Working with Process Drag Objects



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Executing Processes on Images or Previews

Creating Process Icons on the Main Window's Work Area

Replacing Existing Process Icons


A process drag object is present on each processing window's bottom left corner as a small square button, like this one:

As you probably might expect, process drag objects work by dragging and dropping them on appropriate targets. When you click and start dragging a process drag object, you have several possibilities, as you'll learn in this documentation section.


Executing Processes on Images or Previews

This works only for processes that can be applied to images or previews. You can do one of the following:

  • 1. Directly drag to an image window's current view (can be an image view or a preview):



  • 2a. Drag to a view selector:



    and wait until the desired view becomes the window's current view. Then,

  • 2b. Drag to the view and drop:

Note that the cursor shape gives you visual feedback about what can be done with the process instance you are dragging. An x-shaped cursor tells you that the process cannot be applied to the object on which you are moving the cursor. A check mark cursor indicates that the process can be applied immediately.


Creating Process Icons on the Main Window's Work Area

Just drag a process drag object to a free location on the main window's background:

Note the '+' cursor shape, indicating that a new icon can be created at the current cursor location. When you drop, a new process icon of the window's interfaced process is created:

The new process icon owns an exact duplicate of the process defined on the source processing window.

You may want to review the documentation chapter dedicated to process icons.


Replacing Existing Process Icons

The same operation as above, but this time you drop the object on an existing icon. The source drag object and the target icon must be instances of the same process:

Again, the cursor shape informs you of what will happen if you release the mouse button. When you are about to replace a process icon the cursor shape shows a little void square.

Bear in mind that process icon replacement cannot be undone, so critical process parameters can be lost if you erroneously replace an icon. A warning message is shown asking for confirmation when you try to replace an existing process icon.

This topic and many more related are covered by a documentation chapter dedicated to process icons.



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