The Design page contains the Design canvas, where you can
visually edit a map set. You can also customize the display options
for the canvas.
Design canvas
The Design canvas
provides the space for customizing a map set. Use the scroll bars
to view the entire visual editing space.
Right-clicking the pop-up menu also
provides the available design and filter options and edit options.
To
add an item to the canvas, click the item icon on the palette and
click the cursor at the canvas location that you want. You can also
drag the item to the canvas.
When you select an item in the
Design canvas, that item is highlighted in the Outline view, and
property value information is shown in the Properties view.
Edit options and keyboard shortcuts
Table 1 lists the edit options
and the corresponding keyboard combinations. These options are also
available from the right-click
pop-up menu.
Table 1. Design canvas edit 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 pop-up menu.
Selecting and moving items
Use
the Palette view
Select tool to select and
move items within the Design canvas space. Click on the item and press
the mouse button while dragging. While dragging an item, a pop-up
display shows location information. For a map, the row and column
value are displayed, along with the height and width of the map. For
a field, the row and column value within the map are shown, along
with the field width.
Press the Shift key while using the Select tool
to drag and draw a box in the Design canvas. You can then click on
one highlighted item and move the entire group of selected items.
You
can use the Marquee tool to create a box around
the items that you want in the Design canvas, but you must then use
the Select tool to create a cursor for moving
the items.
Display options
Use the following
display options to customize the Design canvas.
- Terminal Size
- This selector enables you to create maps for several potential CICS® screen sizes. The default
value is 24 × 80.
- Toggle Gridlines
- This option hides or shows the grid lines in the Design canvas.
- Toggle Samples Values
- This option shows the type of data allowable in a variable field
and the size of the field. For example, a numeric field of 4 units
will show a sample value of 9999. An alphanumeric
field shows XXXX.
- Toggle Black and White Mode
- This mode enables you to view fields and maps in a high-contrast
canvas.
- Zoom Level
- This option controls the zoom level of the Design canvas.
- Filters
- This option enables you to view and prioritize a subset of the
maps in the Design canvas.
By default, all maps are shown. You
create new filters to
display customized groupings of maps. You can also change the ordering
of maps in the list.
Printing
To print the design canvas,
click from the menu toolbar. You can also use the Ctrl+P
key combination or select
Print from the menu.
Note: You
cannot print individual maps or fields that are in the design canvas.
Bidirectional options
If
you have
enabled
bidirectional support, a
Toggle Bidirectional Mode button
is displayed on the Design page toolbar.
The following toggle options
are available:
- Visual Data
- Toggles between visual ordering of text and the default logical
ordering.
- RTL Map Set
- Toggles the orientation of the map set and the horizontal ruler
between left-to-right to right-to-left.
- Symmetric Swapping
- Resets swappable characters. For example, in a right-to-left string,
the opening parenthesis ( and closing parenthesis ) will
be reversed.
- Numeric Swapping
- Sets an inversion of the screen, which causes Hindi numerals to
be replaced by their Arabic counterparts and the Arabic numerals to
be replaced by their Hindi counterparts.