The Create/Edit panels for Keywords differ in detail, but share a common layout
of the "static" functions at their top.
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This example is taken from a Part editing panel, but the top buttons
are the same in all cases.
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The standard buttons act as follows. Note that some have vary between "Create"
and "Edit" modes, whereas others are common to "Both":
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Abort_item
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(Both)
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Terminates the current operation, leaving the permanent
definition unchanged (edit case) or undefined (create case).
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Reset
All
Restore Original
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(Create)
(Edit)
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Resets the definition to null, canceling any entries
made so far.
Restores the original, unedited definition (copied from the permanent
definition), overwriting any changes made so far.
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Text edit
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(Both)
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Writes a "mini keyword output" file of just this keyword,
and opens the system standard text editor on this file. See
Text
Edit
below for more information.
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This will also also display any "keyword comments"
associated with this keyword as hover text when the mouse is
hovered over the button. You can tell if any comments are present
since the
Text Edit
button will
be drawn in White on Light blue instead of the standard white
on dark blue.
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Create
item
Update item
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(Create)
(Edit)
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Creates a permanent entry from the scratch definition.
Overwrites the "old" permanent definition with the revised
entries from the scratch definition.
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Copy
existing
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(Both)
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Copies entries from an existing definition into this
one, superseding any entries or changes made so far.
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Sketch
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(Both)
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Sketches the currently defined scratch definition on
top of the current graphics image.
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View
Xrefs
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(Both)
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Invokes
cross-reference
viewer. |
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Check
Defn
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(Both)
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Checks the current scratch definition for errors
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Find/Only/
Blank/Unblank
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(Both)
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Changeable between these four options by drop-down.
In the Only case the view will display only the entity whose editing
panel we are looking at. In the Find case it brings up the Find panel
as in Tools -> Find.
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Remember: All Create and Edit functions
always
take
place on a "scratch" copy of the current definition (if any). No changes
are made to the permanent database until the
CREATE
or
UPDATE
buttons are used.