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Northern Lights Electronic Desgin, LLC
Released: 1/22/2023
Version: 1.0.0
Author: Jeffrey Nygaard
MIT License
www.NLEDshop.com/pixelmapper
www.github.com/nled/nled-pixel-mapper
Contact Page for Feedback and Bug Reports

How To

• The workspace shows a grid layout that represenets the LED pixel positions relative to each other. The numbered order of the icons relates to the LED pixels position on the physical LED string connected to the controller.
• Use "Load Map File" to open an existing pixel map file to edit.
• Clicking on the workspace places a single LED icon, with an incrementing order number.
• Clicking and holding pressed then dragging allows selection of a group of pixel icons. Once selected the icons are grouped and actions can be applied. Actions such as move by dragging, deleted, or copied.
• Right clicking on a pixel icon opens a context menu with additional actions.
• "Load File to Merge" loads a pixel map file, builds the pixel icons as a group, maintaining their relative positions. The group of icons can then be placed on the workspace.
• Mouse over interface elements to view a pop up of it's function
• Saving map files will download them to the browser's default downloads folder. There is no way to save the files anywhere else, it is controlled by the browser.
• Opening this app from NLED AllMatrix will automatically set it up to connect to the AllMatrix server to perform file saves. The map files are saved to 'AllMatrix/maps' folder. AllMatrix is notified that a map file has been updated. If the map file is actively being used by AllMatrix, the new version will be automatically loaded. That makes testing pixel maps much quicker.

Hotkeys

ctrl+z Undo last action

ctrl+y Redo previous action

ctrl+c Copy selection

ctrl+v Paste the copied selection

Mouse, L Button Hold and drag to select a group. Click to place an icon. Or click an icon and hold pressed to drag it.

Mouse, R Button While over a pixle icon, opens context menu

ctrl+Mouse, L ButtonHold control then click a pixel icon to add it to the group selection.

Mouse Wheel Up or down over the workspace will zoom in and out

ctrl+Mouse Wheel Scroll workspace left and right

alt+Mouse Wheel Scroll workspace up and down