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4.1.3.1 Views Views
Two different views are available for your automation project:
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The portal view (Page 116) is a task-oriented view of the project tasks.•
The project view (Page 118) is a view of the components of the project, as well as the relevant work areas and editors.You can change over between the two views using a link.
4.1.3.2 Portal view
Purpose of the portal view
The portal view provides you with a task-oriented view of the tools. Here, you can quickly decide what you want to do and call up the tool for the task in hand. If necessary, the view changes automatically to the project view (Page 118) for the selected task.
Layout of the portal view
The following figure shows an example of the components in the portal view:
4.1.3 Layout of the user interface 4.1.3.1 Views4.1.3.2 Portal view
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① Portals for different tasks
② Actions for the selected portal
③ Selection panel for the selected action
④ Change to the project view
⑤ Display of the project that is currently open
Portals
The portals provide the basic functions for the individual task areas. The portals that are provided in the portal view depends on the products that have been installed.
Actions for the selected portal
Here, you will find the actions available to you in the portal you have selected. You can call up the help function in every portal on a context-sensitive basis.
Selection panel for the selected action
The selection panel is available in all portals. The content of the panel adapts to your current selection.
Change to the project view
You can use the "Project view" link to change to the project view.
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Display of the project that is currently open
Here, you can obtain information about which project is currently open.
See also
Project tree (Page 119) Work area (Page 122) Inspector window (Page 123) Task cards (Page 125) Details view (Page 127)
4.1.3.3 Project view
Purpose of the project view
The project view is a structured view of all components of the project.
Layout of the project view
The following figure shows an example of the components of the project view:
① Title bar
② Menu bar
③ Toolbar
4.1.3.3 Project view
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④ Project tree (Page 119)
⑤ Work area (Page 122)
⑥ Task cards (Page 125)
⑦ Details view (Page 127)
⑧ Inspector window (Page 123)
⑨ Change to the Portal view (Page 116)
⑩ Editor bar
⑪ Status bar
Title bar
The name of the project is displayed in the title bar.
Menu bar
The menu bar contains all the commands that you require for your work.
Toolbar
The toolbar provides you with buttons for commands you will use frequently. This gives you faster access to these commands.
Changing to the portal view
You can use the "Portal view" link to change to the portal view.
Editor bar
The Editor bar displays the open editors. If you have opened a lot of editors, they are shown grouped together. You can use the Editor bar to change quickly between the open elements.
Status bar
You can find the most recently generated alarm on the status bar.
4.1.3.4 Project tree
Function of the project tree
Using the project tree features gives you access to all components and project data. You can perform the following tasks in the project tree:
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Add new components•
Edit existing components•
Scan and modify the properties of existing components4.1.3.4 Project tree
4.1 User interface and operation
Layout of project tree
The following figure shows an example of the project tree components:
① Title bar
② Toolbar
③ Project
④ Devices
⑤ Common data
⑥ Languages & resources
⑦ Online access 4.1 User interface and operation
⑧ SIMATIC Card Reader
Title bar
The title bar of the project tree has a button to collapse the project tree. Once it has collapsed, the button will be positioned at the left-hand margin. It changes from an arrow pointing left to one that is pointing right, and can now be used to reopen the project tree.
Toolbar
You can do the following tasks in the toolbar of the project tree:
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Create a new user folder; for example, in order to group blocks in the "Program blocks" folder.•
Navigate forward to the source of a link and back to the link itself.There are two buttons for links in the project tree. You can use these to navigate from the link to the source and back.
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Show an overview of the selected object in the work area.When the overview is displayed, the lower-level objects and actions of the elements in the project tree are hidden. To show them again, minimize the overview.
Project
You will find all the objects and actions related to the project in the "Project" folder, e.g.:
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Devices•
Languages & resources•
Online accessDevice
There is a separate folder for each device in the project, which has an internal project name.
Objects and actions belonging to the device are arranged inside this folder.
Common data
This folder contains data that you can use across more than one device, such as common message classes, scripts and text lists.
Languages & resources
You can determine the project languages and texts in this folder.
Online access
This folder contains all the interfaces of the programming device / PC, even if they are not used for communication with a module.
SIMATIC Card Reader
This folder is used to manage all card readers connected to the programming device / PC.
