Arrows
The arrows let you shift your image. Clicking on an arrow moves
the image in the magnified view in the direction of the arrow. Use these arrows to control the placement of your
image within the box surrounding the finished icon.
Note:
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Any part of the image that is moved off the edge of the
magnified view box is lost.
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Keyboard shortcut: Press the corresponding arrow key to move
the image.
Project Menu
The items in the Project menu let you open and save icon files.
New
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Loads the default icon for the currently chosen type of
icon. (The type of icon is determined by the Type menu.) Any changes in the window that have not been saved produce
a requester asking if you want to save them.
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Open
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Opens an existing icon file. A requester appears for entering
the name of the file. Only the names of drawers and .info files appear in the IconEdit Open file requester.
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Revert
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Restores the icon to the state it was in when it was last
saved to disk, removing all changes that had been made since then. If the icon has not been previously saved, this
menu item will be ghosted.
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Save
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Saves an existing icon file, overwriting any file with the
same name. In this case the previous icon is lost.
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Save As
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Allows you to specify a file name for saving the current
image. A requester lets you enter the destination for the edited icon. Use Save As to prevent overwriting an existing
icon file.
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Save As Default Icon
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Saves the current image as the default icon for the currently
selected icon type. This image is used for any new icon or pseudo-icon of that type created, including those made
with the New menu item in the IconEdit Project menu.
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For example
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if you create a drawer icon and then choose Save As Default
Icon, that icon is used to represent drawers when you choose the Show All Files menu item.
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Quit
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Exits the IconEdit program. If you have not saved the current
image, a requester asks if you want to save the image before exiting IconEdit.
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Edit Menu
The items in the Edit menu allow you to use the Amiga`s Clipboard
to import IFF ILBM clips that were created with other programs.
Cut
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Deletes the image in the magnified view box and copies it
to the Clipboard.
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Copy
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Copies the image in the magnified view box to the Clipboard.
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Paste
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Copies any image in the Clipboard to the magnified view
box, replacing the current contents.
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Erase
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Erases any image in the magnified view box. You can erase
everything or save before erasing.
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Undo
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Has the same function as the corresponding gadget.
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Redo
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Has the same function as the corresponding gadget.
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Open Clip
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Copies an existing IFF file into the Clipboard. A requester
asks for the name of the file to open. You can then Paste the file into IconEdit.
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Save Clip As
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Saves the current contents in the Clipboard to a specified
file.
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Show Clip
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Displays the current contents in the Clipboard using the
MultiView program. If the MultiView program is unavailable, Show Clip cannot work.
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Type Menu
The items in the Type menu let you specify the type of icon changed
or created.
Disk
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Represents the disk icons appearing in the Workbench window.
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Drawer
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Represents the drawer icons appearing in a disk window,
such as the Utilities or Tools drawer.
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Tool
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Represents a tool, such as the Calculator, Clock, or IconEdit
program.
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Project
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Represents a project, a file that has been created by a
tool, such as any of the icons in the drawers of the Storage directory.
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Garbage
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Represents the Trashcan drawer.
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Highlight Menu
The items in the Highlight menu let you determine how an icon
appears when it is selected.
Complement
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Highlights the entire icon, including the background of
the box surrounding the icon. For example, if you are using the default Workbench colors and the icon is surrounding
by a field of grey, the grey becomes blue when the icon is selected. This option is only available in old icons"
mode.
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Backfill
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Highlights the icon, but not the background of the box.
For example, if you are using the default Workbench colors and the icon is surrounded by a field of grey, the grey
remains the same when the icon is selected. This option is also only available in old icon" mode.
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Image
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Allows an entirely different image for the selected icon
(a dual image icon). For example, the drawer icons on the Workbench are dual image. When you select a drawer, a
new image of an open drawer appears.
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