Viewport detail in containers & agents

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A number of attributes make it easier to show detail within containers - be they notes or agents:

  •  $InteriorScale, which allows setting of a scaling factor used when drawing the viewport contents. This allows more note detail to be shown or conversely a larger amount of the child map contents.
  • $MapScrollX and $MapScrollY. These control the X/Y co-ordinates of the child map that will be displayed at the horizontal/vertical centre of the container icon. Whether that actual point is visible in the viewport will depend on the $TitleHeight of the container.

As previously, the order/location of aliases seen in an agent can't me moved but they can be seen in more detail as with a note container, as is illustrated.

By clicking and dragging the map background within the viewport, the child map can be 'scrolled' within the viewport. such a change updates the $MapScrollX/$MapScrollY for the container in question.

Details maintained in container viewport display: Shapes, Progress bar mark-up (bar/vbar), map background color, adornments, icon shadows.

Details not maintained in container viewport display: badges, body text, shadows, viewport detail within containers, container plots, table expressions.

From v5.10.3 notes being drawn in the interior of agents and containers respect both their own opacity and the opacity of their container. Thus, if a container is translucent, the notes inside it are also drawn translucently.

Viewport detail in containers & agents

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