The Port and Starboard controls in the Properties window determine which data is visible in the View window.
There are similar controls to apply edits to port, starboard or to both. These are available from Edit > Status Flags > Apply Edit To menu.
To edit the data, one side or the other must be enabled in the Properties window.
When one side of data is visible and edits are applied to the other, the following is the protocol that is followed in Side Scan Editor.
Display set to | Edit applied to | Outcome |
Port Only | Starboard | Edits are not applied. |
Port | Edits applied to Port data | |
Both sides | Edits applied to Port data | |
Starboard Only | Port | Edits are not applied. |
Starboard | Edits applied to Starboard data | |
Both sides | Edits applied to Starboard data | |
Both enabled | Both sides | Edits applied to all data |
One side | Edits applied to the active side. |