Active layers status bar – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide User Manual

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You cannot group symbols on locked layers into a composite symbol,
but the layers may be locked after the symbols are grouped.

You cannot delete a composite symbol that contains symbols on
locked layers, however, you can delete an unlocked layer.

Normally, a symbol existing only on one layer is deleted if the layer is
deleted, but when the symbol is inside a composite symbol it is not
deleted. It stays in the composite symbol.

If a composite symbol is hidden, all its parts are hidden. If the
composite symbol is visible its individual parts may still be hidden if
the layers they are assigned to are hidden.

Since you cannot individually select the parts of a composite symbol

you must first use the Ungroup button

to separate them in order

to change their layer assignments individually.

Active Layers Status Bar

The Layers icon on the status bar shows whether or not the display has
more than one layer.

This icon appears in the status bar at the bottom of your application,
indicating one or more layers in the display currently in focus. Double-
clicking the icon displays the Layers dialog box.

No layers defined are indicated by this icon:

.

Hovering the mouse over the icon displays a ToolTip with the names of
any active layers, beginning with the top layer.

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