[Up Components]. The context menu also gives you the option to create new folders, so you can organize your components into logical sets and subsets.
Components Pane |
Sometimes when designing a template, you need to add an object whose properties are nearly identical to those of another object you created earlier, either on the same template or on a different one. The Components pane of the Toolbox gives you a place to create and store pre-configured objects, and even groups of objects. You can reuse any such component by dragging it from the pane to a template.
Organizing and Navigating the Pane
The Components pane operates like any standard Windows directory. You can switch between tree, icon, and list views using the View option from the context menu. In any view, you will have the standard context menu options to cut, copy, paste, rename, and delete components. You can navigate between folders and move or copy items as you would in any directory. To move up to the parent folder in the icon or list view, double-click the icon labeled [Up Components]. The context menu also gives you the option to create new folders, so you can organize your components into logical sets and subsets.
Creating and Storing a Reusable Component
After you have added a new object to a template and configured its properties, you can store the object for reuse by adding it to the Components pane. To do so, open the context menu on the object and select Create Component from the context menu. An icon representing the component will appear in the Components pane (in the currently selected folder) with the temporary name "Component" highlighted beneath it. You can overwrite the temporary name with a new name by typing in the desired name.
If you plan to reuse an entire set of objects, you can create a component of a group of objects. Once you have grouped objects, select Create Component from the context menu. For more information on grouping objects, see Grouping Objects.
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