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The Contacts window contains the contact thumbnails list, a toolbar, the contact display with
associated properties table, and the staging table. Contacts that you have marked are visible in
the contact thumbnails list (unless you have previously set a filter in the search bar), but the
contact display, properties table, and staging table do not open by default. Each element of the
Contacts window can be resized by hovering over the edge of the panel, and clicking and
dragging.
8.2.1 Thumbnails List
Thumbnails are smaller views of the contact, shown in the thumbnails list. To adjust the size of
the thumbnail panel, click on the slider bar and drag to the desired size. From the list, you
classify contacts and control the display of contacts in other elements of the Contacts window.
The context menu includes commands to rename, edit comments, assign new tags, filter by tag,
add contacts to the staging table, or delete contacts. Right-click on a thumbnail to access this
menu.
When you click or right-click on a thumbnail, this selects the contact and displays it in the
contact display. To control which contacts display:
Select multiple adjacent contacts by clicking on the first thumbnail, holding Shift and
clicking on the last thumbnail.
Select multiple non-adjacent contacts by clicking on a thumbnail, then holding Ctrl and
clicking on each thumbnail.
Select all contacts by clicking on a thumbnail, then pressing Ctrl+A.
Remove all contacts from the contact display by clicking in the empty space in the
thumbnail list.
These standard Windows selection commands also apply to selecting multiple contacts for
context menu options.
8.2.2 Contacts Toolbar
The icons in the Contacts toolbar are pictured and described in Table 6. To hide the toolbar,
click the small Left arrow at the extreme left of the toolbar.
Table 6. Contacts Toolbar Icons
Icon Icon Name
Function
Import contacts
Import contacts from another SAMM project to the current
project
Pan/Zoom cursor
Suppress selection mouse commands and activate navigation
commands
Mark the contact
center
Change the recorded position of the contact
Contact width
Measure the width of the contact and save it as an attribute
Contact length
Measure the length and save it as an attribute
Shadow length
Measure the shadow length and save it as an attribute
Tiles
Show only selected thumbnails in the display
Properties
Show the properties table for the selected contacts
