Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Design page

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 File > Print 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.

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