The window serves for creating and editing filling.
The editing pane like a similar pane for the editor of raster map symbols is a rectangular matrix of squares forming filling pattern. Each square of this matrix corresponds to one pixel
The size of matrix is determined in the course of creating filling pattern and can be changed further.
The command View+Grid permits turning on or turning off display of boundaries of squares (pixels) of the matrix in the editing pane.
It is possible to change the size of squares of the matrix, that is, the relative scale of image of the filling pattern in the editing pane. Commands Zoom in and Zoom out – toolbar buttons
and
are used for this purpose.
Originally the editing pane is as if filled in with transparent color and a white sheet is put under it, that is, the background of the editing pane is white.
It is possible to set any background color using the command View+Background Color. After performing this command all elements displayed by transparent color will have the set background color in the editing pane. However, when applying the filling on the map the corresponding elements will be transparent.
Allows the user to set the current line width. The current width will be used by drawing tools. Line width is specified in pixels.
The palette permits setting the current colors – pen color and filling color.
The current pen color is used by tools: Pencil, Line, Lines and Text for displaying pixels of which features being created consist and by tools Rectangle, Circle and Polygon for filling in pixels from which the border of features being created consists.
The current filling color is used by the tool Filling to perform the operation and by tools Rectangle, Circle and Polygon to fill in pixels of which inner area of features being created consist.
To set the pen color one should click by the left mouse button in the palette. A click by the right mouse button in the palette permits setting filling color.
By default the pen color is black, and the filling color – transparent.
A crossed square in the right bottom corner of the palette denotes transparent color. Its color in the palette corresponds to the background color of the editing pane.
The sample pane displays reduced image of the filling being edited. Changing display in the editing pane is shown in the sample pane.
A click in the pane or the command View+Sample allow performing display in a separate window.
Shows the current editing tool and current position of the cursor in the editing pane.
| Select – serves for selecting some rectangular region. |
| Pick color – serves for setting the color of selected pixel as the current color of the pen or background. |
| Eraser – permits cleaning pixels of image (filling pixels with transparent color). |
| Filling – allows filling in some closed region with filling color. |
| Pencil – permits filling in pixels of the image by the color of the pen. |
| Line – serves for drawing line segments. |
| Rectangle – serves for drawing rectangles. |
| Circle – serves for drawing circles. |
| Polygon – serves for drawing polygons. |
| Lines – serves for drawing polylines. |
| Text – serves for creating text. |
| Import – permits loading contents of BMP file as a filling pattern. |
| Clean – allows filling in the pattern with transparent color. |
| Zoom in and Zoom out – permits changing scale of display of the editing pane, that is, size of display of pixels. |
Clean | Permits cleaning the image, that is, filling all pixels with transparent color. |
Import | Allows loading contents of BMP file as a filling pattern. |
Copy | Allows copying another filling in the editing pane. Before copying the editing pane is cleaned. |
Change Size | Permits changing size of the pattern of filling being edited. The command is meaningful only for pattern filling, for standard fillings changing of size is ignored. |
System filling | Allows changing type of filling. A dialog box in which one can select one of system filling styles is opened. |
Save | Serves for saving made changes. |
Save as | Serves for saving edited style under a different name. |
Close | Serves for completing editing and closing the editor window. If saving of changes was not performed, before closing the window a question will be asked about the necessity to perform saving. |
Commands are enabled only when the tool Select is selected.
Cut | Permits cutting selected fragment to clipboard. |
Copy | Allows copying selected fragment to clipboard. |
Insert | Serves for inserting selected fragment from clipboard. |
Insert with Transparency | Serves for inserting selected fragment from clipboard. Filling color is replaced by transparent one. |
Clean Selection | Is used for cleaning selected fragment of image (fills it in with transparent color). |
Reset Selection | Resets selection of fragment of image. |
Select All | Allows selecting the whole image. |
Grid | Permits turning on or turning off display of borders of squares (pixels) of editing pane matrix. |
Sample | Allows the user to switch display of sample in a separate window or in the editor window. |
Background Color | Permits specifying background color in the editing pane. |
Dialog box “Selecting style for …”
Dialog box “Size of filling pattern”
Dialog box “Select system filling”