Library view

The Library view displays the method content that is available in the current method library, which is organized into sets of method plug-ins and configurations.

The Library view is available in the Authoring perspective and it is not accessible in the Browsing perspective. It is organized in visual packages that are logically created and sorted based on the plug-in punctuation within the names. Using dots in the name of the plug-ins creates logical packages that are used for presentation in the Flat and Hierarchical view. For example, if you name the following plug-ins:

then the Library view will display the plug-ins in a flat and hierarchical presentation as shown here:

Library view Flat and Hierarchical presentation

The flat presentation displays all the plug-ins in alphabetical order. If you have many plug-ins in your method library, you can switch the Method Plug-in presentation to hierarchical. The hierarchical presentation displays the plug-ins in a hierarchy that is presented within logical packages.

To switch the library view Method Plug-in Presentation, from the Library view toolbar, click the triangle dropdown menu and select Method Plug-in Presentation then the Flat or Hierarchical Presentation.

You can choose to display names or presentation names by switching the name display. There are two ways of switching the name display choose one of the following: