Menus

Menus are used to create contextual menus on 3D equipment.

A menu is displayed at the mouse location when the user Right clicks on the equipment.

The first entry of a menu will dictate the behavior when the user Left clicks on the equipment.

Creation

From the Project Explorer Panel use Right click over the entry Menu and select New.

A new Menu is created with a default name of ‘Menu1’ where the number increments for each new Menu and you are able to rename the Menu at this stage.

Delete

Use Right click on a Menu or a group of Menus and select Delete from the menu. You will be asked to confirm the deletion.

Rename

Use Right click on a Menu and select Rename from the menu. You can enter the new name.

Edit Menu Properties

If the Property Editor is not displayed, click on Ribbon > Home > Property Editor to open the Property Editor. When the Menu is selected its properties will be displayed in the Property Editor Window allowing you to make changes.

Properties

Name	Description
Name	Name of the Menu. This name must be unique in the list of Menus.
Toolbar
Add a new Menu item	Default = ‘Text’ Add a new menu item.
Add a new separator	Inserts a separator line in the menu
Delete selected menu item	Delete the selected menu item
Move up selected menu item	Move the selected item up
Move down selected menu item	Move the selected item down
Item Properties
Permissions	list of permissions required to action the button. Any mouse event on the Menu will be ignored unless the current user has all the selected permissions enabled. See “Users"panel to define new permissions or edit the current ones.
Text	The text to use when the user Right clicks over the object that has this menu attached to it.
Action	The properties available depends upon the Action selected. See “Actions”
Event Log	Configure an Event Log entry for this control. See “Event Logs”