Placing Components

To place a component in the Design Window:

1. Select the component from the Component Palette or the Component menu.
2. Click the desired position in the Design Window.
3. Once the component is placed, set its properties from the Property tab.
4. Position and Size properties can be changed by dragging the component handles.

Selecting Components

in the Design Window

Click to select a component. To select multiple components, hold down Ctrl while selecting. If multiple components are selected, the mouse handles appear grey, internal to the components.

Select multiple components by region. To do this, hold down Shift, click outside a component, then drag to create a rectangle covering the components. Release the mouse button and the enclosed components are selected.

Note: A Preference determines whether you use Shift+Drag for Select by Region and Ctrl+Click for Multi Select for Components, or Ctrl+Drag for Select by Region and Shift+Click for Multi Select for Components.

Press Ctrl+A to select all components on a form. This is also available from the right-click menu.

Moving Components

To move components you can either:

- drag them. You can multi-select components and move them all. Selected components can be "nudged" 1 pixel by holding down Ctrl and pressing the Up, Down, Left or Right arrow key.

- use the right-click Context menu, then select Move.

Resizing Components

If a single component is selected, resize it by dragging the handles. To set a number of components to the same size, multi-select and set the size on the Properties tab.

Aligning Components

Right-click can be used to align components. Select the component and right-click.

Bring To Front

Bring the component(s) to the front, in front of other components.

Send To Back

Send the component(s) to the back, behind other components.

Align...

Available when more than one component is selected. Opens the Alignment window to align the selected components to each other.

Cut (Ctrl+X)

Cut selected component(s) to the clipboard.

Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copy selected component(s) to the clipboard.

Paste (Ctrl+V)

Paste previously cut or copied component(s) from the clipboard.

Delete (Del)

Delete selected component(s).

Select All (Ctrl+A)

Select all components on the form.

Move...

Opens the Move Components window to move the component(s) by a set amount.