Swaths pane

The Swaths pane allows to collect all the swaths which are falling under the mouse, and list them on a properties pane from which accessing common properties and triggering common actions.

By default, the Swaths pae is inactive. Set it active in Edit / Properties / Environment / Layout / Swaths pane

When passing the mouse over a set of stacked swaths, the Swaths pane will open and will list the applicable swaths

The Swaths pane allows to

• Via the Swaths pane toolbar
  • Open the Swath pane parameters selection dialogue, to define the parameters that will be displayed in the pane
  • Expand all swaths in the list to display its swath parameters
  • Circle (back or forth) one by one in the list, to highlight only one swath at a time.
  • Lock the swaths pane to avoid further updates when the user moves the mouse over the map
• Via right click menu over the current multi selection
  • Swath details pane
  • Resize and Pan
  • Export the swaths to GIS files
  • Set the satellite position at the beginning of the swath
  • Change the swath colour
  • other editing and viewing functions.

The Swaths pane is alternative to the infotext function.