WeaveMaker User's Manual — Block Tools
Controlling a Block
Once you create a plain block using the marquee tool (please see “Marquee” in the Index for details), you control its behavior and fine-tune its size using the “Blocks” part of the Tools window.

The illustration on the right shows the part of the Tools window through which you control the threading block with a threading grid with an active block (the white area outlined with the dashed line is the block).

Below is an expanded view of the Tools window, showing the function performed by each of the threading marquee controls.

Actions
Actions can only be done when there is a block active.

If you click on the actions triangle in the Tools window, a menu of actions pops up (right).

Run the mouse over the actions menu while holding the mouse button down. Note that the action under the mouse turns black. Releasing the mouse over a blackened action directs WeaveMaker to proceed (to not take any action, move the mouse off the pop-up window and release the mouse button).

When you release the mouse button, the pop-up menu disappears. The action you selected, if any, is then performed.

Actions are done once, immediately upon releasing the mouse. They do not affect the grid in the future (in contrast with block repeats, which are described in the following section).

Block Repeats
If you click on the repeat rectangle in the Tools window, a menu of block repeat types pops up (right).

Run the mouse over the types while holding the mouse button down. Note that the type under the mouse turns black. Releasing the mouse over a blackened type directs WeaveMaker to proceed (to not take any action, move the mouse off the pop-up window and release the mouse button).

When you release the mouse button, the pop-up window disappears. The repeat type you se-lected, if any, is then performed and the reminder rectangle is filled with a picture of the tool you selected (illustration at right).

Each grid (threading, treadling, tie-up, or peg plan) has its own set of block tools. These are explained in detail in the following section.

When you first select a repeat type, it takes place immediately (that is, the contents of the block are repeated). The repeat persists until you dismiss the block or set the repeat type to “no repeat.”

When you dismiss the block, the repeat type is not forgotten. Its picture remains in the reminder rectangle (as illustrated below). If you reactivate the block, the repeat type immediately is resumed, as though you had just selected it with the mouse via the pop-up menu.



Types of Repeats
Each grid has its own set of block actions and block repeats, as shown in the illustrations on this and the facing page. Repeats or actions with an identical icon have identical effect, regardless of which grid they are in. Thus, the section “Using Repeat Blocks” (please see “Repeats” in the Index) explains the operation of each tool without regard to which grid it is used in.

Repeat blocks can be used in the threading, treadling, and peg plan. Use as many different ones as you wish.

Repeat blocks apply to color as well if they are extended into the color bar.

Resizing Arrows
There are eight hollow arrows in the Tools window which are used to adjust the size of a marquee (please see the illustration below). Each time you click in an arrow, it moves the edge of the marquee by one thread.

Hand Tool (Resizing a Block)
You can change the size of a block without redrawing it from scratch. Please see “Repeats, resizing” in the Index for details. You can also make refinements to the size of a block by clicking any of the hollow arrows in the Tools window (see below).