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Loco Widgets

ContentRocview

  • Loco widgets


Location

Menu→View→Loco Widgets


Introduction

Loco widgets are used to control many locos in one view.


Known Problems

  • Rocview will crash under Windows after changing a Loco ID. → wxWidgets 2.8 issue.


Control

Show

Check the "Menu→View→Loco Widgets" option.

Columns

The number of columns are calculated on resizing the Loco Widgets panel.
The widget width can be changend on the Rocview General Tab. A restart is required to activate the changed width.

Filter

The same filter is used as for the Loco Tab: Menu->View->Loco view filter

Big view

  1. Disable the track plan.
  2. Restart Rocview with the option -ls 2.
    (Use -ls 3 if the LNCV tab is activated.)


Widget functions


The fields "Block", "Speed", "Mode" and "Destination" are equal of contents as in the Loco Tab grid.

Stop button

The button label changes to 'X' in case the speed is none zero. On some operating systems the background colors red too.

  • Left click: Set speed to zero.
  • Right click: Change direction.

Loco image

  1. Single left click: Opens loco throttle dialog.
  2. Single right click: Popup menu.
  3. Mouse wheel: Speed → See MIC. (Must be activated on the Rocview General tab.)
  4. Drag&Drop: Move the loco into a block. (The Control key has to be pressed on systems other than macOS.)

Speed

Left/right click changes the speed.

Blockstate

  • Left click: Start.
  • Right click: Stop.

Destination

  • Right click: Opens "Go To" dialog.



rocview/locowidgets-en.txt · Last modified: 2024/12/07 10:39 by rjversluis