Working With Buttons; Overview; Selection Tool - AMX MIO-R4 Operation/Reference Manual

Working With Buttons

Overview

TPDesign4 supports the following button types:

Selection Tool

Use the Selection Tool to select elements in the Design View windows (FIG. 35).
FIG. 35
Selection Tool
TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Software (v2.10 or higher)
General: Basic dual-state buttons that can be used for most touch panel functions, not
associated with any specific functionality (see General Buttons section on page 69 for
details).
Multi-State General: Basic multi-state buttons that can also be used for most touch panel
functions, and support up to 256 states. Multi-state buttons are used to create animation
effects (see Multi-State General Buttons section on page 69 for details).
Bargraph: Level monitors and adjustable level controls that can be configured to monitor or
adjust audio outputs and lighting levels (see Bargraph Buttons section on page 69 for details).
Multi-State Bargraph: Level monitors and adjustable level controls that can be configured to
monitor or adjust audio outputs and lighting levels, and support up to 256 states. Multi-state
bargraph buttons also allow you to create custom bargraph sliders (see Multi-State Bargraph
Buttons section on page 69 for details).
Joystick: Vertical and horizontal direction controllers that can be used for pan and tilt control
(typically for camera operation). Because Joystick buttons don't work in the same way as the
other button types (in that they don't generate pushes/releases), there is no On state associated
with them. Joystick buttons only use the Off state (see Joystick Buttons section on page 71 for
details).
Text Input: Intended only to display (non-interactive) text on the panel (see Text Input
Buttons section on page 71 for details).
Computer Control: Allow you to connect to a PC running a VNC server for remote control
applications (see Computer Control Buttons section on page 72 for details).
TakeNote: Allow you to use a G4 panel to annotate to either a windows desktop or on other
G4 panels (see TakeNote Buttons section on page 72 for details).
List Box: Utilizes a collection of subordinate buttons to display either dynamic or static data
as a scrollable list. List box buttons can be used to allow end-users to view data in list form,
and select from the list (see the List Box Buttons section on page 83 for details).
When using the Selection Tool, hold down the ALT key while clicking and dragging in a
Design View window to move the current selections without selecting anything new on the
mouse press (useful for moving popup pages whose entire area is filled with buttons).
When using the Selection Tool, hold down the CTRL key while clicking and dragging to force
a "lasso" selection to occur (even if the mouse was clicked over a button or Popup Page shown
on the Page). Lasso selection forces you to draw a square around the outside of the item to
select it, as opposed to clicking on the item.
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