Locations Editor

The Locations Editor maintains your working set of places, so a chart can be anchored by picking a name instead of typing coordinates. Every Location dropdown in Compass draws on this one table.

Overview

The editor is a table of four editable columns with a File menu and a Data menu above it, and Add, Delete, Save, and Close buttons below.

Rows are edited in place with a single-click gesture: click the row to select it, then click the cell, and the row enters edit mode. Tab moves across the columns, and tabbing off the last cell of the last row adds a fresh row ready to type into.

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The locations file is shared with the sibling R7 applications, so places you save here are visible to them too.

Procedures

Open the Locations Editor

To bring up the editor:

1. Open the Edit Menu.
2. Click Locations in the Edit menu.

The Locations Editor window opens, showing your saved locations in a four-column table.

Add a Location

To append an empty row ready to be typed into:

• Click the Add button.

A new empty row is appended to the bottom of the table, selected, with its Name cell already in edit mode.

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Tabbing forward off the last cell of the last row adds a row too, so you can enter a run of places without reaching for the button.

Edit a Location Cell

To change the value held in one cell of an existing row:

1. Click the row you want to edit in the Locations table.
2. Click the cell you want to edit.
3. Enter the new value.
4. Press Tab to commit the value.

The cell shows the new value and focus advances to the next cell of the same row, which stays in edit mode.

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This is a single-click gesture, not a double-click: the first click brings focus into the grid and selects the row, and the second click opens the cell's editor. Pressing Enter instead of Tab commits the value in place without advancing.

Delete Locations

To remove one or more saved locations:

1. Select the rows to remove in the Locations table.

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   Ctrl-click (Cmd-click on macOS) to toggle individual rows in the selection, and Shift-click to extend the selection to a range.

2. Click the Delete button.

Compass asks you to confirm first. Confirm, and the selected rows leave the table and a neighboring row becomes selected.

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The Delete key does the same thing, and asks the same question first.

Save the Locations

To write your edits to the shared locations file:

• Click the Save button.

Rows without a name are skipped, the remaining locations are sorted and written, and the editor stops reporting unsaved changes. The saved locations become visible to the sibling R7 applications.

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Ctrl+S saves without leaving the keyboard, and File → Save does the same from the menu.

Close the Locations Editor

To leave the editor:

• Click the Close button.

With unsaved edits outstanding the editor first asks whether to save them, and stays open if you decline or the save does not complete.

Reference

Table columns

Column	What it holds
Name	The name you give the saved place. This is the text the chart windows' Location dropdowns list.
Latitude	Latitude of the place in decimal degrees.
Longitude	Longitude of the place in decimal degrees.
Height (feet)	Elevation of the place above sea level in feet.

File menu

Command	What it does
Save	Writes the edited locations to the shared locations file. Also bound to Ctrl+S.
Exit	Closes the editor window, asking about unsaved edits first.

Data menu

Command	What it does	Details
Import	Reads locations out of a CSV file and appends them to the table.	Import Locations
Export	Writes the locations in the table out to a CSV file.	Export Locations

Related Topics

• Import Locations
• Export Locations
• Mundane Chart Configuration