Sometimes you may need to adjust the view you are working with in Graphics Studio. Most of the tools needed to adjust the view are found in the ribbon's View tab.
All Graphics Studio panes can be arranged to suit your configuration needs. Use the Panes command in the ribbon to select which panes are active on the user interface. Some panes, such as the Palette and Selection panes, are available only when a display, layout, or GEM class is selected as the active tab. Panes can be moved, floated, or docked in other areas of the interface. When two panes are docked in the same area of the interface, tabs appear that let you switch between panes. Panes can also be docked as document tabs.
The normal view for the document editing area shows the content of the active configuration, but two additional views are also available from the ribbon's View tab > Views group. When you want to translate strings for multi-language content, or when you want to view the translated content for all multi-language strings on the active configuration, you can switch to the Translation Guide view. The Translation Guide is available only for languages, standards, displays, and GEM classes. Similarly, when you want to modify a theme, you can switch to the Theme Guide view. The Themes Guide is available only when the Themes folder is selected as the active tab.
When creating displays or GEM classes, Graphics Studio provides an optional alignment grid for adding and arranging uniform–sized and evenly–spaced graphic elements. When the grid is enabled, the grid lines guide you in aligning elements to the grid or in relation to each other.
A Snap to Grid option lets you align elements by snapping them to the nearest grid point. If this option is disabled, you can still use the grid to visually align objects. You can also define the spacing between grid lines.
When working on displays, layouts, or GEM classes, Graphics Studio provides various zoom tools to help you adjust the appearance of the content on the editing canvas. Zooming in lets you work on detailed areas of your picture while zooming out lets you work on the overall structure of the picture.
You can adjust the magnification of the elements on the editing canvas using the ribbon's Zoom command, the Zoom slider in the bottom right corner of the status bar, or your mouse wheel. To use the mouse wheel, press Ctrl+mouse–up to zoom in and Ctrl+mouse–down to zoom out.
If you adjust the window size of the editing canvas, you may want the elements on your configuration to be accurately represented within the new window size. Use the Fit To Window command to fit the elements to the new window size. The picture is adjusted to the new window size such that the elements in the configuration are the same size relative to the new window.
If you want to zoom in on a particular region of the editing canvas, use the ribbon's Zoom to Region command. If the scale factor does not allow you to see all of the content, scroll bars are added to the pane.
Note: If the area available for editing changes, the current scale factor persists until you choose a different scale factor.