Setting prototypes

There are many ways to set prototypes, many using the prototype pop-up menu:

• View pane:
  • Outline or Chart view. Right click icon of selected item(s), select from pop-up menu
  • Map view. Right click prototype tab of selected item(s), select from pop-up menu.
• Text pane. Edit the $Prototype attribute displayed as a displayed attribute.
• Properties Inspector, Prototype sub-tab. A tick-box is available to set prototype status.
• Properties Inspector, Quickstamp sub-tab. Select one or more items. Either:
  • Type all or part of the attribute name. If part, pick a completion from the pop-up auto-complete list. Press Return (↩) top populate the relevant Group and Attribute selections. Click the 'Apply' button.
  • First select the 'General' attribute group (second pop-up list). Now from the third pop-up select 'Prototype'. Click the 'Apply' button
• Get Info dialog, attributes tab. Edit the $Prototype attribute.
• Action code, via Stamps, or OnAdd/AgentAction, Rule, Edict, etc. Set the prototype directly in code, e.g. $Prototype="Person".

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See also—notes linking to here:

• attributes tab
• Prototype pop-up list
• Quickstamp tab
• Selecting Prototype via Outline icon
• Selecting a prototype in Map view
• Prototype tab