Edit components

The Edit components window is divided into several sections that describe the configurable elements of a module.

Actions for adding new items icon addElement and existing items of a project icon uploadElement are available in the section header. Each section is expandable and lists the associated items.

image editComponentsWindow annotated
Figure 1. Edit Components window

The listed items provide different actions:

Action ..UI

Active at startup
Checkbox to set whether the item is active at startup (only in the Maps, Layers, Oblique Collections and Viewpoints sections).
icon checkboxChecked

Edit item
Opens a specific editor window.
icon edit

Duplicate item
Creates a copy of the item and adds it to the module.

icon contentCopy / icon overflowMenu

Remove item
Deletes the item from the module.
icon overflowMenu

JSON Editor
Opens a new window where the item is available for editing as a JSON object.
icon overflowMenu

Change order of items
For sections where the order of the elements has an impact on visualization, the order of the items can be adjusted by drag & drop.
image dragHand
The configuration of the components of the VC Map differs in some points between previous versions and version 5.x. JSON objects cannot be transferred 1:1 accordingly.

Editing and saving

Each section provides specific editors for modifying the elements. Four actions are important for confirming or discarding changes:

  • The Apply action applies the configured element to the application, including the settings made in the associated editor. The action element image openChanges indicates that there are open, unsaved changes.

  • The Cancel action discards changes made during configuration of an element.

  • The Save action permanently saves all open changes to the module or app.

  • The Reset action discards unsaved changes in the app.

Save and reset application in the main window saves or discards all open changes to all modules that are part of the application.