Report Designer Components

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Each button on the Component Palette represents a component with properties that can be edited using the Property Editor to the left of the Design Window. Click the Component button then click in the Design Window to insert the selected component. The top left corner of the component will be positioned where you click the mouse.

Components have properties, that are shown in the Property Editor section of the Report Designer. See Component Properties for a list of properties common to all components. To see properties specific to a component type, click the name of the component type. You can right-click a Component to see its Context Menu.


Palette
To design a report, place components in the Design Window, then apply properties to the components.
	Expand Toolbar `(Ctrl+F9)`	Expand the toolbar to give access to all toolbar options. Press `Esc` to close the expanded toolbar.
	Select pointer	Use the pointer to select and move objects in the Design Window.
	Add new label	Add a label.
	Add new expression	Add an expression.
	Add new shape	Add a shape.
	Add new picture	Add a picture.
	Add new memo	Add a memo.
	Add new bar code	Add a bar code.
	Add new 2D bar code	Add a 2D bar code.
	Add new hyperlink	Add a hyperlink.
	Add new graph	Add a graph (Graph Components, Form Designer Graph Properties).
	Add new HTML memo	Add a HTML memo.
	Add new PDF	Add a new PDF.
	Insert band `(F4)`	Insert a band.
	Duplicate band `(Shift+F4)`	Duplicates a selected band.
	Move band	Select a band to move higher or lower on the page.
	Delete Band `(F3)`	Delete a selected band.

Components in the Design Window.

Placing Components	To place components in the Design Window: Click the required component in the Palette toolbar. Click in the relevant band in the Design Window. The component will appear in the band in the Design Window. To place multiple components of the same type: Press and hold the `Shift` key, then click the component in the palette. Click in the relevant band in the Design Window to add a component. Continue to click to add as many extra components as required. Once you have added the components, click the Pointer in the palette. Once a component has been placed on a band, you can set its properties in Property Editor. Position and Size properties can be changed by dragging the component handles. Double-click a component in the Design Window to open Code Editor to view and change properties.
Selecting Components	Click a component to select it. To select multiple components, press and hold Ctrl while selecting. If multiple components are selected, the component resize handles appear dimmed, internal to the components. To select multiple components that are near each other, press and hold down the `Shift` key, click outside a component, then drag to create a rectangle covering the components. Release the mouse button and the covered components are selected. You can combine multi-select `Shift` with `Ctrl` to select or unselect a set of components. 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. `Ctrl+A` selects all components on the selected band or component. If no band or component is selected, `Ctrl+A` selects all components on all bands. You can also select Select All from the right-click menu.
Moving Components	To move components, click and drag them. Components cannot be dragged outside the boundaries of the band they belong to. You can multi-select components from more than one band and move them all. This is useful when you have components lined up in a field across multiple bands and want to move the field. Selected components can be "nudged" 0.1mm by holding down `Ctrl` while pressing `Up`, `Down`, `Left` or `Right`. Right-click > Move, you can move components by specifying the distance in mm. Positive numbers move to the right horizontally and down vertically. To move to the left or up, enter negative numbers.
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 in Property Editor.
Aligning Components	Right-click can be used to align components. Select the components, then right-click to display the context menu. To position components relative to margins, click Align To Left Margin, Center Between Margins or Align To Right Margin. To align components to the nearest grid cell (set from Report Designer > View > Preferences) click Align To Grid. Click Align... to align multiple components relative to each other.
Converting Labels to Expressions	You can convert labels to expressions. Select the label component, then right-click and select Convert Label to Expression.