To create a page macro hold down the [Shift] key while dragging the page.

To copy pages hold down the [Ctrl] key while dragging the page.

Allows for the hierarchy structure in the layout space navigator to be changed in a macro project, for example if an enclosure door in the hierarchy structure is not assigned to the enclosure anymore but to the frame profile vertical right front.

From the navigator, you can place every function on a page as many times as you like. In the process, it does not matter if the function has already been placed, is unplaced, or is of a different representation type. The created representation type depends on the page type where the function is placed.

Special feature of Drag & Drop: When the mouse button is released, the function hangs on the cursor. When you have selected the desired position, insert the function with a click.

In the navigators from within which you can place functions (e.g., device navigator), it is also possible to make a multiple selection and to place the selected functions on a page one by one via drag & drop.

Special features for the placing of functions

Please note that when using multiple selections in a navigator's tree view, the selection made is only retained if you draw the most recently selected function. Click on another function of the selected block; this removes the original selection and selects the new function.

If you have selected a DT in a navigator and you drag it to a schematic page using drag & drop, all the functions of this device are offered for placement one after the other. In this context, you can "browse" the functions using the [N] key and select the required one. You can use [Tab] to "page" through the available symbol variants for each function.

If you want to perform the drag & drop from the List view of a navigator, you have to select one or more lines. The selection made is displayed with a blue frame. To place the selected functions on a page, position the cursor within this frame and drag the selection made via drag & drop into the graphical editor.

Assigning functions with drag & drop

While performing the drag & drop in the device navigator (or other project data navigators), decide whether you want to place or assign the function. If you want to assign the function, simply press the [Ctrl] + [Shift] shortcut keys while performing the dragging action. When you let go of the left mouse button, the function description of the highlighted function will hang on the cursor. Now release the keys. Move the cursor to a suitable component, and with one click transfer the data of the function to the component. A function cannot be assigned directly via drag & drop.

From some navigators you can add parts to the main function of a device placed in the graphical editor by using drag & drop, meaning dragging the desired part on the component and keeping the [Ctrl] + [Shift] shortcut key pressed while dragging. After pressing the shortcut key, first release the mouse button and then the keys. You thus have the opportunity to select a part using drag & drop.

If the device already has one or more parts, then a query is displayed asking whether the existing parts should be enhanced or replaced.