Using the Object Pop-up Menu | Proficy iFIX 2024 Documentation

As you create a picture, you can display a pop-up menu for the picture or an object in the picture. To display an object's pop-up menu, right-click the object. This menu provides quick access to the object's properties and animations, as well as common operations you can perform with the object, such as copying and pasting.

You can also access this menu by right-clicking the object in the Pictures directory of the system tree. This is an effective way to view or adjust properties for invisible objects (which only appear in the system tree) added during animation.

NOTE: The pop-up menu for objects differs somewhat from the picture pop-up menu. Refer to the Using the Picture Pop-up Menu section for more information on the picture pop-up menu.

The following table shows the functions that are available from the object pop-up menu. Depending on the object you have selected, additional operations may be available.

Use the operation...	To...
Animations	Display the Animations dialog box, which allows you to animate the properties of an object or several objects.
Resize	Display handles around the object so you can resize it.
Reshape	Display handles around the object so you can reshape it.
Rotate	Display rotate handles around the object so you can move the object around its center of rotation.
Add Connection Point	Display a square green cursor with a smaller square inside it and a crosshair when you are close to or moving over the object. This menu item displays as Add Point when you right-click a polyline or pipe object.
Dynamo	Displays a Dynamo
Delete Connection Point	Display a square, solid red cursor with a cross hair when you are close to a connection point that can be deleted. When not close, the cursor becomes a red square with a minus sign and a crosshair. This menu item displays as Delete Point when you right-click a polyline or pipe object.
Split Polyline	Display a splitting cursor that changes to black when you are close to the polyline. A black cursor indicates that you can split the polyline at that point.
Convert to Pipe	Convert the line or polyline to a pipe object.
Split Pipe	Display a splitting cursor that changes to a contrasting color when you are inside the edge of the pipe. A colored cursor indicates that you can split the pipe at that point.
Make Horizontal	Make the line horizontal.
Make Vertical	Make the line vertical.
Undo	Cancel the previous operation. If a particular task cannot be undone, the Undo command is unavailable after you complete the action.
Cut	Remove the object from the picture and places it into the clipboard.
Copy	Create a duplicate copy of the object and place it into the clipboard.
Delete	Remove the object from the picture.
Duplicate	Create a duplicate copy of the object and place it slightly offset from the original.
Group	Combine one or more objects into one grouped object.
Bring to Front	Move the selected object to the front or top of the picture. NOTE: This function may not work as expected with Enhanced Charts.
Send to Back	Move the selected object to the back or bottom of the picture. NOTE: This function may not work as expected with Enhanced Charts.
Color	Define fade, foreground, background, and edge colors using a color palette.
Fill Style	Specify a fill style of one of the following: Solid Hollow Horizontal Vertical Downward Diagonal Upward Diagonal Cross Hatch Diagonal Cross Hatch Gradient Refer to the Coloring and Styling Objects section for further information on fill styles.
Edge Style	Specify an edge style of one of the following: Solid – Applies a solid line style Dash – Applies a dashed pen line style Dot – Applies a dotted pen line style Dash Dot – Applies a dash-dot combination line style Dash Dot Dot – Applies a dash-dot-dot combination line style No Edge – Specifies that the object contains no edge style Inside Frame – Applies a solid line style inside the frame of the object NOTE: If you set the edge width to greater than 1, it displays as Solid regardless of the selected edge style in the pop-up menu or the Shape Preferences tab on the User Preferences dialog box.
Background Style	Specify a background style of either opaque or transparent.
Fade Type	Specify a fade type of one of the following: Linear – Applies a vertically linear fade type inside the frame of the object. Reflected – Applies a horizontally reflected fade type inside the frame of the object. Radial – Applies a radial fade type inside the frame of the object. Concentric – Applies a concentric fade type inside the frame of the object. Refer to the Coloring and Styling Objects section for further information on fade types.
Edit Script	Open the Visual Basic Editor, which allows you to edit Visual Basic scripts.
KeyMacros	Open the Key Macro Editor, which allows you to add and edit key macros.
Property Window	Display the Properties Window, which allows you to view and change property values.
Elbow Style	Specify an elbow style for a pipe object. These styles include: Round – Applies rounded edges to the bends in a pipe object. Square – Applies squared edges to the bends in a pipe object.
Start Cap Style	Specify a start cap style for a pipe object. These styles include: Round – Applies a rounded cap at the starting point of the pipe object. Square – Applies a square cap at the starting point of the pipe object. Horizontal Diagonal – Applies a horizontally diagonal cap at the starting point of the pipe object. Vertical Diagonal – Applies a vertically diagonal cap at the starting point of the pipe object.
End Cap Style	Specify an end cap style for a pipe object. These styles include: Round – Applies a rounded cap at the ending point of the pipe object. Square – Applies a squared cap at the ending point of the pipe object. Horizontal Diagonal – Applies a horizontally diagonal cap at the ending point of the pipe object. Vertical Diagonal – Applies a vertically diagonal cap at the ending point of the pipe object.
Modify Pipe Characteristics	Open the Modify Pipe Characteristics dialog box, which allows you to edit the styles of pipe objects.
Edit CommandButton Object	Place a text cursor in the push button object to allow you to enter text.

Depending on the object you add, the pop-up menu may vary to include operations specific to that object. For example, if you add a chart, you can access the Chart Customization dialog box from the object pop-up menu.

Tag Status Pop-up Menu

When you associate database tags with an object, you can switch to the iFIX WorkSpace run-time environment to view and test the object's configuration. The run-time object provides a menu you can display by right-clicking the object. The options on the menu depend on the number of tags you associate with the object.

If you have associated tags with your objects, the following functions are available from the object pop-up menu in the run-time environment.

Run-time Object Pop-up Menu Commands
Use the operation...	To...
Tag Status	Open the Tag Status picture of the tag associated with the selected object. If multiple tags are associated with the selected object, open the Tag Status picture of the first associated tag, or open the Tag Control Panel picture, which lists the Tag Status pictures of all tags associated with the selected object.
Quick Trend	Open the Quick Trend picture of the tag(s) associated with the selected object(s). The Quick Trend picture displays up to eight pens when multiple tags are associated with the selected object(s).