Tips and Tricks

Using Context Menus

In many places in Reactor you will find context menus when using right-click to interact with things. These can help you do things faster. Here are a few examples:

  • Remove a panel faster using right click
  • Copy Variables in the Tree faster
  • Create behaviors on the controller
  • Clear out the contents of behaviors

Use shortcuts

Shortcuts are a great way to work much faster in reactor. here is a list of the most useful ones

  • cmd+e: toggle simulation mode in configurator
  • cmd+u: upload a new package manually (works everywhere)
  • hold shift on Add Device or Add Panel: Add a device or panel without closing the dialog, so you can add multiple devices much faster
  • cmd+i: to quickly open the project import window

Use Copy/Paste

Many places in reactor can use copy and paste to speed up your configuration workflow. you can for example create a behavior on one component and then copy it to several others. You can also use copy and paste in many places inside of the tree view, to copy constant set tables, variables and other configuration parts between different layers.

 

Use Undo/Redo

If you ever get lost in the configurator just rest assured and know you can use undo and redo buttons to get back to all your previous changes. If you want to create yourself a "checkpoint" you can use History View (2) to create a tagged version of your config.

undo redo buttons

Batch Editing Components

The Batch Editor allows you to quickly edit several components at once. To Batch Edit multiple components simply drag a selection across several components in the configurator. If you have highlighted components that do not have a behavior yet the Inspector will offer you to create new ones for all of them from the library. Else you will see all common options of the selected Behavior to quickly edit them. In case you want to edit them individually click the table icon below to open a table view of all selected behaviors.

Using "Load Recent" inside of the Parameter Reference or Condition Helper Windows

When configuring parameters or conditions you can quickly recall the last few parameter references you have created by clicking on the Load Recent button in the top right corner of the windows.