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Select Element

The Visualization ToolBox view provides the following elements for selection:

  • All visualization elements which the set visualization profile defines.

  • Image elements for all images of the project from the integrated libraries or symbol libraries.

  • Frame elements for all visualizations of the project or from the integrated libraries.

Tip

See Dialog: Project Settings – Visualization for the currently set visualization profile and the currently used symbol libraries.

The elements are combined into specific categories, each of which has its own button in the Visualization ToolBox view. You can create new categories and assign its elements.

The elements of the categories are displayed in the Visualization ToolBox view as thumbnails. It is also possible to search for an element name.

Simply drag the thumbnail of the element to the desired position in the editor view. Then the configurable properties of the element are displayed automatically in the Properties view of the visualization editor.

Create or remove new element category

Requirement: The visualization editor is open.

  1. Open a visualization object in your project.

  2. In the Visualization ToolBox view, click the _visu_icon_manage_tags.png button.

    The Configure Categories and Items dialog opens.

  3. In the dialog, click the _visu_icon_add.png symbol to open the Add Category dialog. Note: Click the _visu_icon_minus.png symbol or press the Del key to delete the definition of a category.

  4. In the Name field, specify a name (example: tagA) and click OK to close the dialog.

    In the Configure Categories and Items dialog, the new custom category tagA is inserted below in the tree view. It is provided with the _visu_icon_user_defined_tag.png symbol.

  5. Click the Enable option for the new category, and click OK to close the dialog.

    CODESYS adds a tagA button in the Visualization ToolBox view. When you click the button, all elements that are assigned to this category are displayed.

Assigning a visualization element of an element category

Requirement: The visualization editor is open. You have already created a custom category tagA. A button labeled tagA is visible in the Visualization ToolBox view.

  1. In the Visualization ToolBox view, right-click an element to open its context menu.

    A context menu opens. It contains the Add Item to Category 'tagA' and Add to Categories commands.

  2. Click Add to Category 'tagA' and click OK to close the dialog.

  3. Click the tagA button.

    All elements are displayed which are assigned to this category, below it also the currently assigned element.

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