Selecting Components in a Form

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:

To select next and previous components:

Controlling Selection Depth

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:

To select a subcomponent of the selected container:

Tip 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.
See also
Component Palette

Component Inspector

Form Editor

Adding a New Component

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