This is a page for canvas help
The “canvas” is where you create the ToC graphic of outcomes connected to one another in causal pathways. The canvas opens up when you open an existing TOCO file by clicking on the title in your file browser, or when you create a new TOCO file. Many operations on the drawing canvas are available on the Edit menu. These functions include creating new outcomes, comments, text boxes, titles, color legend, and the dashed accountability line. Here too are items for editing assumptions and the ToC narrative, and for switching from right-angled to straight-line connectors.
Drag and Drop
Outcomes may be moved around on the canvas using the cursor. You can move multiple outcomes at once too. To move multiple outcomes, hold down the shift key and click on all the outcomes you want to move. The selected outcomes will be partially screened from view. Then press the control key, hold the cursor down on the outcomes to be moved, and move them. When finished, click again and the outcomes will be de-selected. For Apple MacIntosh computers, hold down the command key instead of the control key to move selected objects. TOCO has popup instructions for moving multiple objects which you see as you roll over outcomes with the cursor.
Right-click on objects to perform various operations
...as follows: To delete an outcome, text box, connector, or comment, right-click and select “delete” from the menu. Although outcomes may be moved without special commands, moving other objects requires right-clicking and selecting the “move” menu item. These include textboxes, the title box, comments, and the color legend. Once you select “move” you can drag the object where you want it. To add a precondition to an outcome with a new connector between the two, right-click and select “add a precondition.”
My ToCs File Directory
Files are searchable by file title or by user name
- Use the refresh button to reset the browser after a search - Directory lists filenames, user name, dates of file creation and last update.
The << icon at the top of the Directory, to the right of the search window, allows you to slide the directory panel out of view when you need more space on your screen to work on the canvas. To delete a file, select the file name, right-click, and select “delete ToC” from the menu.