User`s manual

8. Layout Editor
Barco – Apollo – DOC-3197-2 – user's manual – Revision 08 – November 2006
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8.3.3.2 Layout properties
Enter the Name, Short Name and Description for a new layout or edit these parameters for an existing layout.
The Short Name is used by the Layout Selector to label the layout button. This attribute does not have any
other use. If no Short Name is defined, the Layout Selector labels the layout button with the Name. Short
Name and Name can be identical..
Description is a free text field you can use to enter additional layout information such as use, author, etc. The
Layout Group field is used by the Layout Selector to display all or only certain layouts. Select a suitable group
for the layouts and assign a group designation to each layout. Each layout can belong to only one group! A layout
to be used with different groups has to be copied to each group.
In the tree view of the Layout editor, the layouts are listed as entries of the node of the layout group.
Use the selected name to later load this window arrangement.
Assign one or more categories: A layout can only be loaded into a region if the category matches Enter a semi-
colon to separate multiple categories.
If category is left empty, a layout can be loaded into every region.
Check opaque if you want to display exclusively the windows of this layout. All other windows (e.g. from other
layouts) are minimized. This command and its effects are applied only to the region in which the layout is
loaded. In case no regions are defined, the windows of the entire Display Wall are minimized.
Use Tiles to divide the screen into horizontal and vertical fields, which facilitates the accurate positioning and
sizing of a window. If a window is moved , it snaps to the tile grid with its upper left corner; height and width
are always multiples of the grid distance.
The layout can be protected against being managed by setting the hidden property. A hidden layout is accessi-
ble neither via the user interface nor by the Control Room Bus.