Pieces window

In the Pieces window all pieces in a style are displayed - even if there are not placed on the Working Area. The selected piece(s) in the Working Area is also highlighted in the Pieces window.

 

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Location

• Menu: View> Pieces window (1)

 

To work with the Pieces window:

 

1. Invoke the 'Pieces window'.

2. Select piece(s).

 

2. Two pieces selected in the Working Area, are highlighted in the Pieces window

 

The currently selected piece is highlighted in the Pieces window

 

Dialog Explanation

 

Right click over the Pieces window, in order to open the context menu dialog.

 

3. Right click

 

Edit/ Piece

 

Shortcut to commands that are present in the Edit menu.

 

Delete

Remove Piece

 

Piece(s) Attributes

Invoke the Piece Properties.

 

Zoom All

Show all the pieces.

 

4. Not all pieces appear

 

5. After 'Zoom All', all pieces appear in the window

 

Pieces window Options

 

This dialog box controls the appearance of the Pieces window.

 

6.

 

Align Pieces To The Top/Left

 

7. Aligned to Top

 

8. Aligned to Left

 

List Mode (Full Piece Name On The Right)

 

When enabled the, pieces appear with the full name or else it will be trimmed.  It is recommended to have this field disabled, as it takes too much space.

 

9.

 

Show Pieces In One Scale

 

Show the pieces of different size as the same size in the Pieces window.

 

10. Disabled

 

11. Enabled

 

Allow Drag (Reorder)

 

Allow dragging the pieces in order to reorder them.

 

12. Click and drag..

 

13. ...pieces are reordered

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

 

• Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Up/Down - Change the pieces size, in the Pieces window.

 

14. Original size

 

15. Pieces got bigger