Use the Free Form Ladder (FFLD) Editor

This section describes the Toolbar buttons and Contextual Menu of the FFLD Editor.

See FFLD Editor Keyboard Shortcuts for more information about the FFLD accelerator keys.

Toolbar

The vertical toolbar on the left-hand side of the FFLD Editor contains buttons for inserting items in the diagrams.

Items are inserted at the current position in the diagram.

FFLD Toolbar - List of Buttons

Button

Shortcut

Description

 

Mode selection

Ctrl+Shift+O

Insert a contact to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+C

Insert an inverted contact to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+P

Insert a PulseClosed When the step gets activated, the action is activated for a single execution, and possibly once again when the step is deactivated contact to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+I

Insert an inverted Pulse contact to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+N

Insert a N contact to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+A

Insert an inverted N contact to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+E

Insert a coil to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+D

Insert an inverted coil to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+S

Insert a set coil to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+R

Insert a reset coil to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+K

Insert a positive coil to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Insert a negative coil to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+H

Trace a horizontal line to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+V

Trace a vertical line to the destination cell.

Ctrl+Shift+B

Trace a vertical and horizontal line to the destination cell.

 

Toggle trace mode.

Click and move the mouse to draw a line spanning on several adjacent cells.

Shift+Insert

Insert a network.

Ctrl+Shift+J

Insert a jump.

Ctrl+Shift+T

Insert a return.

Ctrl+Shift+F

Insert a data in.

F8

Insert a function block.

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Insert a data out.

Spacebar

Swap item style of the current cell for a contact or coil.

 

Define a network label, pragmaClosed A compiler directive communicating additional "pragmatic" information. Pragmas are processed at compile time, not at run time. They pass information to the compiler, and/or comment.

Shift+C

Define a comment in a cell.

Click the button, then select the cell to add a comment to.

See Contextual Menu for more information about cell comments.

Contextual Menu

Right-click in the FFLD workspace to use these commands:

  • Insert Comment
    • Comments may be added to cells.
    • If the text is long, it is shown beyond the bounds of the cell (to the right, and below) until another item is found.
           
  • Insert Network
  • Insert Row
  • Delete Cell
  • Delete Network
  • Delete Row