Common Desktop Environment: Application Builder User's Guide

To Display a Fixed Property Editor

The Revolving Property Editor is a single dialog box that displays one of 20 property editors, depending on the item you choose from the Object Type option menu. To display a separate, fixed property editor of a specific object type:

  1. Select the object you want to edit in the interface or in the Module Browser. See "Module Browser" for a description of the Browser.

  2. Choose Props from the pop-up menu (displayed by pressing mouse button 3 in the interface or in the Module Browser) and select Fixed from the Props submenu.

    A fixed version of the property editor for the selected object type will be displayed.

Or

  1. Choose the object type you want to edit in the Object Type menu of the Revolving Property Editor.

  2. Click the Tear-off button at the top-right of the Revolving Property Editor.

    A fixed version of the property editor for the selected object type will be displayed.