The Component Inspector and Form Designer panes always maintain the same selected component or components. Selecting a component in one pane automatically selects it in the other.
To select a single component:
To select multiple components:
You can also select a consecutive group of components in the Component Inspector by clicking the first one, holding down the Shift key, and clicking the last component in the group.
To select next and previous components:
When components are nested (for example, components within a container like a panel), a simple click in the Form Desginer pane always selects the most deeply nested component. Use the Alt and Control keys to select components on different levels when components are nested, as described below.
You can right-click at any time to display the contextual menu for the selected container or subcomponent. The right-click action does not change the selection depth.
To select the parent container of the selected component:
If the currently selected component does not have a parent container (it is the container component for the entire form), Alt-click selects the deepest component at the pointer.
To select a subcomponent of the selected container:
If the currently select component does not contain any subcomponents, the container component for the entire form is selected.
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In some cases it is easier to select a component in the Component Inspector than in the Form Designer pane. Or, you can find a component that is hidden or hard to select using the methods above for selecting next and previous components, or containers and subcomponents. |
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Component Palette
Component Inspector Form Editor Adding a New Component |