QUICKPROPERTIES — Quick Properties

Turns the quick properties panel on or off (QPMODE).

• Command: QUICKPROPERTIES · Global name: _QUICKPROPERTIES · Alias: QP

Turns the quick properties panel on or off: a small floating panel that appears next to the cursor when you select objects with no command running, with the key editable properties of the selection.

Usage

1. Enter QUICKPROPERTIES (or click its button) to turn it on or off. The state is kept in the variable QPMODE (1 on, 0 off), which can also be changed with SETVAR.
2. With the panel on, select one or more objects with no command running: the panel appears next to the cursor.
3. Edit the properties directly in the panel, as in the PROPERTIES palette.
4. The panel closes when you deselect or start a command.

Properties shown

The general ones (layer and color) and the key properties of the selected type:

• Line: length and angle.
• Circle: radius and diameter.
• Arc: radius, total angle and arc length.
• Polyline: length and whether it is closed.
• Text: contents, height and rotation.
• Block: name and rotation.
• Dimension: style and measurement.

With objects of several types only the common (general) properties are shown.

Notes

It is a reduced, floating version of the PROPERTIES palette; it shares with it the logic for reading and editing properties by type. It does not appear in test scripts.

See also

PROPERTIES · QPMODE · SETVAR