Views

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The BMS Map Editor provides several editor views.

Palette view

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The Palette view provides Design page selection tools and BMS Map Editor map set components.

The Palette view includes the following drawers:

Default (see Default drawer)
Basic (see Maps)
Constant Fields (see Constant fields)
Variable Fields (see Variable fields)
Advanced (see Advanced palette)

Click the specific drawer label to show or hide the item list.

Default drawer

The Default drawer contains the Select and Marquee tools that come with Eclipse for editing files (including BMS map sets) that are based on the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF). For information about how to use these tools to select and move items, see Design page in BMS Map Editor.

Customizing the Palette view

To add or change drawers or map components, right-click the palette and select Customize.

The following drawer and map component display options can be customized:

Name: The name displayed in the palette.
Description: Text that is displayed when you move the mouse pointer over the palette item.
Hide: A checkbox that prevents the item from being displayed in the palette.

The following drawer options are available:

Open drawer at start-up: The drawer is expanded when the Palette view is shown.
Pin drawer open at start-up: The drawer remains pinned open unless you click the drawer to close it.

You can hide any of the drawers or add new drawers. However, you cannot delete the five initial drawers.

You can change the default display properties for the palette entries from the BMS Map Editor preferences window.

Outline view

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The Outline view displays map and field information for a specific map set file.

The following display options are available:

Show Initial Value
Displays the initial value for all fields in the map set.
Show Unnamed Fields
Displays fields that are not important to the function of the map (that is, unnamed fields).

By default, all fields are shown in the Outline view. Disable this function to hide all unnamed fields in the Outline view.
Show Hidden Maps
Displays maps that are hidden in the current filter.

By default, all maps are shown. Turn the function off to remove hidden maps from the Outline display.

When you select an item in the Outline view, that item is highlighted in the Design canvas and the Source page. The property value information is shown in the Properties view.

The Outline view is displayed by default. You can change the BMS Map Editor preferences to hide this view.

Pop-up menu and keyboard shortcuts

Table 1 lists the context-sensitive right-click edit options and the corresponding keyboard combinations.

Table 1. Outline view options
Option	Keyboard shortcut
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y
Cut	Ctrl+X
Copy	Ctrl+C
Paste	Ctrl+V
Delete	Delete
Save	Ctrl+S

Important: The Undo and Redo operations apply to operations performed in either the Outline view or the Design canvas. For example, if you cut a field in the Design canvas, the Undo Cut option is enabled in the Outline view menu.

When selecting a map set, you can also choose Generate JSF Web pages from the menu.

Properties view

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The Properties view displays property value information for a field or map that is selected in the Design canvas or the Outline view.

For a map set, the following properties are displayed:

Language
Map type
Name

For a map, the following properties are displayed:

Column
Height
Name
Row
Width

For a field, the following properties are displayed:

Column
Group name
Initial value
Length
Name
Occurs
Row
Type

The Properties view is displayed by default. You can change the BMS Map Editor preferences to hide this view.