Editing Screen Layouts

The Edit Layout feature enables you to customize some Bus Stop Manager screens based on your specific requirements. You can determine if a screen is customizable.

Open the screen whose layout you want to edit.
The following procedure describes the steps in adding or removing fields, changing their appearance and values. To illustrate the editing features, the Filter fields on the upper pane of the Points screen are used as examples.
Note: You can also perform these tasks when creating or editing a user-defined report on the Parameter tab in the Report Designer screen.
  1. Right-click any of the fields on the screen. Using the Points screen as an example, hover the pointer over any field or space on the Filter pane and right-click.
    The Layout option is shown in the shortcut menu. The following graphic shows the option highlighted:
    Layout option on Points screen
  2. Click Layout.
    The Filter dialog appears with the Available Fields tab open by default. The following graphic shows the fields for the Points screen:
    Filter dialog for layout of Filter fields
  3. In the FieldLayout For drop-down list, select the user group for whom you want to design the layout.
  4. In the LayoutType drop-down list, click the type you want to apply:
    • Freehand
    • FieldSet
  5. Select the field on the screen that you want to modify, and make the necessary changes in the Filter dialog using the options on the vertical toolbar:
    • Tab Order button - Tab Order
    • View Properties button - View Properties
    • Properties button - Properties
  6. Optional: To copy the layout for other user groups, click Copy To, and select the group you want from the drop-down list.
  7. Click OK.