Icon Editor: 5 Icon Databases

The icon editor can work with more than one icon database at a time via the Multiple Document Interface standard. Each database has its own window, each window having four views. The leftmost view is the database. The top-right view is the "Pixel View", the main editing area. The two remaining views are next to each other in the lower-right portion of the window. The left view is the actual-size view of the icon, and is editable. The right window is the format list, showing all formats of the icon currently being edited.

Double-clicking an icon in the database viewer will select it for editing. The currently-edited icon is important in the following ways:

It is (of course) the only icon being edited in the database associated with that window.
Its size determines the shapes of the various views, which will try to adjust themselves to fit in the window as best they can.
It is the icon that appears in the "Preview" dialog.
It is the icon used in the "Export to Token database" dialog (explained below).
It is the target of all operations in the Icon and Format menus (except "create new icon").

The database viewer supports all clipboard operations except for Undo. Icons may be selected and moved or copied between databases. This can be done via the Edit menu or quick-transfer.

The format list is used to switch editing to a different format in the same icon. This can only be done with the mouse.

To get more room for editing, use the Options menu to temporarily hide the database viewer or format list while editing.

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