To edit a graphical element

▪click the button from the toolbar.

The button is then active (pressed in). The Graphical elements dialog opens, which contains a list of all graphical elements that are located at this position.

▪Select the desired graphical element here.

It will change to a selected element.

▪Right-click in the selection rectangle to open the following context menu:

▪The Insert graphical elements menu item has the same functionality as the corresponding icon in the toolbar (or the menu entry of the same name in the context menu of the whole graph).

▪Selecting the Edit graphical element menu item (or double-clicking within the rectangle) shows the tab(s) to edit the properties of the corresponding graphical element (in the Edit <Name of graphical element> dialog).

▪The menu item Delete graphical element (or the Backspace or [Del] key) deletes the selected graphical element; there will be no warning notice.

▪The Copy graphical element menu item lets you open the Copy graphical element dialog by which you can copy a graphical element to another plot and with another assignment.

▪The To foreground menu item lets you draw the selected graphical element on top of all other elements of the same time series and the same assignment. To background moves the element to the lowest position.

▪The List of all graphical elements menu item opens the Graphical elements dialog containing a list of all graph elements; you may select, edit or delete a graphical element from this dialog. You can also open this dialog from the normal graph context menu.

▪As long as you are in the mode “Edit graphical elements”, neither time series dialogs nor axis property dialogs can be called by a double click.

▪When clicking next to the rectangle, the selected graphical element will be deselected.

▪Should you change to another application using the WINDOWS task bar and return again, the focus is no longer on the graph window, although it seems to be so. To delete the graphical element using your keyboard ([Del] or Backspace key), you must have previously clicked inside the rectangle to return the focus to the window.