No. 347

Show Length of Shortest Stem in Status Bar of Beam Angle Tool

IWBNI the length of the shortest stem in a selected beam group were displayed in the status bar when the beam angle special tool is the current tool.

As it is now, when one of the two handles of a given beam is selected, the status bar displays the following information:

Beam adjustment: (0,X)
where X is the amount by which the selected handle has been displaced from its default position.

This feature could be implemented by including the length of the shortest stem in the status bar in the following way:

Beam adjustment: (0,X) Shortest Stem: L
where L is the length the shortest stem in the beam group for which a handle has been selected. The units used for L would be specified by the menu item Options>Measurement Units>EVPUs. For example, the status bar might display:
Beam adjustment: (0,6) Shortest Stem: 72
to indicate that the length of the shortest stem is 72 EVPUs or equivalently 3 spaces.

Note: Stemlets would be excluded when searching for the shortest stem.



Created: February 24, 2000
Last Updated: February 24, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b