Filtering and Modifying Element Properties

The Properties View displays the configurable properties and attributes for the selected object on the graphic canvas.

Select the topic related to your task:

Filter in the Properties View

  • You have a list of properties in the Properties view that are associated with elements on the canvas, and you want to filter the properties by name or value.
  • Enter the name of a property or enter a value you want to filter by, doing one of the following:
  • To filter on a property name, click Name and enter a property name. All matching properties display.
  • To filter on property value, click Value and enter a value. All matching property values display.

 

Modify Element Property Details

You want to view and modify the properties of a graphic, graphic object, or element.

  • You have a graphic open and from the View tab, in the Display Views group, have check marked the Properties option.
  1. Select the element or object on the canvas, whose properties you want to view or modify. To select the actual graphic properties, click anywhere on the canvas.
  • The Properties view changes its title to the selected element or object type, and all the properties available for that object display in the view.
  1. (Optional) You can type a property name in the Filter field to quickly locate a property by name or by value .
  1. To change a property value, navigate to the property and click in the Properties field.
  • The property is highlighted in yellow.
  1. (Optional) To view more information about a property, select the property and click Show Property Detail .
  • Detailed information about the selected property displays in the Properties view.
  1. For each property you want to modify, do one of the following:
  • From System Browser, you can drag an object over the field.
  • Type a value or text. In some cases, you will see up and down arrows in the field, which allows you to increase or decrease the current value. If you place your mouse over the arrows, the Horizontal and Vertical Slider displays. Click-and-drag to use the slider to change the value of that property.
  • Check mark the box to enable or disable the property.
  • NOTE: If you see a substitutions property with a “*” next to it, you cannot change that property directly. The property takes the value from the Symbol Instance > Object Reference property.
  • The property is automatically updated.
  1. (Optional) If you want to apply an evaluation to the property, click Show Evaluation Editor next to the property.
  • The Evaluation Editor view displays the property in its Property field.

 

Related Topics

For background information, see Evaluation Expressions and Properties.

For workspace overview, see Properties View.