If the Global button in the panel is active, all objects in the list are shown as selected (blinking outline or symbol). The Global button allows manipulation of the properties of all objects in the list, not just the marked object. The desel button in the side menu will deselect any selected objects, and clear the list.
When more than one device is in the list, the arrow keys can be used to cycle the marked object through the list.
When the Property Editor is visible, clicking on an object with the Shift or Control key pressed will bring up the Property Info window, loaded with the properties of the object. This contains a listing identical to the Property Editor, however there are no buttons other than Dismiss. The object whose properties are listed in the Property Info window is marked on-screen similarly to the current object in the Property Editor, but with a different color.
The Property Editor and Property Info windows are drag/drop sources and receivers, meaning that one can drag properties from one window to another. This will apply the dragged property to the object associated with the drop window (the source object is not affected). Properties that must be unique, such as most electrical properties, will be replaced with the dropped property. Properties that are not unique will be added, without replacement. Only ordinary, user-modifiable properties can be copied in this manner. The prompt line, while in editing mode, is also a drop receiver for these windows.
The listing in either window shows the property number, a descriptive name in electrical mode, and the property string, for all properties attached to the current object. A property can be selected in the list by clicking on the text -- it will be shown highlighted when selected. The current selection is used as input by many of the command buttons in the panel.
In the properties listing, color is used to distinguish the types of properties. The default colors are:
sienna | ordinary (user-modifiable) properties |
dark blue | physical mode pseudo-properties |
black | internal properties |
The colors can be modified with the !set command.
In addition, the value of the electrical mode name property is shown in color when the property is set. This property always exists, thus it might not otherwise be obvious when viewing the listing when the name property has been set by the user, or is simply showing the name assigned by Xic.
The command buttons in the Property Editor allow addition, modification, and deletion of properties both globally (on all selected objects) or on the marked object. Those properties in the list marked as ``internal'' can not be modified. The physical mode pseudo-properties can not be edited, but can be added (with the Add button). In this case, no property is added, but the operation will cause some aspect of the object to change.