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See also
Portal view (Page 116) Project view (Page 118) Work area (Page 122) Inspector window (Page 123) Task cards (Page 125) Details view (Page 127)
4.1.3.5 Work area
Function of the work area
The objects that you can open for editing purposes are displayed in the work area. These objects include, for example:
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Editors and views•
TablesYou can open several objects. However, normally it is only possible to see one of these at a time in the work area. All other objects are displayed as tabs in the Editor bar. If, for the purpose of certain tasks, you would like to view two objects at the same time, you can split the work area either horizontally or vertically. If no objects are open, the work area will be empty.
See also: Adapting the work area (Page 129) Layout of the work area
The following figure shows an example of a vertically split work area:
4.1.3.5 Work area
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① Title bar of left-hand editor
② Work area of left-hand editor
③ Title bar of right-hand editor
④ Work area of right-hand editor
See also
Project tree (Page 119) Portal view (Page 116) Project view (Page 118) Inspector window (Page 123) Task cards (Page 125) Details view (Page 127)
4.1.3.6 Inspector window
Function of the Inspector window
Additional information on an object selected or on actions executed are displayed in the inspector window.
4.1.3.6 Inspector window
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Layout of the Inspector window
The following figures show the components of the Inspector window:
① "Properties" tab
② "Info" tab
③ "Diagnostics" tab
④ Navigation within the tabs:
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Area navigation within the "Properties" tab•
Lower-level tabs in the "Info" and "Diagnostics" tabs"Properties" tab
This tab displays the properties of the object selected. You can change editable properties here.
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"Info" tab
This tab displays additional information on the object selected, as well as alarms on the actions executed (such as compiling).
"Diagnostics" tab
This tab provides information on system diagnostics events and configured alarm events.
Navigation within the tabs
You can use area navigation and the lower-level tabs to display the information you require within the tabs.
See also
Project tree (Page 119) Work area (Page 122) Portal view (Page 116) Project view (Page 118) Task cards (Page 125) Details view (Page 127)
4.1.3.7 Task cards Function of task cards
Depending on the edited or selected object, task cards that allow you perform additional actions are available. These actions include:
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Selecting objects from a library or from the hardware catalog•
Searching for and replacing objects in the project•
Dragging predefined objects to the work areaThe task cards available can be found in a bar on the right-hand side of the screen. You can collapse and reopen them at any time. Which task cards are available depends on the products installed. More complex task cards are divided into panes that you can also collapse and reopen.
Layout of task cards
The following figure shows an example of the bar with the task cards:
4.1.3.7 Task cards
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① Task cards closed
② "Library" task card open
③ "Project library" pane open
④ Pane closed
See also
Project tree (Page 119) Work area (Page 122) Inspector window (Page 123) Portal view (Page 116) Project view (Page 118) Details view (Page 127) 4.1 User interface and operation
4.1.3.8 Details view
Purpose of the details view
Certain content of the selected object is shown in the details view. This might include text lists or tags.
The content of folders is not shown, however. To display the content of folders, use the project tree or the overview window.
Layout of the details view
The following figure shows an example of the details view:
① Title bar
② Content of the selected object
Title bar
The arrow for closing the details view is located in the title bar of the details view. After it has closed, the direction in which the arrow is pointing changes from left to right. It can now be used to reopen the details view.
Objects
The displayed content varies depending on the selected object. You can move the content of objects from the details view to the required location using drag-and-drop.
See also
Project tree (Page 119) Work area (Page 122) Inspector window (Page 123) Task cards (Page 125) Portal view (Page 116) Project view (Page 118) Overview window (Page 128)
4.1.3.8 Details view
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4.1.3.9 Overview window
Functions of the overview window
The overview window supplements the project tree. The overview window shows the content of the folder currently selected in the project tree.
In addition, you can perform the following actions in the overview window:
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Open objects•
Display and edit the properties of objects in the Inspector window•
Rename objects•
Call object-specific actions from the shortcut menuLayout of the overview window
The following figure shows the components of the overview window:
① Overview window
② Switch to the Details view
③ Switch to the List view
④ Switch to the Icon view
⑤ Move to higher level
⑥ Display of folder content
4.1.3.9 Overview window
4.1 User interface and operation
Display form of the overview window
The content of the overview window can be displayed as follows:
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Details viewThe objects are displayed in a list with additional information, such as the date of the last change.
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List viewThe objects are displayed in a simple list.
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Icon viewThe objects are displayed as icons.
See also
Project tree (Page 119)