View Menu

The View menu adapts to the window which has the focus, called the context window..   

Maps, Drawings, Images, Labels and Layout Windows

New Command Window

Open a Command Window for SQL or for scripting:

  • SQL
  • IronPython
  • IronRuby
  • JavaScript

Mode

Cursor mode, with choices for maps, drawings, images and labels windows:

  • Default - Used to pan, zoom, ctrl-click to select, alt-click to choose for editing and attribute viewing.
  • Create Area - Enabled for drawings and labels.   Create an area object or a label based on an area object.
  • Create Line - Enabled for drawings and labels.   Create a line object or a label based on a line object..
  • Create Point - Enabled for drawings and labels.   Create a point object or a label based on a point object.
  • Create Label - Enabled for layouts.   Create a text frame in the layout.
  • Draw Path - Measure distances and angles, edit objects with paths.
  • Edit Control Points - Used with georegistration.
  • Snap Parameters - Parameters for snap modes.

 

Cursor mode, with choices for layout windows:

  • Default - Used to pan, zoom, ctrl-click to select, alt-click to choose for editing and attribute viewing.
  • Create North Arrow - Add a North arrow frame.
  • Create Scale Bar - Add a scale bar frame.
  • Create Text - Add a text frame.
  • Create Color Sample - Add a color sample frame.
  • Create Area Sample - Add an area objects sample frame.
  • Create Line Sample - Add a line objects sample frame.
  • Create Point Sample - Add a point objects sample frame.
  • Create Text Sample - Add a text sample frame.
  • Create Legend - Launch the New Legend dialog to automatically create a legend for the active frame.

Back

Go back one view in the active window.  Not enabled until we have panned or zoomed at least once.

Forward

Go forward one view in the active window.  Not enabled until we have used the Back button at least once.

Zoom In

Zoom in one step.

Zoom Out

Zoom out one step.

Zoom to Native

Zoom so one pixel in an image is the size of one pixel on the monitor, or so one pixel is a whole number coordinate in drawings and labels.  See the View - Zooms... topic for examples.

Zoom to Fit

Zoom so the contents of the layer fill the window.

Locations

Create a new Location or pan and zoom the window to an existing location.

Messages

Display messages indicated by the messages icon.  

Refresh

Update the context window with the latest data.

Margins

Appears for layout windows.  Turn off/on margin lines showing the boundaries of frames.

Panes

Show / Hide:

Show in Project

In the Project pane, highlight the context window, opening any folders and subfolders as necessary to show it.  A handy way to find the component for that window in large projects.

  Properties

Open the Properties dialog for the context component.

 

Table Windows

New Command Window

Open a Command Window for SQL or for scripting:

  • SQL
  • IronPython
  • IronRuby
  • JavaScript

View - Filter

Commands to manage filters.

View - Order

Commands to manage sort order of columns in tables.

Refresh

Update the context window with the latest data.

Panes

Show / Hide:

Show in Project

In the Project pane, highlight the context window, opening any folders and subfolders as necessary to show it.  A handy way to find the component for that window in large projects.

  Properties

Open the Properties dialog for the context component.

 

Command Window for SQL

New Command Window

Open a Command Window for SQL or for scripting:

  • SQL
  • IronPython
  • IronRuby
  • JavaScript

View - Filter

Commands to manage filters.   Filters results table.

View - Order

Commands to manage sort order of columns in results tables.

Refresh

Update the context window with the latest data.

Run

Run the query.

Run Selection

Run the highlighted text in the query.

Panes

Show / Hide:

 

Command Window for Scripts

New Command Window

Open a Command Window for SQL or for scripting:

  • SQL
  • IronPython
  • IronRuby
  • JavaScript

Run

Run the script.

Panes

Show / Hide:

Show in Project

In the Project pane, highlight the context window, opening any folders and subfolders as necessary to show it.  A handy way to find the component for that window in large projects.

  Properties

Open the Properties dialog for the context component.