Component Palette

The Component Palette is a panel on the left side of the Form Editor window, above the Form Designer pane. The palette holds commonly used and customized visual components that you can add to forms.

You can add a component to a form by clicking the component icon in the palette and then clicking in the Form Designer pane in the area where you want to place the component.

If you prefer a smaller Component Palette or if you have too many components to manage with tabs and icons, you can choose not to display the components. Right-click in the Component Palette's button area and choose Small Palette from the contextual menu. The Add Mode button appears and the component tabs disappear. Click the Add Mode button to select the components from a menu.

The first two or three buttons in the Component Palette show different modes that the Form Editor window can be in. The following table describes each mode.

Mode Button Description
Selection mode    Image of button for Selection mode You can select a component in the Form Editor window (default mode).
Connection mode    Image of button for Connection mode You can link two components together with an event.
Add mode

(Only in small palette)

   Image of button for Add mode You can place the component selected from the component menu into a form in the Form Designer pane. A component that has been selected but not yet added to a form is shown to the left of the mode icons.

The Test Form button Image of Test Form button is located to the right of the mode buttons. Use this button to test your form without compiling and running it.

See also
Form Designer
Adding a Component to a Form
Using the Connection Wizard
Adding a Bean to the Component Palette.
Customizing the Component Palette
Testing a Form

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