Cutting States To The Clipboard; Changing The Order Of States On A Button; Reordering States Through The Clipboard; Reordering States Through Drag-And-Drop - AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual

Working With Buttons

Cutting States To the Clipboard

1. Select the states to be cut. Hold down the Ctrl key while left-clicking to add states to the
selection. Hold down the Shift key while left-clicking to add a range of states to the selection.
2. Cut the selected states to the clipboard.

Changing the Order Of States On A Button

Changing the order of states in a Multi-General or Multi-Bargraph button can be accomplished
either through the clipboard or by drag-and-drop:

Reordering States Through the Clipboard

1. Select the states to be moved. Hold down the Ctrl key while left-clicking to add states to the
selection. Hold down the Shift key while left-clicking to add a range of states to the selection.
2. Cut the selected states to the clipboard.
3. If the states are to be moved to the end of the collection, ensure that no states are currently
selected in the State Manager. A quick way to de-select all states is by clicking with the left
mouse button anywhere outside of a state thumbnail. Then paste the states from the clipboard.
4. If the states are to be moved elsewhere in the collection, first left-click to select the state prior
to which the new states will be inserted. Then insert the states from the clipboard (Edit >
Insert).

Reordering States Through Drag-and-Drop

A simplified alternative to using the clipboard to reorder states is to use drag-and-drop.
1. Select the states to be moved. Hold down the Ctrl key while left-clicking to add states to the
selection. Hold down the Shift key while left-clicking to add a range of states to the selection.
2. Press and hold the left mouse button while over one of the selected states. While continuing to
press the left mouse button, move the mouse to the location where the states will be moved. If
the states are to be moved to the end of the collection, drag the states beyond the last state. If
they are to be moved elsewhere in the collection, drag the states over the space between state
thumbnails where they will be moved.
3. Release the left mouse button (the same operation can also be performed with a right mouse
button drag-and-drop, selecting "Move..." from the drag-and-drop menu).

Setting the Maximum Active State For a Button

You can set the maximum active state on a multi-state button by selecting the last state in a
sequence (in the State Manager window) and selecting the States > Set As Max Active State
option. The state tagged as the max active state will be the last one included in the multi-state
sequence. All states beyond the max active state are ignored when the button is pushed.
Note that the states that occur after the max active state in the sequence are displayed with
crosshatching across the labels on the thumbnails in the State Manager window, to indicate which
states will not be included in the multi-state sequence.
Even empty slots use some system memory, so it is a good idea to minimize the
number of unused slots in your project.
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