4.10.5 Placing a drop-down part (guide area) (a child drop-down part)
-
In the Guide palette, click (Drop Down button).
(Drop Down button) is selected.
-
In the guide area, click a location.
A drop-down part is placed.
-
Double-click anywhere on the drop-down part.
The Attribute Settings window appears.
-
Enter the information about the parent drop-down part.
In the Parent Guide Part ID text box, enter the Guide Part ID of the parent drop-down part.
Also, in the Parent value column in the setting area of the selections list, enter the value of a selection for the parent drop-down part. You can add a row in the setting area of the selections list by clicking the Add button.
-
Enter the selections for the child drop-down part while separating them by a comma.
Enter those selections for the child drop-down part which correspond to the selections you entered for the parent drop-down part in step 4.
In the upper row in the Selections list column in the setting area of the selections list, enter a label (character string to be displayed). In the lower row, enter the value to uniquely identify the label.
-
Click the Update button.
The specified information is applied.
For details about the items in the Attribute Settings window, see 4.10.6 Items in the Attribute Settings window (drop-down part in the guide area).
- Cautionary notes:
-
-
If you want to change the Guide Part ID of the parent drop-down part, cancel the reference relationship between the parent and child drop-down parts beforehand.
To cancel the reference relationship, in the Attribute Settings window for the child drop-down part, clear the Parent Guide Part ID text box, or delete the child drop-down part.
-
When the child drop-down part is copied, the Parent Guide Part ID text box in the Attribute Settings window for the copy of the child drop-down part is blank. Enter a necessary value in the Parent Guide Part ID text box.
-
When you delete the drop-down parts in a parent-child relationship, always delete the child drop-down part first. You can neither delete only the parent drop-down part nor delete the parent drop-down part first.
-