As part of the 1.5.0 release, MapTool included a popup window to allow for multiple-line editing of properties. Prior to this release, you would need to copy a long properties entry to another editor, make your changes, then copy it back. With 1.5, you can simply click into the properties field, then on the down arrow next to the property value to bring up an editing window.

So those huge JSON properties can now be formatted and save to make for easier editing without resorting to a copy and paste to another editor.

The current implementation does not word wrap so you’ll need to insert carriage returns to get the multi-line aspect. This feature should be greatly enhanced with the 1.5.2 release coming at the end of April to include word wrap and have syntax highlighting for JSON objects.

Thanks to Darinth for enabling this feature and naciron for expanding on it.

Excited about the new functionality? Let’s discuss in the comments below or on one of our many social outlets.

MapTool Latest Release 1.7.0

You can download the new version of MapTool from the following links.

A JAR file version may be downloaded from the MapTool GitHub Repo and is only recommended for developers or other advanced users.

If you need help, please join our Discord Server. A list of all changes can be found in our Change Log

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