User's Manual

Active System Manager User Interface Elements
1-18 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Editors
Review the following tasks for using editors:
• Opening Files for Editing
• Activating Editors
• Modifying Editor Preferences
• Tiling Editors
• Changing the Tab Placement for Editors
• Maximizing, Minimizing, or Restoring the Editor Workspace
• Navigating Editors
• Using Multi-Editor Functions
• Context Menu Options Using Right-Mouse Click
An editor is a pane that modifies data or objects. The Active System Manager application contains all
documents that are open for modification. Most perspectives are comprised of an editor area and one or
more views.
Below are some basic guidelines to follow that can help you navigate more easily:
• You can associate different editors with different types of files. For example, when you open a file for
editing by double-clicking it in one of the navigator views, the associated editor opens in the
application. If there is no associated editor for a resource, the Active System Manager application
attempts to launch an external editor outside the application.
• By default, 10 editors can be open, but only one can be active at a time (see Window > Preferences >
General > Editors) in the The main menu bar and toolbar for the Active System Manager window
contains operations that are applicable to the active editor. You can change the number of editors that
can be open under the editor preferences.
• The workspace can contain more than one Template, but you cannot drag views into the editor
workspace. The editor remains constant, regardless of how you rearrange your views. Click any element
in the editor and the views update to represent that element.
• Tabs in the editor area indicate the names of resources that are currently open for editing. An asterisk
(*) indicates that an editor has unsaved changes. Click File > Save to commit your changes to the server.
The File > Save All command commits all changes in all open editors to the server. If you have made
changes to a resource and want to undo those changes, click File > Revert. This returns the resource
configuration to the values stored on the server. (It is the same process as closing an editor without
saving your changes and then re-opening it.)
Note You can refresh the data displayed within views by pressing F5.
• Editors modify the values for resource types, resource instances, and links. To switch between editors,
press Ctrl+F6.