Description

edit_graph_menus - edit_graph menus description

### Description

The edit_graph editor supports the following menus:

- Graph/New:

  This menu erases the currently edited network.
- Graph/Zoom:

  This menu allows to set the scale factor for the display
- Graph/Replot:

  This menu erases and re-displays the network.

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`r`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Graph/Find Node:

  This menu asks for a node number or a node name. If this node exists the view is modified such as the node appears in the middle of the graphic window.
- Graph/Find Arc:

  This menu asks for an arc number or aa arc name. If this arc exists the view is modified such as the arc appears in the middle of the graphic window.
- Graph/SaveAs:

  This menu allows to save the graph under a specified name
- Graph/Save:

  This menu allows to save the graph under its current name

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`s`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Graph/Load:

  This menu allows to load a "graph" file.
- Graph/Options:

  This menu allows to set global graph properties This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`o`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Graph/Settings:

  This menu allows to set if graph is directed or not. It also sets default values for node diameter, node border width, edge width, and font size.
- Information:

  This menu outputs graph informations, like number of nodes, number of arcs, nodes properties ans arc properties.
- Graph/Quit:

  Use this menu to exit out of the editor.
- Edit/NewNode:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "node addition". To add a node just click on its desired position. This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "n" key while locator is in the edition window (Under windows, the edition window should also have the focus). It is the current editing mode when edit_graph is started. This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`n`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Edit/NewArc:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "edge addition". To add an edge between two nodes just left click on the initial node and on the final node (click on right button cancels current edge addition). This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "a" key while locator is in the edition window (Under windows, the edition window should also have the focus). This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`a`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Edit/Move Node:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "move node". To move a node just left click on the selected node move the mouse up to the final position and left click (click on right button cancels move).

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`m`" key while locator is in the edition window.

  This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.
- Edit/Move Region:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "move region mode". To move a rectangular region just click left on a rectangle corner, drag rectangle to the desired area, click left to validate the area (click on right button cancels move) then move the rectangle to the desired position and click to validate.
- Edit/Copy Region To ClipBoard:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "copy region to clipboard mode". To copy a rectangular region into the edit_graph clipboard just click left on a rectangle corner, drag rectangle to the desired area, click left to validate the area (click on right button cancels copy) .

  The edit_graph clipboard is shared by all edit_graph editors.

  This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.
- Edit/Paste:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "paste from clipboard mode" to clipboard mode". To paste clipboard into the edit_graph editor click left to select the editor window, drag rectangle to the desired area, click left to validate the position (click on right button cancels copy) .

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`v`" key while locator is in the edition window.

  This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.
- Edit/Delete:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "delete object mode". To delete a node or an edge just left click on the selected object.

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`d`" key while locator is in the edition window.

  This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.
- Edit/Delete Region

  This menu set the current edition mode to "delete region mode". To delete a rectangular region just click left on a rectangle corner, drag rectangle to the desired area, click left to validate the area (click on right button cancels selection).

  Note that the deleted region is not send to the clipboard

  This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected. This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`x`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Edit/Properties:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "set object properties". To set a node or an edge properties, just left click on the selected object; a popup dialog appears.

  This mode remains active until an other edition mode is selected.

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`p`" key while locator is in the edition window.
- Edit/Default names:

  This menu automatically sets the node and egde names properties to node and egde internal number.
- Edit/Undo:

  This menu set the current edition mode to "undo previous edition". It can be used recursively.

  This edition mode can also be entered pressing the "`u`" key while locator is in the edition window.
Note that Under windows, the shortcuts are taken into accound only if the edition have the focus.

### See Also

`edit_graph`