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Navigate to previous and following transformer(s)

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  • April 23, 2016
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ekkischeffler
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Add buttons or context menu options to transformers to navigate to the previous and following transformer(s). This is especially useful in large workspaces whith far-away transformer connections where pannig to the joining transformers can be cumbersome. This could look similar to the buttons that appear when connecting transformers.

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  • April 23, 2016

I was about to suggest a similar idea, the ability to navigate from one end of a connection (or tunnel) to the other.


fmelizard
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  • April 27, 2016

A very good idea indeed.


mark2atsafe
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Arrow keys already do this - though I'll admit buttons could be good too.


ekkischeffler
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  • May 13, 2016

That's useful to know, I never realized.


ekkischeffler
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  • May 18, 2016

Although arrow keys don't make it work quite the way I would expect. It just seems to skip to the nearest link or transformer (which can be anything nearby) but not the actual subsequent or previous transformer.


ekkischeffler
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  • January 17, 2018

From FME 2017, it is possible to navigate to the transformers on a connection by clicking on the connection:

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