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