The Editor
Tamara
King
tik@acm.org
The Editor
The editor is based on &designer;, a tool for designing and implementing user interfaces created by Trolltech. We have modified &designer; in the following ways:
Its interface is much simpler
Built in our own widgets
Added the ability to setup &kommander; Text
Various other superficial changes
For those of you already familiar with using &designer;, using the &kmdr-editor; will be trivial.
Main Window
Toolbars contain a number of buttons to provide quick access to number of functions.
The File Overview displays all of the files. Use the search field to rapidly switch between files.
The Object Explorer provides an overview of the relationships between the widgets in a form. It is useful for selecting widgets in a form with a complex layout.
The Property Editor is where the behavior and appearance of a widget is changed.
The Dialog Editor is where dialogs are created and edited.
The File Menu
&Ctrl;N
File
New
Creates a new dialog
&Ctrl;O
File
Open
Search the file system to open an existing dialog
File
Open Recent
Quick list of the last several files you've opened. This list will change each time you open a file that is not on it with the oldest being bumped off first.
File
Close
Closes the active dialog
&Ctrl;S
File
Save
Saves the active dialog
File
Save As
Saves the active dialog with another name
File
Save All
Saves all open dialogs
File
Exit
Quits &kommander;
The Edit Menu
&Ctrl;Z
Edit
Undo
Undo the last action performed.
&Ctrl;Y
Edit
Redo
Redo the last action undone.
&Ctrl;X
Edit
Cut
Cut the current item and place it content on the clipboard.
&Ctrl;C
Edit
Copy
Copy the current item to the clipbard.
&Ctrl;V
Edit
Paste
Paste the contents of the clipboard at the current cursor position.
&Ctrl;Z
Edit
Delete
Delete the current item.
Del
Edit
Select All
Select all of the items in the current dialog.
&Alt;R
Edit
Check Accelerators
Verifies that all the accelerators are used only once.
Edit
Connectors
Displays the view and edit connections dialog.
Edit
Form Setting
Displays the form setting dialog.
Edit
Preferences
Displays the preferences dialog.
The Tools Menu
F2
Tools
Pointer
F3
Tools
Connect Signal/Slots
F3
Tools
Tab Order
Tools
&kommander;
Here there are listed all the &kommander; widgets. This widgets are guaranteed to be available on every system running the same (or higher) version of &kommander;.
Tools
Custom
The widgets provided by the plugins will be listed under this menu entry. The dialogs using these widgets will run only if the plugin that provides them is installed and configured.
The Layout Menu
&Ctrl;J
Layout
Adjust Size
&Ctrl;H
Layout
Lay Out Horizontally
&Ctrl;L
Layout
Lay Out Vertically
&Ctrl;G
Layout
Lay Out in a Grid
Layout
Lay Out Horizontally (in Splitter)
Layout
Lay Out Vertically (in Splitter)
&Ctrl;B
Layout
Break Layout
Layout
Add Spacer
The Run Menu
&Ctrl;R
Run
Run Dialog
Runs the current dialog.
The Window Menu
&Ctrl;F4
Window
Close
Closes current dialog.
Window
Close All
Closes all dialogs.
&Ctrl;F6
Window
Next
&Ctrl;&Shift;F6
Window
Previous
Window
Tile
Window
Cascade
Window
Views
Window
Views
File Overview
Window
Views
Object Explorer
Window
Views
Property Editor/Signal Handlers
Window
Views
Line Up
Window
Toolbars
Window
Toolbars
File
Window
Toolbars
Edit
Window
Layout
File
Window
Toolbars
Tools
Window
Toolbars
&kommander;
Window
Toolbars
Custom
Window
Toolbars
Help
Window
Toolbars
Line Up
The Settings Menu
Settings
Configure Shortcuts
See and modify the editor keyboard shortcuts.
Settings
Configure Plugins
Add or remove &kommander; plugins. The editor needs to be restarted after a new plugin is added.
Settings
Configure Editor
Configure the text editor used for modifying the Kommander text associated with widgets.
Settings
Configure &kommander;
Configure how the editor looks and works.
The Help Menu
&help.menu.documentation;