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Hi everyone
I am a newbee to runrev and just wanted to know if it was possible to either separate out the different panels in the property inspector so that I could line them up next to each other, like lets say in Photoshop or even in Keynote et cetera (see attached screen-shot). I have plenty of screen real-estate and would much prefer to be able to look at all the panels at once, instead of having to try and remember which setting is in which panel and then find that panel in the pop-up menu.

Is it possible to switch between the panels with a keyboard shortcut?.

If these functions are not possible natively, is there some kind of add-on?

Thanks so much for your help

Greetings from a very beautiful and sunny day in Switzerland

Marcus

Hi Marcus,

You can lock a property inspector and open a new one for a different object. See the lock in the top-right of the inspector.

Best,

Mark

Dear Mark

Thanks for the reply. I managed to figure that feature out and it helps to compare separate panels (one at a time) for different objects, but sadly this does not help, as it still keeps all the property inspector panels inside one pop-up menu. I was really hoping for a solution, where I could see all the different panels simultaneously for one object.

Greetings

Marcus

Markus,
you might want to have a look at an implementation of a huge amount of properties side by side for one object by Gerald McCarthy.
http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/364/Properties2
You have to get used to it but it might serve you in inspecting/setting a lot of properties at once. And since you have a large monitor...

I also append the plug-in "SmartProperties 1.3" from Frédéric Rinaldi. In Revolution under development->plugins there is version 1.2. It does not work very well. Version 1.3 works better but has problems at times (the plugin is a little old by now, but I still like it since it lets you compare properties for 2 objects and synchronize the properties)

You have to move the plug-ins to the plug-ins folder in user/documents/myRevolution(Studio or Enterprise)/plug-ins.
Then when you restart Rev you will find the plug-ins in development/plugins

If you want to get rid of the old SmartProperties plug-in that comes with Rev go to the program/Revolution folder and delete it from the plugin folder.
I uploaded it since Rinaldi does not have it on his site Rinaldi collection anymore, just version 1.1.

Edit: I just played around with the SmartProperties plugin. It has more problems under Rev 4.0 than it had under 3.5. So it is probably not worth installing.

Regards
Bernd

Dear Bernd

Thanks for the link to Properties 2; I'll have a look when I get a Minute and get back to you.

Greetings

Marcus