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Insert Menu

The Insert menu contains tools for adding visualization elements to the displayed data. Contents of the Insert menu vary from iTool to iTool.

Table A-6: The Insert Menu 

Table A-6: The Insert Menu 
Menu Selection
Function
Visualization
Inserts a new visualization into the current window. See Inserting Visualizations for details.
View
Inserts a new view into the current window.
  • If the window is currently locked, this menu item will be grayed out.
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  • If the window is not locked, the new view is added to the layout in the appropriate location, depending on the currently active layout.
Dataspace
Inserts data space. (useful when overplotting such as in iPlot)
Axis
Inserts a new axis. Choose from these options:
  • X: inserts an additional X axis
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  • Y: inserts an additional Y axis
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  • Z: inserts an additional Z axis
See Additional Axes for details.
New Legend
Inserts a new legend for the data set or for the selected visualization(s) into the current window. See Legends for details.
Legend Item
Inserts a new item into your existing legend.
Colorbar
Inserts a colorbar for the selected item.
Note - Only available for indexed color images.
{Additional items vary depending on the iTool selected.} For example:
Light
Inserts a new light into the current window. See Lights for details.
Map
Inserts a new map into the current window.

  IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)