The Menu Bar

The menu bar in the Main window provides you with general Views Studio commands. When you highlight a command item, the Message area gives you a short description of the command. The following tables summarize the commands you can execute through the menu bar. For details on these commands, see Commands, where they are listed in alphabetical order.

File Menu Commands

Menu Item

Command

New > 2D Graphics

NewGraphicBuffer

Open…

OpenDocument

Revert

RevertDocument

Close

CloseDocument

Save

SaveDocument

Save As…

SaveDocumentAs

Save All

SaveAll

Print the Current Buffer

PrintCurrentBuffer

Preview the Current Buffer...

PrintPreviewCurrentBuffer

Print...

Print

Preview...

PrinterPreview

Quit

Quit

Edit Menu

Menu Item

Command Name

Undo

UnDo

Redo

Redo

Repeat

Repeat

Cut

ClipboardCut

Copy

ClipboardCopy

Paste

ClipboardPaste

Duplicate

Duplicate

Delete

Delete

Select All

SelectAll

Fit to Contents…

FitToContents

View Menu

Menu Item

Command Name

Grid

ToggleGrid

Snap to Grid

ToggleActiveGrid

Foreground Grid

ToggleForegroundGrid

Grid Options...

ShowGridOptionsPanel

Zoom In

ZoomIn

Zoom Out

ZoomOut

Original Size

ResetView

Fit to View

FitViewToContents

Options > Double Buffering

DoubleBuffering

Options > Opaque Move

OpaqueMoving

Options > Windows Look

Windows Look

Options > Windows 95 Look

Windows95Look

Options > Windows XP Look

WindowsXPLook

Options > ViewsX Look

VXLook

Options > Motif Look

MotifLook

Options > English (US)

SetLanguage_en_US

Options > French (France)

SetLanguage_fr_FR

Toggle Animation Timers

ToggleTimers

Draw Menu

Menu Item

Command Name

Group

Group

Ungroup

UnGroup

Edit Group

EditGroup

Group Into > IlvGraphicSet

GroupIntoGraphicSet

Group Into > IlvSelector

GroupIntoSelector

Group Into > IlvSmartSet

GroupIntoSmartSet

Group Into > IlvGroup

GroupIntoGroup

Layer...

SetLayer

Send to Back

Push

Bring to Front

Pop

Use Transformer

ToggleTransformed

Use Filter

MakeFilteredGraphic

Nudge > Up

NudgeUp

Nudge > Left

NudgeLeft

Nudge > Down

NudgeDown

Nudge > Right

NudgeRight

Transform > Flip Horizontal

FlipHorizontal

Transform > Flip Vertical

FlipVertical

Transform > Rotate Right

Rotate90

Transform > Rotate Left

Rotatem90

Transform > Rotate

SelectRotateMode

Align/Distribute > Align Left

AlignLeft

Align/Distribute > Center Vertically

AlignVertical

Align/Distribute > Align Right

AlignRight

Align/Distribute > Align Top

AlignTop

Align/Distribute > Center Horizontally

AlignHorizontal

Align/Distribute > Align Bottom

AlignBottom

Align/Distribute > Equal Width

SameWidth

Align/Distribute > Equal Height

SameHeight

Align/Distribute > Distribute Horizontally

HorizontalSpaces

Align/Distribute > Distribute Vertically

VerticalSpaces

Align/Distribute > Alignment Panel

ShowAlignPanel

Lock Inspector

LockInspector

Object Inspector

ShowInspector

Tools Menu

Menu Item

Command Name

View Inspector

ShowGridPanel

Layer Editor

ShowLayerPanel

Script Editor

ShowScriptEditor

Script Error List

ShowScriptErrorList

Script Debugger

ShowScriptDebugger

Group Inspector

ShowGroupInspector

Palettes

ShowPalettePanel

Generic Inspector

ShowGenericInspector

Property Sheet

ShowPropertiesPanel

Messages Editor

ShowMessagePanel

Commands

ShowCommandPanel

Errors

ShowErrorPanel

Preferences...

EditOptions

Select Plug-Ins...

SelectPlug-Ins

Callbacks

ShowCallbackInspector

Window Menu

Menu Item

Command Name

Close All

CloseAllBuffers

Minimize All

MinimizeAllWindows

Restore All

RestoreAllWindows

Cascade

CascadeWindows

Tile Horizontally

TileHorizontally

Tile Vertically

TileVertically

In addition to the options listed above, the Window menu contains the name of all opened buffer windows. This list is automatically modified when you open, create, close or rename a buffer.

Help Menu

Menu Item

Command Name

Info...

ShowInfoPanel

Main Panel ...

HelpMainPanel