Project Branch

The “Project” branch of the Objects panel tree provides access to the data files, plots, save files, and results files as present in the project.

There are three methods of operation on the constituents of this tree branch—Drag-and-Drop Operations, Right-Click Operations, Double-Click Actions.

Drag-and-Drop Operations

Tip

In all cases, the mouse cursor cues drop outcomes.

	item may be dropped at cursor location
	item cannot be dropped at cursor location

Also observe the target location of a viable drop operation will be highlighted this color (approximately—the highlight appearance will vary depending on the background of the highlighted window). No highlight appears if the the current cursor location is not a viable drop target.

No operation is performed when an item is dropped on a “prohibited” location.

Drag-and-drop behavior of project items varies by item type and by the location of the drop, as tabulated below. Note that there are tree items (e.g., the “Projects” container itself) that cannot be dropped. When an item is dragged over a content window in the workspace, the current content of the target window is replaced with the dragged item.

Drag-and-Split-on-Drop

When the drag operation occurs, it is possible to automatically split the target window. When the cursor location falls near the top, bottom, left, or right of the target window, highlighting is updated to show that the result of the drop operation is to produce a split. When the entire window is highlighted, the content of the window is replaced. Splitting is not allowed in a direction if the size of the target window in that direction is prohibitively small.

Table 2: Drag-and-Drop Actions for Each Item on
the “Project” Branch of the Objects Tree

Tree Item	Drop Target	Result
Project container	help	get help on the Project
Data Files container	workspace	create new data file in the drop target
Data file (*.dat)	workspace	open dragged data file in the drop target
Data file (*.dat)	Console tab	program call the dragged data file
Plots container	workspace	create new plot in the drop target
Plot	workspace	open plot in the drop target
Saved States container	this object cannot be drag-and-dropped
Saved state (*.sav)	Console tab	restore dragged save state
Results container	this object cannot be drag-and-dropped
Result file (*.rslt)	Console tab	restore dragged result file

Right-Click Operations

Every item on the tree furnishes a set of actions specifically available to that item. Each action is defined individually below, with the applicable tree items appearing in parentheses: container objects appear in italicized and capitalized (e.g., Data Files); the object types within a container are written in lower case plaintext (e.g., data files).

Add…

Add an existing item of the clicked type to the project (Data Files, Saved States, Results).

Close

Close the items clicked (Projects).

Collapse All/Open All

Open or collapse the container item (all container items: Project, Data Files, Saved States, Results).

Compress/Decompress

Compress or decompress the clicked item (saved states).

Delete

Delete the clicked item, removing it from the project and, as needed, deleting the file object (data files, plots, saved states, results).

Tip

The Information… command is new in version 9.0. Users are encouraged to try it to familiarize themselves with the functionality and its potential uses.

Information…

Display an information dialog for the clicked item (saved states). The information shown in the dialog a tree containing three branches: general file metadata, and the entire Model State and Program branches of the Objects at the time the file was saved.

New…

Open a new item of the clicked type (Project, Data Files, Plots).

Open…

Open an existing item of the clicked type (Project, Data Files, Plots).

Open in Workspace

Open the clicked item in the workspace (data files, plots).

Remove from Project

Removed the clicked item from the project without deleting the file object (data files, saved states, results).

Rename

Rename the clicked item (plots).

Recent >

Open a recent project from the list on the supplied submenu (Projects).

Save

Save the item clicked (Projects).

Save As…

Save the item clicked as a new file (Projects).

Show Containing Folder

Open the operating system file viewer at the folder of the right-clicked object (Project, data files, saved states, results).

Sort Alphabetically/Sort in Order Added

Sort the tree listing for the clicked container as indicated (Data Files, Plots, Saved States, Results).

Double-Click Actions

Double clicking an object will perform the default action (bold on the right-click menu) for that item.

The default actions for data files and plots (open in the active workspace window) and saved states and results (restore) coincide with the double-click actions on these items on the “Project Pane” that appeared in versions of PFC preceding version 9.0.