Editor (Skin Editor)

This is the documentation for Pano2VR 4. You can find the new documentation for Pano2VR 5 here.

However, this document is still valid for the current version of Object2VR!

The Editor is where all the elements (images, buttons, etc.) are placed and arranged. Consider it your workspace for designing your skin.

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Add an element to the Editor

To add an element to the Editor, do one of the following:

Click on a tool in the toolbar and then click in the editor.
Drop an image into the editor (canvas).
In the menu, go to Elements and choose the element type, then click in the editor. The element will be placed in the canvas and in the Tree.

Do any of the following to change the canvas size:

When no elements are selected, the properties of the canvas appear in the Properties section on the right.
Use Zoom. Select from the Zoom in the toolbar a zoom percentage.

Select elements in the Editor by doing one of the following:

Drag over the elements. The first element that is hit by the cursor, will be the active element.
Control + click (PC)
Command + click (Mac)

To move elements do any of the following:

The elements will align themselves to the active element.

Select more than one element in the Tree or Editor.
From the Menu, Go to Edit > Distribute Elements and specify the distribution.

◊ TIP: You can also right click on any element to bring up the context menu. Choose Align elements or Distribute elements.

Drag the handles of the active element to resize the active element and all selected elements until they reach their minimum size. Release the mouse button.
Drag the active element’s handles again to resize all elements.

◊ TIP: Hold the Shift key during resizing to constrain to the original aspect ratio. Hold the Alt key to resize them to a square.