Export Shortcut

There is a small File Icon found on the title bar of each drawing window. The Icon is available for any drawing that has been named and saved to a file. This icon can be used to drag and drop a representation of the EazyDraw drawing. There is a contextual menu (Control Click on the icon) which provides a means to select the form and content of the drag operation.

This feature is a shortcut for the full Export Panel. The parameters used and controlled by the contextual menu interact with those found on the Export panel. It is advisable to use the full export panel first, to ensure the parameters are set properly, then these shortcut features will perform as expected.

The specific icon shown indicates the current setting for the Drag Type. This is the File or Pasteboard format that is used for a drag/drop operation. It is also the format that is saved if the icon is double clicked. This doesn't need to be the same format that is in effect for use of the Export panel. The export path (folder) used for these shortcut actions is the one specified by the last full export performed using the Export panel.

You may drag and drop a representation of an EazyDraw drawing by clicking and dragging the Export Shortcut file icon (shown circled). The format used to represent graphic content is specified by Control Clicking on the icon and making selections on the resulting contextual menu.

A double click of the icon, or selection of the "Save" on the contextual menu will cause an automatic Export. The format used for the export is the one indicated by the button icon. The parameters used are those in effect on the Export panel.

Control Click (right click) to obtain a contextual menu. Use this menu to select the short cut export format and choose other export format settings. The Drag Type submenu selection determines the format used by this shortcut feature.

The Drag Format submenu provides two selections, File or Pasteboard. The File selection causes a file to be saved to the hard drive, and a reference to the file to posted to the system Pasteboard. The Pasteboard selection causes the drag operation to post a representation of the drawings content on the drag pasteboard.

The Area and Background submenus provide access to the selections of the same name found on the Export Panel. Refer to documentation on the Export panel for information on these parameters.

The Copy As submenu provides a means to copy the contents of the drawing to the main system pasteboard. This version of Copy causes the pasteboard to be loaded with the drawings information in the specific format indicated by the file icon.

It is often convenient to specify the export path independent from the master EazyDraw file location, but it can be confusing. If an export short cut save is used, and the file is placed in an unexpected folder (ie you can't find the file); open the Export Panel and the folder path shown there indicates the folder being used for the short cut actions.

The standard Copy command, on the Edit Menu, loads the pasteboard with several formats. This means the receiving application has a choice from all the available formats. The contextual menu copy command presents a specific format to the receiving application.

The Copy Paste Order Parameters found on the Preferences window provide another method to control the format and content of drag and drop operations from an EazyDraw drawing. Those parameters have no affect over the choices used with this export shortcut.

The Opaque Copy setting, on the Edit Menu, has no affect on any of these shortcut actions. The choice of background defined for the selected format on the Export panel controls the shortcut actions.

Copy of content using the Export shortcut icon does not support LinkBack information.