The Activity Editor interface

Figure 42 shows a typical view of Activity Editor.

Figure 42. Activity Editor


Activity Editor has four main windows: the Activity Workbook window, the Library window, the Content window, and the Properties window.

The following sections describe the views, menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts that are part of the Activity Editor interface.

Activity Editor views

Activity Editor has two views: Graphical and Java. The Graphical view, as shown in Figure 42, enables you to drag and drop function blocks to create activity definitions. This is the only supported method for creating activity definitions in Process Designer Express.

The Java view is read-only; it displays the Java code that is underneath the graphical function blocks.

Activity Editor menus

This section describes the functionality available from the Activity Editor menus.

File menu

The Activity Editor File menu provides the following options:

Edit menu

The Activity Editor Edit menu provides the following options:

View menu

The Activity Editor View menu provides the following options:

Tools menu

The Activity Editor Tools menu provides the following option:

Help menu

The Activity Editor Help menu provides the following options:

Context menu

The Activity Editor Context menu is accessed by right-clicking on the editing canvas. It provides the following options:

Activity Editor toolbars

Activity Editor has two toolbars: the Standard toolbar and the Graphics toolbar. The Standard toolbar provides functionality for saving and printing activities, cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting elements in the activity, and accessing help.

The Graphics toolbar provides functionality for navigating within activities. The buttons correspond to the View --> Zoom and View --> Go To menu items.

Activity Editor keyboard shortcuts

Table 28 lists the Activity Editor menu items and the keyboard shortcuts associated with them.

Table 28. Activity Editor keyboard shortcuts
Menu Menu item Keyboard shortcut
File menu Save Ctrl+S
Print Setup Ctrl+Shift+P
Print Preview No shortcut available
Print Ctrl+P
Close No shortcut available
Edit Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+P
Delete Del
Select All Ctrl+A
Find Ctrl+F
Goto Line Ctrl+G
View Design Mode No shortcut available
Quick View Mode No shortcut available
Go To/Back Alt+Left Arrow
Go To/Forward Alt+Right Arrow
Go To/Up One Level No shortcut available
Go To/Home Alt+Home
Zoom In Ctrl++
Zoom Out Ctrl+ -
Zoom To Ctrl+M
Library Window No shortcut available
Content Window No shortcut available
Properties Window No shortcut available
Toolbars No shortcut available
Status Bar No shortcut available
Preferences Ctrl+U
Tools Translate Ctrl+T
Help Help Topics F1
Documentation No shortcut available

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