Editing a Project
All content editing in the editor happens in the context of a project, a project usually represents a single application.
New projects can be created using the New Project wizard found in the File menu.
Opening a project.
To illustrate this part of the documentation we are going to work with the provided sample project. Select Open Project in the File menu and navigate to the gs_samples.ngp project file. When selected, open it.
Hint: If this is not the first time you work with this project chances are that it is available in the recent project history of the Get Started page. If so, you might open it by clicking on the appropriate Get started link or by selecting it from the Recent Project list under the File menu.
As the project opens, the Get Started document closes itself and the project explorer refreshes to display the project content.
The project explorer.
The project explorer lets you browse and open the project resources.
Note: The project content tree is a direct representation of the file system tree under the project directory.
The project explorer can display project resources using two modes:
- A tree view representation where you can visualize several branches of the tree at once.
- A thumbnail view that lets you vizualize resources without opening them.
Both representations of the same project sub-folder.
Tips:
- Resources may be filtered by type using the toggle buttons on top of the explorer tab.
- Both modes provide an information tooltip by hovering the mouse pointer over a resource for a few seconds.
- The thumbnail view provides the usual backspace shortcut to go up in the directory hierarchy. The view path may be updated manually.
Opening a resource for edition.
A resource can be opened for edition by double-clicking its entry in the project tree. The editor can open multiple resource editors and copy/paste between them.