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SmartPad LCD
™
© 2008 Xantech Corporation
EDIT/GRAPHICS TAB
Use the following tools as needed to modify button graphics and configure text on placed blank buttons:
Image 1/Image 2
These selections show the UP and DOWN views and
Button
(graphical) and
Image
(text)
Attributes
of a
placed
GTL
(Source or Function; pre-titled or blank).
Image 1
selects the UP position;
Image 2
selects the
DOWN position.
1.
Click
Image 1
or
Image 2
to select the up or down position for a given button.
Size Image to Text
This tool will reshape a button to fit around text that has been added to a blank button.
1.
After all
Button
and
Image Attributes
of a button have been set, click to reshape the button to fit the text.
NOTE:
This tool will change the
shape
of the button. To resize the button,
in its original shape
, to fit the
text, change the
Size
of the Button.
Original Size
This tool will reshape a button to its original size and shape, whether modified from
Size Image to Text
or the
Button/Size
Settings.
1.
Click to return a button to the size/shape it was when originally placed.
BUTTON
The tools in this section adjust the
graphical attributes
of placed
buttons
.
Name
This setting allows naming a
placed
GTL
. Pre-configured buttons are already named, but can be re-named (not
recommended), and blank buttons can be named for reference. This setting does not change the appearance of
the Button. It only changes the Button Name in the Attributes
1.
Double click to activate the
text field
.
2.
Enter the Button Name (i.e. Page UP)
3.
Click
Apply
. To make changes permanent, in the
File Menu
, select
Save
.
Size
This setting allows modifying the
size
of a
placed
GTL
. Changing the Height and Width can also modify the
shape, i.e. change a round button to an oval or a square to a rectangle, etc.
1.
Double click on
Size
or click the
‘-‘
to open the
Height
and
Width
boxes.
2.
Double click
Height
or
Width
or
drag
the associated value.
3.
Enter new s
ize values
.
4.
Click
Apply
. To make changes permanent, in the
File Menu
, select
Save
.
NOTE:
If results are undesirable, re-enter
original dimensions
or click
Original Size
.
Resizable
This setting locks the dimensions of a
selected
GTL
so it cannot accidentally be changed.
True
= resizable;
False
= locked.
1.
Double click
Resizable
.
2.
Select
True/False
from the
pulldown
.
3.
Click
Apply
. To make changes permanent, in the
File Menu
, select
Save
.
Locked
This setting will lock a
selected
GTL
in place so it cannot accidentally be moved while configuring the Graphics
Layout of a Page.
True
= locked;
False
= movable.
1.
Double click
Locked
.
2.
Select
True/False
from the
pulldown
.
3.
Click
Apply
. To make changes permanent, in the
File Menu
, select
Save
.