The Usage Editor is where you make changes to the Usages in your current Projects or Templates.
To edit assumptions, click on the Edit Usages button.
It looks like a set of filters or switches.
In Giraffe v6+, add the app to a panel.
The Usages Editor flies out.
You can Open both the Properties palette and the Usage Editor at the same time to see the full story of a selected geometry.
The Editor UI
The Usage Editor UI has the following sections:
Usage selector
Delete Usage
Duplicate Usage
Save Changes
Add Property
Edit Defaults
Usage Type Selection
Built Form Properties
Appearance Properties
Type Properties
Analytics/Custom properties
Usage Table
Usage Editor messages
Giraffe shows these toasts at the bottom of the screen when you rename or create a usage.
Message | What triggers it | What to do |
""[old usage name]" is still referenced by [app names] — update it/them by hand." | You renamed a usage in the Usage Editor. Giraffe updated your geometries, blocks, and flows to the new name. One or more other apps in the project still use the old name. | Open each app named in the toast and change the old usage name to the new one. |
"Usage name is required. / A usage with this name already exists. / Usage name cannot be a number." | You renamed a usage to a blank name, a name already used, or a number. | Enter a name that is not blank, not a number, and not already used. |