Dialog call:You have opened a project.
- Tab Tools > Command group Comments > Navigator
- You have opened an editor such as the graphical editor, the plot frame editor, etc. Tab View > Command group Navigators > Drop-down button Open > Comments
In this dialog you manage comments that you have either imported into the EPLAN project from a PDF file or inserted directly into EPLAN.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
This drop-down list displays all the available filters. A selected filter is automatically activated and is applied to both the tree and the list view. The "- Not activated -" entry deactivates the filter and causes an unfiltered display of the data. Click [...] to open the Filter dialog. Here you can create, edit, delete, copy, export, import, and manage filters.
The popup menu of the Filter drop-down list contains the following entries:
- Deactivate: This popup menu item is available if a filter has been set: Resets the filter setting to the "- Not activated -" entry.
- Activate <filter name>: This popup menu item is available if the filter setting is "- Not activated -": Reactivates the last active filter.
This allows you to toggle rapidly between the unfiltered representation and a representation filtered in accordance with your requirements.
Use this field, via Quick input, to adjust quickly the value of a filter criterion for a defined and activated filter.
Shows all comments in the opened project. The comments are arranged within the project structure under the respective project pages which they reference. The replies contained in the comments (icon 
) are displayed below the comments identified by the icon 
.
Shows all comments in the opened project. You can use the popup menu item Configure representation to configure the properties displayed for the comments (such as Author, Status, Placement) and their sorting.
If you select a comment in the tree or list, you can use the popup menu item Go to (graphic) to jump to the associated comment field on the project page.
Popup menu:
The popup menu provides - depending on the field type (e.g. date, integer, multilingual) - the following menu items that are, depending on the situation, available for influencing the table or editing the values in the fields. You can find an overview of these popup menu items in the section Popup menu items.
In addition, the following dialog-specific popup menu items are available:
|
Menu item |
Meaning |
|---|---|
|
Select all (list only) |
Selects all of the entries in the list. |
|
New |
Opens the property dialog for comments and thus offers the possibility to insert a new unplaced comment. |
|
Delete |
Following a prompt, this deletes all selected comments or - in the tree view - all comments below the selected tree structure level. (Multiple selection of comments or tree structure levels is possible here.) Both placed and unplaced comments are deleted. |
|
Go to (graphic) |
Shows the selected object in the graphical editor. |
|
Place |
Places the selected unplaced comment on the project page. |
|
List with preselection (tree only) |
Reduces the number of elements displayed in order to allow for a faster orientation in the list view. If this option is activated, the list view is called up with an automatic filter (preselection) containing the elements that are currently selected. |
|
Select in tree (list only) |
Displays the marked object in the Tree tab. |
| Properties |
Opens the Properties dialog. Allows you to edit the properties of the comment. |
See also