Hierarchical overview of the manual
The Topic Browser displays a hierarchical overview of the
manual. Unlike the class hierarchy, which shape has a technical
motivation, the topic hierarchy is not constrained by any technical
issues and contains subjects that are not directly related to a class.
Representing a tree, the interface is similar to that of the‘Class
Hierarchy’browser. Some more options are available to allow for
editing the topic hierarchy.
The contents of a topic are shown by the Card Viewer, which is
automatically started when a topic is selected by a LEFT-CLICK or by the
SELECT option from the POPUP-MENU associated with each topic (under the
right mouse-button).
User interface:
A LEFT-CLICK on a node displayed the contents in the Card Viewer.
If the Card Viewer is not yet opened, DOUBLE-CLICK will do so.
Each node (topic) in the tree has a popup-menu associated with the
follwing options:
SELECT Make topic the selection (view contents)
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EXPAND Expand 1 level of sub-topics
EXPAND TREE Expand all the way down
COLLAPSE NODE Destroy all subnodes
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RELATE Relate topic to selection
RENAME Change the name to the NAME field
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MOVE BELOW Reorder: move just below selection or to be first
MAKE DAUGHTER Make this node a daughther of the selection
REMOVE DAUGHTER Remove link to selected parent
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DELETE CARD Destroy the entire topic card
A new topic card is CREATED (when the manual is in edit-mode) by:
- Selecting the super-topic
- Typing the name in the NAME field
- Typing a summary in the SUMMARY field
- Typing RETURN or Pressing CREATE
Tool name:
topic_browser
- See also
- - Card Viewer
- Class Hierarchy
- PCE Manual
