Dynamic Elements

You can add dynamic elements to your indicators. They can include information about the current flight or controlling session, or some offline information.

First select the indicator that you want to edit from the left hand side of the composer.

There will open a page that contains the sample image in the top, then element list and a few commands in the end of the page.

Sample Image

From the sample image, you will see the almost final version of your indicator. No dynamic information is added yet, but the names of the elements. They are shown in the position, colour, font and size of your selection. Note, that the element name can be sometimes longer or shorter than the content.

Element List

Each dynamic element that you've added to the indicator is shown in the list. You can change the properties of each element from the list. Execute changes by clicking the Save-button in the end of each row or Save elements below the list. Each method will save the properties of all elements.

Font should be selected from the selection menu and font size entered as an integer. Color will be entered in the hexadecimal format, in the same way as HTML colours. X and Y are the coordinates of the bottom-left corned of the element.

Format (if appropriate) depends on the element type: date and times will be formatted like in PHP's date function (PHP-manual) and strings like PHP's sprintf function.

On the beginning of the each element row, there is a radio button. Use this to select an element for further action, for example deleting or moving the element.

Adding a New Element

Adding a new element to your indicator is easy. Below the element list, there is a row prefixed with text "NEW". Select the element from the dropdown list, fill in properties and click "Add". The new element will be added to the indicator and you will see it on the sample image. NOTE: If you didn't define the coordinates (left them 0,0), the element is outside the image. Enter another coordinates or click the sample to move the element.

Deleting an Element

Click the radio button in front of appropriate element, then select "Delete element" from the action menu below the list and click OK.

Moving an Element

There are two ways to move an element on the indicator:

1. Enter new coordinates (X and Y) to the Element properties row and save the properties.

OR

2. Click the radio button in front of appropriate element and then click the sample image on the position where you want the element to be moved.

TIP: Moving the element by mouse cliks on the sample image is not very precise. Finally, fix the element coordinates on the element properties.

Cloning the Elements

There are a few elements that can be used in both ATC and Pilot indicator (for example login time, online time, callsign). Name can be used also in the offline indicator.

You may clone this kind of common elements from an indicator of one type to another. In this way, you can for example have a name presented in same way in every type indicator.

This requires that your indicator is empty - ie there are no elements added yet. In the bottom of the page there is a selection menu where you can select the indicator where from the common elements will be copied. Select the type and click "Clone". Common elements will be imported to the current indicator.

Uploading a new Base Image

Sometimes you may want to update the base image of your indicator too. In the bottom of the page, there is a section "Upload a new Base Image". Select the file from your hard disk and click "Upload File" to send a new base image. The image will be updated and all elements will be kept untouched.

Note: If you change the size of your indicator, you need to update all base images!