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MX-980 Programming Manual
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Tip - After you’ve opened all the pages you want to edit, drag them into the positions you like.
Use the Window Menu to control the open page windows as follows:
3 Arrange Buttons by Holding Down ALT and SHIFT then Drag and Swap Button Actions and Labels
without Swapping Art!!!
Your client will be much happier with pages that look consistent. If you simply drag a button to
swap to another, everything swaps, including the left or right facing artwork. If both buttons have
exactly the same art that’s great. Much of the time, however, the art is slightly different in each place.
So you need to be able to swap a button’s label and action list (which includes the IR command or
macro you’ve programmed on the button). The SHIFT button lets you do that. The ALT button lets
you swap buttons from one page to another. Here’s a recap:
No Keys Held Down - Dragging and dropping over another button only works on the same page.
Everything is swapped: the art, the label and the action list. Only useful if
swapping one left button for another left button or one right button to another
right button.
ALT Key Held Down - Page to page dragging and dropping. Everything is swapped: the art, the label
and the action list. Only useful if swapping one left button for another left
button or one right button to another right button.
SHIFT Key Held Down - Dragging and dropping over another button only works on the same page.
Only the label and the action list are swapped.
ALT and SHIFT Key Held Down - Dragging and dropping over another button works page to page.
Only the label and the action list are swapped.
4 Label Buttons as needed - First, select the button
The text controls enable you to type in multiple lines and space the text relative to the button art,
using the vertical/horizontal alignment tools. However, for the best appearance, it is often necessary
to use the SPACE bar before a word.
TIP - To move a text label away from a button edge, click before the word and use the SPACE bar.
Test All Commands and Relabel for Easy Operation
Cascade
- Arranges all open pages in the most
compact stack (best for small screens)
Arrange Icons
- Minimizes all open pages
Close
- Closes the selected page
Close All
- Closes all page views.
Second, type into the
Normal Text window.