Properties

This command allows you to change a variety of properties of a single selected object. Select one object and choose Properties from the Edit menu to display a dialog box that allows you to alter the object’s properties.

The keyboard shortcut for Properties is Alt+? (Windows) or z+? (Mac).

The Properties dialog box is arranged into separate panels of related properties. Switch from panel to panel by clicking on the tabs near the top of the dialog box. Which panels are available depends on the type of object selected.

As an alternative, you can use the Context menu to access Properties. In Windows, right-click on the object. On a Mac, hold down the Ctrl key while you click on the object. Properties is the command that appears directly under your mouse in the resulting Context menu.

While you’re modifying one object’s properties, you can switch to a different object by clicking on that object in the sketch. (If the object to which you want to switch is obscured by the Properties dialog box, you’ll first have to move the Properties dialog box aside to reveal the object.)

When you finish modifying an object’s properties, click OK to make the changes permanent or click Cancel to leave the object with its original properties. When you click in the sketch to switch to a different object, your changes for the original object are made permanent before Sketchpad switches to the new object, just as if you’d clicked OK for that original object.

Keep in mind that for any specific object, only a few panels appear—not all of them!

The following subtopics describe all of the possible Property panels, as well as the types of object for which each panel appears.

Subtopics:
Object Properties
Label Properties
Value Properties
Plot Properties
Parameter Properties
Table Properties
Hide/Show Properties
Animate Properties
Move Properties
Presentation Properties
Link Properties
Scroll Properties
Iteration Properties