Using Marking Menus

The marking menu feature of Rogue Wave® Views Studio provides fast access to certain items of the Main window menu bar.

You trigger the marking menu feature by pressing the right mouse button in the buffer window. The marking menu then appears showing the menu items in a circle around the current location of the pointer. To choose a menu item, you move up, down, left, right, or diagonally to the appropriate region of the menu and release the mouse button.

Rogue Wave Views Studio Marking Menu shows the marking menu of Rogue Wave Views Studio. The Views, Tools, Inspect, Edit, Layers, and Draw menu items are arranged around the center circle.

To activate one of the menu items (for example, Inspect), press the right mouse button, move the mouse quickly in the direction of the Inspect item, and release the button. When you do this, the inspector panel for the object selected in the buffer window is displayed.

Some of the marking menu items contain submenus. For example, when you move the mouse over Edit (The Edit Menu Selected in the Marking Menu), a submenu appears with additional items (The Paste Selection from the Edit Submenu). You could then choose Paste, for example, by moving the mouse in that direction. You can go back to the previous menu by moving the mouse back to the center of the previous menu. In The Paste Selection from the Edit Submenu, the previous menu center is the circle just above Redo in the Edit submenu.

You can also trigger the items in a submenu by using the “fast” method. This consists of moving the mouse quickly in the directions needed to trigger the item without having to wait for the menu to appear. For example, the Edit/Paste menu selection can be made by making an L-shaped mark in the buffer window while holding down the right mouse button. Move the mouse down and then to right (The “Marking” Action of Marking Menus). The term “marking menu” comes from this capability to select submenu items as if you are tracing marks with a pencil.

Note: If you practice using the Marking Menus feature for a short period of time, you will find that you can work in a much more fluid and fast way. Therefore, we encourage you to consider practicing with the marking menus to get the benefits of the improved workflow.

The Rogue Wave Views Studio default marking menu consists of the Views, Tools, Inspect, Edit, Layers, and Draw menu items are arranged around the center circle. These items contain the following selections:

Menu Item	Description	Command
Grid Snap	Snaps movements of object to the grid.	ToggleActiveGrid
Zoom Out	Zooms out the current view.	ZoomOut
Fit	Resizes the buffer window so that all the contents of the buffer fit within the window.	FitViewToContents
Grid	Displays a grid in the current buffer window.	ToggleGrid
Reset	Returns the object to its original size.	ResetView
Zoom In	Zooms in the current view.	ZoomIn

Menu Item	Description	Command
Points	Activates PolySelection mode.	SelectPolySelectionMode
Select	Activates Selection mode.	SelectSelectionMode
Text	Activates Label List mode.	SelectLabelListMode
Last	Returns to the last creation mode used in the buffer window.
Active	Activates Active mode.	SelectActiveMode
Rotate	Activates Rotate mode.	SelectRotateMode

Menu Item	Description	Command
Redo	Repeats an editing action that was previously undone.	Redo
Duplicate	Duplicates the selected objects.	Duplicate
Paste	Copies the objects in the clipboard to the buffer window.	ClipboardPaste
S. All	Selects all objects in the buffer window.	SelectAll
Undo	Undoes the previous action.	UnDo
Delete	Deletes the selected objects.	Delete
Cut	Cuts the selected objects to the clipboard.	ClipboardCut
Copy	Copies the selected objects to the clipboard.	ClipboardCopy

Menu Item	Description	Command
Front	Brings the selected object to the front of the work space.	Pop
Layer ...	Lets you change the layer number of the selected object.	SetLayer
Ungroup	Ungroups the selected object.	UnGroup
Use T.	Places the selected object in transformer mode.	ToggleTransformed
Back	Sends the selected objects to the back of the work space.	Push
Group	Groups the selected objects.	Group