Object Browser Window

This toolbar allows you to perform a large variety of tasks in the Object Browser Window, such as showing / hiding relationships or navigating from an object to many adjacent or related objects.

 

The following commands are available from the toolbar:

Toolbar icon	Description of Functionality
Backward / Previous	The Object Browser Window keeps a history of objects which can be accessed via the Backward / Previous () and Forward / Next ( ) buttons. Click the Backward / Previous button to go backwards, to the previous object opened in the Object Browser Window. Click the Forward / Next button to go forward, to the next object opened in the Object Browser Window. Tip If an object in the list has been deleted (or the corresponding GeoPlan has been closed) the window will read No object selected.
Forward / Next
Show target objects	Toggle Use this button to show / hide target objects. See Object Relationships for more information.
Show component relationships	Toggle Use this button to show / hide component relationships. See Object Relationships for more information.
Show connected object relationships	Toggle Use this button to show / hide connected object relationships. See Object Relationships for more information.
Show associated object relationships	Toggle Use this button to show / hide associated object relationships. See Object Relationships for more information.
Show empty relationships	Toggle Use this button to show / hide empty relationships. See Object Relationships for more information.

The selected object which is identified by type and id is at the root of the tree.

The possible types of related objects are shown below the selected object. Relationship description is displayed in bold, with, in brackets, the number of objects within that relationship.

To expand a relationship group, click on the button.

To expand further, click on the symbol adjacent to the related object. This will display relationships for the related object itself.

To open the object property sheet, double-click the adjacent symbol.

The symbols used are defined by the themes configured in the Layers and Themes page of the GeoPlan Properties Dialog for the current GeoPlan. If that GeoPlan window is closed without the network being closed (e.g. if Network Object Grid Windows are left opened), the object can still be used, but no symbols will be drawn.

The first available GeoPlan window will be used to define symbols if the Object Browser Window is accessed via a Network Object Grid Window.

Related objects are grouped by relationship purpose - component, connected, associated and empty. See Object Relationships for more details.

Non-empty (i.e. component, connectedand associated) relationships are shown by default.

To view empty relationships, click the Show empty relationships button (). To hide these relationships, click this button again (it is a toggle).

Additionally, displayed relationships can be restricted to a certain purpose (component, connected or associated, or any combination) of relationships by using the relevant toolbar button (Show component relationships / Show connected object relationships / Show associated object relationships, respectively). These buttons are all toggles therefore clicking on them again will hide Containing, connected and associatedrelationships respectively.

Example of Context menu

When you right-hand click on an object on the Object Browser Window tree, a context menu like the one shown above is displayed, allowing you to perform a large variety of tasks.

See Using the Object Browser Window for more details on each of the available options on the context menu.