Bars

Bars are fixtures that attach to Racks and hold items, typically Product Positions, but also sub-fixtures, like Containers or Sub-Racks.

A Bar can be created via Insert > Bar (via context or header menu). Pressing "Q" creates a Bar at the cursor location.

Properties

A Bar's properties can be edited by double-clicking it, or via Right Click > Properties.

Bar properties dialog
Name and Description
Optional name / description for this Bar. Name is often useful for identifying where products go in Reports. These properties are how an item's Fixture and FixtureDescription will be reported if it is parented to this Bar.
SKU
An optional SKU / part number for this Bar, useful when the fixtures in a planogram themselves need to be ordered. An item parented to this Bar reports this value as its FixtureSKU.
Layout

As with most fixtures, Bars support Layouts for automatic content alignment. Bars support None, Left, Right, Even, and Hooks layouts -- see the Fixture Layouts page for a full description of each.

The special Hooks Layout defines finite valid snap points on the Bar for Product Positions. These Positions will have their Hook inferred from this Bar's Hook Defaults (more below)

For some layouts, Spacing defines the horizontal space left between each item when its content is laid out.

Bar with Hooks Layout example
Dimensions
Bar Length, Height, and Depth, in inches or centimeters. You may enter values like 4' or 10m and GoPlanogram will convert automatically.
Snap Assist
How close, in units, the mouse must be to this Bar for a dragged item to snap onto it. Raise it to make a thin Bar easier to drop onto.
Hook Defaults

The Hook Length input allows you to specify the default hook length for items affixed to this Bar.

If the checkbox is checked, you can instead specify an exact default Hook for items on this Bar.

If this Bar is using the Hooks Layout, all predetermined Hooks on the bar use this Hook Length / Hook default.

# Hooks (Hooks Layout Only)
How many hooks this Bar has. Together with X Offset, this determines where Positions may snap along the Bar.
Specify X Offset / X Offset (Hooks Layout Only)
If Specify X Offset is unchecked, hooks are spread evenly along the Bar. Check it to set an X Offset instead -- the horizontal distance from the Bar's left edge at which the hooks begin.
Hook Per Station (Hooks Layout Only)

Normally every station on a Hooks Bar uses the same hook, the one set in Hook Defaults above. Check Hook Per Station to choose a different Hook for each one instead.

You get one dropdown per station, numbered left to right to match the Bar. Each offers:

  • Bar default -- use the Bar's own Hook. This is what every station does when the box is unchecked.
  • None -- leave that station empty. No hook is drawn and nothing can hang there.
  • Any Hook in your library, listed alphabetically.

This is how a single fixture carries mixed pegs: two short hooks then two long ones, say, or a deliberate gap in the middle. It stays one Bar with one SKU, which keeps fixture counts honest -- you do not need a separate fixture for each arrangement.

# Hooks still decides how many stations there are; this only says what sits on each. Changing the hook count adds or removes dropdowns without disturbing the ones already set. Unchecking the box returns every station to the Bar's default.

If a Hook used here is later deleted, those stations fall back to the Bar's default rather than breaking.

Specify Y Offset / Y Offset
If Specify Y Offset is unchecked, products and hooks snap to the vertical center of the Bar. Check it to set a Y Offset instead, measured from the top of the Bar. Useful for bars whose hanging point is not at their midpoint.
Parent Snap
Determines how this Bar snaps to its parent Rack -- either according to the Rack grid, or directly into its Standards (uprights).
Colors

The Bar's fill color.

Some sites can also give a Bar an image fill instead of a color. When that is enabled, a Color / Image toggle appears above the Fill input. A chosen image tiles across the Bar by default; check Stretch to have it fill the Bar instead. Contact your site administrator if you need this enabled.

Selectable and Movable
Whether this Bar can be selected and moved. Useful for locking fixtures in place while arranging products.
Can Combine

If checked, if this Bar is vertically aligned with other Bars of the same Layout, they will be treated as one, and the layout will account for the entire length of all Bars.

Two Even-Align Bars with Can Combine set to true, treated as one large Bar

Editing Multiple Bars

If multiple Bars are selected, you can edit their Properties through the same dialog.

Use the Propagate checkbox buttons to declare a change to a property should be applied to all selected Bars.

The Propagate checkbox is checked for Height, but not Fill. Both Bars have their height changed -- only one Bar has its Fill changed

Dragging Over Bays

When multiple dragging Bars over Bays, they will all snap to the Bay the cursor is over.

For each dragging Bar to snap to the Bay it is dragged over instead, , hold the Alt key while dragging.

Default drag over Bays behavior
Alt + drag over Bays behavior
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