Property editor
The property editor serves for visual editing of properties of various PatchMaker objects:
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Composition. The composition properties are displayed in the property editor when no other object (the overlay or a segment) is selected.
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Overlay. To edit properties of the overlay you should select it in the Trackline panel.
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Segment. To edit properties of a segment you should select it in the Trackline panel.
See also:
Trackline
panel
The header of the property editor panel shows the name of the object the properties of which are opened for editing:
Property
grouping
Properties of an object can be combined into groups [A], which can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the triangle. A property can have subproperties that detalize or complement the value of their parent property. In the figure above, property [B] is shown in the collapsed state.
Property
types
Properties can have values of different types, set by using different editing controls — drop-down lists [D], checkboxes [E], or numeric input fields [F].
Hints
The bottom part of the property editor [G] displays a hint for the active (highlighted) property [C]. The property hint language can be changed from English to Russian by the menu command .
