About the Data Information Panel

The Data Information panel provides information about the active app and the selected object. Use it to quickly edit the properties of an object.

This page discusses:

General Information

The Data Information panel:

  • Lets you edit the properties of a selected object
  • Is divided into sections
  • Provides information about the active app, the selected object and its father
  • Is dynamic to be pertinent with the app in use

Sections

Type of Sections

There are three types of sections. The app you are working in automatically chooses which sections to display. The sections that appear follow the order below:

Order Type of Sections Information
1 Fixed section Provides information about the active app.
2 Object section Provides information about the selected object.
3 Father-Object section Provides information about the father of the selected object.

Properties

Each section of the Data Information panel displays the properties using this pattern:

Left Side Right Side
The name of the property. The value of the property.

Values

Editing

You can edit values when:

  • A command explicitly allows you to edit values.
  • No command is activated.

To know if a value is editable, hover over it: the value turns bold and a icon appears next to the value. To edit a value, you can:

  • Use its editor if it is displayed.
  • Double-click the value.
Editing a new value automatically ends the edition of the values that you were editing before.

The values that you edited or that were impacted by the editing of a value within the Data Information panel or the app are highlighed in blue.

Note: You can use the Undo/Redo log to access a register of all your editing.

Displaying an Image

If the value is an image:

  • Hover over the value to display the image.
  • Click the value to display the image in a panel.

Displaying an Object

If the value is a selectable object:

  1. Hover over the value.
  2. To view the object in the Data Information panel, click the button.

Computation

Because of applicative information, the computation of some values can take time. Two status may appear instead of a value:

Status Meaning
Computing... Indicates that the value is computing.
Click to compute Indicates that you must click the value to start computing.
Note: When you collapse the Data Information panel, the computation of values stops.