Tap any confirmed symbol in the symbols panel to inspect its matches across the chart, refine the search, change its icon, edit its colour and thread number, or delete it.

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What this part of the step is for

 

Once a symbol is in the confirmed list, you usually want to do one of three things: check it found the right cells, give it a colour and thread number so it appears properly in the marker view, or get rid of it because it was matched by mistake.

All of those happen inside the existing-symbol detail panel, which opens whenever you tap an entry in the confirmed-symbols panel. The chart on the left highlights every cell that the selected symbol matches, so you can see at a glance whether the detection looks right.

Entering Existing mode

 

  1. Find the symbol you want in the confirmed-symbols panel. Scroll if needed - the panel can be expanded to Full mode for an easier view on a long list.
  2. Tap the symbol's row. The detail panel opens on the right (or along the bottom in portrait) and the matching cells light up on the chart.

You can also reach Existing mode by tapping any cell on the chart that is already assigned to a known symbol - the app jumps straight to that symbol's detail panel.

The existing-symbol detail panel

 

The Set Symbols screen in Existing mode showing a symbol selected in the confirmed-symbols list, the existing-symbol detail panel open with a grid of matched cells, and an action row at the bottom.
Figure 1. Existing mode. (1) The selected symbol is highlighted in the confirmed-symbols list. (2) The detail panel header shows the symbol's icon, colour swatch and name. (3) The cells grid below shows every cell across the chart that matches this symbol. (4) The action row at the bottom holds the edit, rescan, change-icon and delete commands.

Inspecting matched cells

 

The grid of cells in the middle of the detail panel is the most important place to look. Every entry shows one cell on the chart that has been classified as this symbol.

  1. Scan the grid for anything that does not look right. All cells should show the same printed symbol.
  2. Tap a cell in the grid to focus the chart on that cell. The chart pans and zooms to show the cell highlighted in place.
  3. Tap a cell again to remove it from the symbol's matches. Wrong matches drop out of the grid and the chart cell returns to unassigned.

If the match grid contains too many false positives, see the threshold and search options described in Filter, search and refine - the same controls work in Existing mode for tightening or loosening the match.

Editing colour, thread and name

 

The Edit button on the action row opens the symbol-colour popup, where you can set the symbol's display colour, thread brand (DMC, Anchor, etc.), thread number and human-readable name.

The symbol-colour popup with fields for icon preview, name, colour swatch, thread brand and thread number, and OK / Cancel buttons.
Figure 4. The symbol-colour popup. (1) The current icon. (2) A name field. (3) The colour swatch - tap to open a colour picker. (4) The thread brand. (5) The thread number. (6) Confirm or cancel.

This is the same popup used by the dedicated Set Colors step, so anything you change here is reflected there and vice-versa.

Tip. You can also tap the colour swatch directly in the detail panel header to open the colour part of the popup without going through the full edit form.

Changing the icon

 

If the symbol was detected from a cell that turned out to be slightly off (faded print, a smudge) you can teach Markup R-XP to use a different cell as the canonical icon.

  1. Tap Change Icon on the action row. A prompt appears telling you to tap a cell on the chart.
  2. Tap the cell whose print best represents the symbol. The detail panel header updates to show the new icon.
  3. The match grid updates too. Markup R-XP re-searches the chart based on the new icon.
  4. Tap Confirm to keep the change, or Cancel to back out.
The chart with an instruction strip across the top reading 'Tap the cell you want to use as the new icon'.
Figure 3. Change-icon mode. (1) The instruction strip tells you what to do next. (2) The target cell will become the new icon.

Refreshing and rescanning

 

Two buttons on the action row let you re-run the search for this symbol without changing anything else.

Refresh snapshot

Re-reads the current symbol's icon from the chart and updates the preview. Useful after you change the underlying chart (rare during this step) or just want to make sure the preview is current.

Rescan all pages

Re-applies this symbol's current search settings to every chart page, clearing stale matches and adding new ones. Use after editing the threshold slider or toggling Icon-first / Colour-first - it propagates your changes everywhere.

Note. The rescan only affects the symbol that is currently selected. If you want to rerun detection for every symbol on the chart, use the Scan pages button on the tool chip instead.

Deleting a symbol

 

The Delete button on the action row removes the symbol from the confirmed list and unassigns every cell that was matched to it.

A confirmation dialog asking the user to confirm deletion of the symbol.
Figure 5. The delete confirmation. (1) The dialog explains what is about to happen. (2) Tap Delete to confirm or Cancel to back out.

Heads up. Deleting a symbol cannot be undone with the wizard's undo / redo. The cells return to the unassigned pool and you would need to add the symbol again from scratch if you change your mind.

Tips and common questions

Here are answers to the most common questions about editing existing symbols.

Q: I selected a symbol but the chart did not highlight any cells.

Answer: The current page filter may be hiding them.

Check the “current page only” toggle on the confirmed-symbols panel. If it is on, matches from other pages are not highlighted on the chart. Turn it off to see all cells across all pages.

Q: How do I close the detail panel and go back to Browsing?

Answer: Tap the close button (X) on the detail panel header, or tap the same symbol in the list a second time.

Both actions clear the selection and the panel collapses, returning you to Browsing mode.

Q: I edited the colour but the chart still shows the old colour. Why?

Answer: Tap somewhere away from the symbol to refresh the chart overlay.

The chart redraws on focus changes - tapping another symbol or closing the detail panel forces it to apply the new colour everywhere.

Q: Can I rename a symbol without changing anything else?

Answer: Yes - tap Edit, change just the name field, leave the colour and thread fields alone, and tap OK.

Only the field you change is saved.

Q: Two symbols look identical. Should I delete one?

Answer: Use the dedicated Merge Symbols step instead.

Merging combines two symbols into one and reassigns the cells, which is safer than deleting and re-detecting. You can reach Merge from the panel header (Merge button) or by tapping Next on this step when you have more than one symbol.

What's next?

 

When every confirmed symbol has the right matches, the right icon, and a thread / colour assigned (you can also do colours later on the dedicated Set Colors step), head back to the overview to move on.

If you have two or more symbols that should really be one, take a detour through Merge Symbols first.