| iTool User's Guide: Property Sheets and Browsers |

## Property Sheets

Most iTool visualizations and operations have attributes or properties that can be modified to change their characteristics. These properties are organized into property sheets for each operation and visualization type. For example, the skin of a surface visualization has a gold color by default. To change this color, modify the surface color property in the surface visualization property sheet.

A property sheet consists of rows and columns. The left-most column identifies the properties, and the other column or columns identify the property values of one or more objects. A single property value can be selected at one time. When a single property value is clicked on, the associated property name appears indented. In the Style Editor and Macro Editor, multiple properties can be selected at a single time as shown in the following figure. Hold down the Ctrl key while left-clicking with the mouse to make nonadjacent selections, or hold down the Shift key to select an adjacent range of properties.

Figure 6-1: Property Sheet with Multiple Property Selections

Figure 6-1: Property Sheet with Multiple Property Selections

### Visualization Property Sheets

Visualization property sheets can be displayed from the Visualization Browser or from the iTool window.

To display a visualization's property sheet from the Visualization Browser:

1. Select Window Visualization Browser.

2. Select the name of the object in the Visualization Browser list. The object's properties are displayed in the right-hand pane of the Visualization Browser window (the small arrows at the top-left of the Browser window will allow you to display both panes).

To display a visualization's property sheet from the iTool window:

1. Click to select the object in the iTool window.

2. Do one of the following to display the property sheet for the selected visualization:

- Double-click the visualization in the iTool window

- Select Edit Properties

- Right-click to display the Context Menu, and select the Properties menu item

Note For detailed information on Visualization Browser properties, see Visualization Properties.

### Operations Property Sheets

Operations property sheets can only be displayed from the Operations Browser. To display an operations property sheet:

1. Select Operations Operations Browser.

2. Select the name of the operation in the Operations Browser list. The operation properties are displayed in the right-hand pane of the Operations Browser window (the small arrows at the top-left of the Browser window will allow you to display both panes).

Note For detailed information on Operations Browser properties, see Operations Properties.

IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)