Setting position of a symbol in the dashboard editor

Question

How to set position of a symbol in the dashboard editor?

Answer

It is possible to define the position in the property sheet of the dashboard editor for each symbol:

1. Open each of your symbols in the Symbol Editor.
2. Define two new parameters (you can call them for example currentX and currentY) of type float with a default value of 0.0.
3. Save your palette.
4. Define the IlvDashboardPropertyPanel as a static variable:

   static IlvDashboardPropertyPanel ppanel;

5. Add a listener to the model so that the IlvDashboardPropertyPanel is updated properly when the property is changing:

   editor.getCurrentDashboardDiagram().getEngine().getModel()
       .addSDMPropertyChangeListener(new SDMPropertyChangeListener () {
           public void propertyChanged(SDMPropertyChangeEvent arg0) {
             ppanel.inspectSelection();
           }
         }
       );

6. Launch the Dashboard Editor.
7. Open your idbd file.
8. Define the mapping for currentX and currentY to 'x' and 'y'.

currentX and currentY now reflect the values of the x and y properties. If you change their values in the property sheet editor, the symbol will be updated properly and saved in the idbd file as well.