Element editor menu bar¶

The menu bar is placed at top from element editor window. The element editor contains the menus File, Edit, Display, Settings, and Help. Each menu provides many different options.

Note

A brief description of each menu option can be read from help or information tool bar by hovering over the option with the cursor.

File menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_element_editor_menu_file.png — Figure: QElectroTech file menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
New	Creates a new element	`Ctrl + n`
Open	Opens an existing element from collection	`Ctrl + o`
Open from a file	Opens an existing element from file	`Ctrl + o`
Starting the DXF converter pluging	Import element from DXF file	`Ctrl + o`
Recently opened	Open an element from history (recently opened files)	`Ctrl + s`
Save	Saves the current element changes (overwrites)	`Ctrl + s`
Save as	Saves the element as a new element from a library
Save to a file	Saves the Element as a different file on disk	`Ctrl + Shift + x`
Reload	Reloads the opened element (all changes which are not saved are lost)	`Ctrl + p`
Quit	Quits QElectroTech Element editor	`Ctrl + q`

Settings menu¶

../../../../_images/qet_menu_settings.png — Figure: QElectroTech settings menu¶

Option	Function	Keyboard shortcut	Icon
Display	Displays or hides toolbars and panels
Full screen mode	Displays QElectroTech in full screen mode	`Ctrl + Shift + f`
Configure QElectroTech	Allows specifying various parameters for QElectroTech