Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 72)

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Building and editing panels
Grouping and ungrouping objects on the canvas
Grouping objects basically means taking several separate objects that are selected
together and makes them into a single object. Grouping objects is very useful when you
want to keep several elements together, or when you want to apply the same operation to
them all (i.e. move to a new location, set common properties or copy/cut & paste). At a later
time, you can ungroup the object and return the object to being individual objects.
Figure 4-14. Objects can be grouped so that they can be edited as one object
To group objects:
1.
Select the objects to be grouped (see “Selecting multiple objects on the canvas” on
page 4-37 ).
2. Select the F ORMAT >G ROUP menu command, or click the G ROUP button Xpanel’s
toolbar.
A blue border surrounds the grouped objects to indicate that the group is selected.
To ungroup objects:
1.
Select the group (see “Selecting a single object on the canvas” on page 4-36 ).
A blue grid appears over the object.
2. Select the F ORMAT >U NGROUP menu command, or click the U NGROUP button on
Xpanel’s toolbar.
The blue border disappears and each object is bordered in red and/or blue.
N OTE
When objects are grouped, the group has a set of properties that can be edited to determine
the group’s positioning and/or which devices and channel it will control.
Ungrouped objects Grouped object