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Using the Display Manager

The Display Manager is a tool for viewing and controlling the style, visibility, and label settings for the layers in a map.

With the Display Manager you can see the style of every layer in your map, whether or not labels are active for the layer, and whether or not the layer is currently visible. In addition, you can expand the layer sections by clicking Display Manager with expanded layer to see visibility, style, and label status of any selection sets, themes, or feature display settings that are present for the layer.

For each item in the Display Manager, there is a sample of its style as well as symbols indicating the display and label status:

Symbol	Definition
	Indicates a layer is visible, a selection set is active, or a feature display setting is active
	Indicates a layer, selection set, or feature display is active, but is currently autoscaled off
	Indicates a layer or selection set is hidden
	Indicates a selection set or feature display setting is inactive
	Indicates a layer, selection set, or feature display setting has labels
	Indicates a layer, selection set, or feature display setting has labels, but currently they are autoscaled off
	Indicates a layer, selection set, or feature display setting has no labels

The working layer is also indicated in the Display Manager with bold type.

You can also use the Display Manager to quickly change the visibility status of items and as a shortcut to the dialog boxes necessary for changing other display settings. The Display Manager does not replace dialog boxes such as Layers, Style, Labels, Selection Settings, Feature Display Settings, Autoscale, or the various theme dialog boxes. Instead, it provides you with another way to control your map design.

For a video tutorial see: (Internet connection required)

• Using the Maptitude Display Manager

Blue triangle symbol To Use the Display Manager

Choose Map>Display Manager Toolbar.
Make changes to the Display Manager contents as follows:

To do this...	Do this...
Expand/collapse an item	Click to expand an item or click to collapse an expanded item
Expand/collapse all items	Right-click on an item in the Display Manager and choose Expand All or Collapse All
Sort layers by drawing order	Right-click on an item in the Display Manager and choose Sort by Drawing Order
Sort layers alphabetically	Right-click on an item in the Display Manager and choose Sort by Name
Include/exclude node layers	Line layers comprise both line and node features. Generally the node features are hidden and not included in the Display Manager. Right-click on an item and choose Show Node Layers if it is not checked to include node layers in the Display Manager. Choose Show Node Layers again to exclude the node layers.

Make changes to the map as follows:

To do this...	Do this...
Hide an item	Click on the symbol next to a layer or selection set item to change it to .
Show an item	Click on the symbol next to a layer, selection set, or feature display item to change it to .
Make an item inactive	Click on the symbol next to a selection set or feature display item to change it to .
Change the style of an item	Click on the style sample next to a layer, selection set, theme, or feature display item to display the Style dialog box. Make changes to the style and click OK. See Using Styles for more information.
Change the label of an item	Click on the label symbol next to a layer, selection set, or feature display item to display the Labels dialog box. Make changes to the label and click OK. See Creating Labels for more information.
Rename an item	Right-click on a layer, theme, selection set, or feature display item and choose Rename, type a new name for the item and click OK.
Show autoscaled off labels	Right-click on a layer, feature display, or selection set whose labels are autoscaled off and choose Show Labels (Clear Autoscale).
Show selected features only	Right-click on a layer and choose Show Selected Only.
Drop an item from the map	Right-click on a layer, selection set, or feature display item and choose Remove.
Zoom to an item	Right-click on a layer or a selection set item and choose Zoom.

Make other choices as follows:

To do this...	Do this...
Change the working layer	Right-click on a layer and chooseMake Working Layer.
Create a dataview	Right-click on a layer or a selection set item and chooseNew Dataview.

Try It Yourself: Using the Display Manager

1. Choose File>Open Workspace or click Display Manager with layers on the Standard toolbar, then open the Display workspace in the Tutorial folder.

2. If the Display Manager is not visible, choose Map>Display Manager Toolbar.

3. Right-click on any item in the Display Manager and choose Expand All to see all elements of the map.

4. Click Display Manager icon for hidden layers next to Railroad. Maptitude displays the railroads in the map and changes the symbol to .

5. Click next to County to hide the county layer.

6. Right-click on the Highway layer and choose Zoom. Maptitude changes the map scale so that all of the highway features in the layer are visible.

7. Click the black star next to the State Capital selection set to display the Style dialog box. Change the color to dark red, the size to 11, and click OK.

8. Click the label symbol next to the State Capital selection set to display the Labels dialog box. Change the color to the same dark red and click OK.

9. Choose File>Close Workspace and click Don't Save to close the workspace without saving any changes.