WBPattern Editor:
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The WBPattern Editor lets you change the background display of the Screen and the Workbench and its Windows.
The Placement cycle gadget lets you select Workbench, Windows, or Screen for displaying a background.
The Type cycle gadget lets you select either Pattern or Picture.
Applying Background Patterns:
You can select an already existing pattern or create your own to fill any open areas of the window. The default is no pattern.
To choose a preset pattern:
- Make a selection in the Placement cycle gadget: Workbench, Windows, or Screen.
- Select Pattern from the Type: cycle gadget.
- Select one of the patterns in the Presets gadget to show a sample in the display box above it.
- You may optionally select the Test gadget to apply the pattern to the screen without exiting the editor.
To create a pattern:
- Make a selection in the Placement cycle gadget: Workbench, Windows, or Screen.
- Select Pattern from the Type: cycle gadget.
- If there is a pattern in the magnified view box, select the Clear gadget to fill the magnified view box with the currently selected colour as a background.
- Select a colour for drawing from the colour selection gadget. Or select a pattern from the Presets gadget and use the mouse to edit it.
- Point within the magnified view box to where you wish to draw and click the selection button.
One pixel of the selected colour appears where you position the mouse pointer. Holding down the selection button and moving the mouse fills in several pixels at once. Switch to another colour by moving the pointer over the colour selection gadget and selecting the next colour.
As the pattern is created in the magnified view, it also appears in the actual-size box. If you make a mistake while drawing, use the Undo gadget to erase the last action performed by the mouse.
- When the pattern completes, select the Test gadget to see how it appears on the screen.
Applying Pictures:
You can apply a picture or graphic file to the background of the Workbench, Windows, or Screen. Pictures can be created in a paint package or you can load digitized picture files into the editor.
Pictures are mapped to the colours of the screen.
To select an existing picture file:
- Select Picture from the Type: cycle gadget.
- Click on the Select Picture gadget.
- In the file requester, enter the filename of the picture you wish to use.
- Optionally select the Test gadget to apply the pattern to the screen without exiting the editor.
WBpattern Edit Menu:
The WBPattern Edit menu has additional items that let you use other drawing programs to create and edit patterns and to use existing images from other sources.
For example, you can use the drawing capabilities of the IconEdit tool to create a design and then load it into WBPattern.
- Cut
Copies the contents of the magnified view to the Clipboard and clears the view to the background colour.
- Copy
Copies to the Clipboard without clearing the view.
- Paste
Copies an IFF image from the Clipboard to the magnified view, replacing whatever is currently there. (Images larger than the 16 x 16 pixel view are cut off on the bottom and right sides.)
- Erase
Clears the magnified view to the background colour.
- Undo
Operates the same as the Undo gadget, exchanging the contents of the Undo and magnified views.
- Load Image
Opens a file requester for entering the name of an image file to use as a background pattern.
- Reset to Defaults
Resets the WBPattern to default settings.
- Last Saved
Returns the last saved image to the magnified view box.
- Restore
Restores the magnified view box to its original state when the editor was opened.
When you Save or Use, all selected patterns or pictures are saved and/or applied where designated.
Selecting Cancel also cancels any patterns or pictures applied with Test gadget.