Text Editor

The text editor allows editing content of a multiline text, paragraph text or table in a separate window. The editor window displays only the content of the current text without any other elements outside the context of the text's parent page. The editor has its own toolbars and textual menu containing the same commands for managing text content, that are displayed in the ribbon, automenu and contextual menu of text content, when editing content directly in 2D or 3D window.

Outside the text content editing mode, the editor can be launched using the Edit in Dialog command available in the contextual menu of text.

Within the text content editing mode, the editor can be launched using the following automenu option:

When working in a text editor, all cursor movement keys and text string editing functions are available. When editing text, you have the opportunity to operate both individual lines of text and entire blocks of lines.

Cursor movement keys and line editing functions:

Available options when working with string text in a text editor:

Editing functions:

Available options when working with the paragraph text editor:

All available options for working with the editor are divided into separate groups (File, Edit, View, Insert, Format).

To call the required option, click on the necessary group and select the necessary option. You can also use the keyboard shortcut listed in the options list.

The File option group allows you to:

work with external format files

•T-Flex Paragraph Text        -  *.TFT

•Rich Text  Format              -  *.RTF

•Text  Document                  -  *.TXT

•finish working in the editor

•with text saved;

•without saving the text.

The Edit option group allows you to:

The View option group allows you to:

•set the panel display flag (standard, formatting);

•set the status bar display flag;

•set the scale of the text image;

•set the flag for displaying non-printable characters;

•set the flag for displaying variable names or their values;

•set the double buffering flag.

The Insert option group allows you to use the features described in the Text section.

The Format options group allows you to:

•set font;

•format a paragraph;

•set the width of the edit field;

•set the units of measurement.

Keyboard shortcuts in a text editor:

<F5>                Finish the input (except for the variable editing mode).

<F6>                Dictionary.

<F8>                Expression constructor. Link to the variable of the current drawing (only in variable editing mode).

<F9>                Font (except for the variable editing mode).

<F10>                Paragraph.

<F11>                Edit in a separate window (only from the T-FLEX window; except for the variable editing mode). Finish typing (only in the window editor).

<F12>                Insert a table (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F2>        Non-printable symbols.

<Ctrl>+<F3>        Variable names (except for the variable editing mode). Buttons for selecting values from the list (only in variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F5>        Rectangle parameters (only from the T-FLEX window and only for paragraph text; except for the variable editing mode). The anchor point of the rectangle (only from the T-FLEX window and only for multiline text; except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F8>        Insert a roughness (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F9>        Insert tolerance (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F10>Insert a fragment (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F11>        Insert an index (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<F12>Insert a fraction (except for the variable editing mode).

<Alt>+<F2>        Insert the diameter symbol (except for the variable editing mode).

<Alt>+<F3>        Insert the degree symbol (except for the variable editing mode).

<Alt>+<F4>        Insert a plus-minus symbol (except for the variable editing mode).

<Alt>+<F5>        The symbol table (except for the variable editing mode).

<Alt>+<F8>        The Table toolbar (only from the T-FLEX window; except for the variable editing mode).

<Alt>+<F9>        Insert a special character (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<B>        Bold font (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<I>        Italics font (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<U>        Underlined font (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<L>        Left alignment (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<T>        Center alignment (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<H>        Right alignment (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<J>        Width alignment (except for variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<M>        Numbering (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<A>        Select all.

<Ctrl>+<X>        Cut.

<Ctrl>+<C>        Copy.

<Ctrl>+<V>        Paste.

<Shift>+<Delete>                Cut.

<Shift>+<Insert>                Paste.

<Ctrl>+<Insert>                Copy.

<Shift>+<Ctrl>+<Space>        An unbroken space (except for the variable editing mode).

<Shift>+<Ctrl>+<->                An unbroken hyphen (except for the variable editing mode).

<Shift>+<Enter>                Line feed.

<Esc>                Cancel the input (except for the variable editing mode). Cancel changing variable values (only in variable editing mode).

<Enter>        Confirm changes to variable values (only in variable editing mode).

<Tab>, <Shift>+<Tab>        Moving through the cells of the table (except for the variable editing mode). Moving through variables (only in variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<Tab>Tab entry in the table (except for the variable editing mode).

<Ctrl>+<N>        New text (only in the window editor).

<Ctrl>+<O>        New text (only in the window editor).

<Ctrl>+<S>        Save (only in the window editor).

<Ctrl>                Rotation of the rectangle without binding (15 degrees) (only from the T-FLEX window; except for the variable editing mode).