Page Preferences

The settings in the Page tab of the Preferences menu will affect all pages edited with GEDI. Changes can be applied without leaving the preferences menu by pressing the "Apply" button. Pressing "OK" will apply changes and close the preferences menu, and "Cancel" will close the preferences menu without applying new the new preferences.

Adding a Page Attribute

To add a page attribute, press the "ADD ATTRIBUTE" button. This will create a new page attribute named New_Atribute_# with no possible values and no default value.

Renaming a Page Attribute

To rename a page attribute, click the name of the attribute in the "Page Attributes" table. Once the name is outlined, you can type in a new name, and press Enter when you are done. If you enter an invalid name, a message will pop up.

Setting Possible Values

To set the possible values for an attribute, click the corresponding cell in the "Page Attributes" table. Once the cell is outlined, you can type in the possible values. Separate each value with a semicolon. Once you have entered all the possible values, press Enter.

Setting a Default Value

To set the default value for an attribute, click the corresponding cell in the "Page Attributes" table. A list the possible values will appear, and you can select the default value by clicking on it. If there is not a list of possible values, a default value can still be set by typing it in and pressing Enter. To have no default value, select the blank value.

Setting Hotkeys for an Attribute

To add a hotkey for an attribute, find the row corresponding to the hokey you want to use in the "Page Attribute Hot Keys" table. For that hotkey, first select an attribute then a value by clicking on the cells in the table and selecting from the list that appears. To remove actions associated with a hotkey, change either the attribute or the value to "None".

Deleting an Attribute

To delete a page attribute, select the attribute from the "Page Attributes" table, then press the "REMOVE ATTRIBUTE" button.