Size editor
You can change size of the selected element either by changing it directly with your mouse or by typing width and height in the proper fields.
 Size editor
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Slider editor
You can change value of this property from min to max by moving the slider fro the beginng to the end of the scale.
 Slider editor
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