TinkerPlots Objects

TinkerPlots Objects

There are seven different kinds of objects you can place in a TinkerPlots document:

Data Cards

Case Tables

Plots

Samplers

Text

Sliders

Pictures

You can create a new object by dragging its icon off the object toolbar located in the upper-left corner of the TinkerPlots window. Place the object in the document where you want it to appear. Reposition an object by dragging it by its top bar. Resize an object by dragging from a corner or edge.

Most objects have their own Options menu at the upper right of the object.

Most objects also have a contextual menu that you can activate by right-clicking (Win) or by pressing Control and clicking (Mac).

Delete an object by selecting it and then choosing Delete [object name] from the Object menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Del (Win) Command+D (Mac). You can also temporarily hide objects by choosing Hide [object name] from the Object menu and bring them back into view by choosing Show Hidden Objects from the Object menu.

You can turn most objects into icons by dragging from the lower-right corner all the way up and left. Turning an object into a icon allows you to move large objects temporarily out of the way. When you want to see the object again, enlarge it by dragging a corner.

You can place any object in its own, floating window by choosing View In Window from the Window menu.