Editing Controls

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Editing Controls

Editing Controls

Panel Editor provides many functions for editing objects. Editing functions can be selected from the "Edit" menu of Panel Editor, or from the menu that appears when you right-click an object.

 

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The menu is divided into several groups, such as "Order" and "Arrange/Align." By selecting the desired function from the menu, you can change the display hierarchy of objects (foreground, background, etc.), and perform editing operations such as copying, cutting, pasting, and aligning.

 

 

 

The editing functions available are as follows:

 

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Feature Name

Feature Description

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Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Reverts edited content to its previous state (Undo).

 


Redo (Ctrl+Y)

Redo one of the edits that was reverted with Undo (Redo).

 


Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copies the selected object.

 


Paste (Ctrl+V)

Paste the selected object.

 


Cut (Ctrl+X)

Cuts the selected object.

 


Select All (Ctrl+A)

Selects all the controls on the form at once.

 


Delete all breakpoints

Removes all breakpoints set in the script editor.

 


Reload the image

Reloads the image file and redraws the image display.

 


Show grid

Show the grid.

 


View the guide

View the guide.

 


Locking a control from moving

Locks the movement of the control. This prevents the control from being moved accidentally when it is selected.

 


Show mini property box

Enables the display of the mini property box.

 

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Bring to Front

Bring the control to the front.

 


Send to Back

Sends the control to the back.

 


Bring to Front

Bring the control to the front.

 


Send to Back

Sends the control to the back.

 

Placement/Alignment

Left justified

Aligns the left positions of the selected controls.

 


Align center horizontally

Aligns the selected controls horizontally at their centers.

 


Right

Aligns the right positions of the selected controls.

 


Top Align

Aligns the top positions of the selected controls.

 


Center Vertically

Aligns the vertical centers of multiple selected controls.

 


Bottom Align

Aligns the bottom of the selected controls.

 


Align Left and Right

Space the selected controls horizontally.

 


Align Vertically

Vertically space the selected controls.

 

Size Matching

Make width even

Makes the selected controls evenly spaced.

 


Make the height even

Makes the selected controls evenly sized.

 


Make height and width the same

Makes the selected controls the same height and width.

 

Rotate/Flip

Rotate left 90 degrees

Rotate the control 90 degrees left.

 


Rotate right 90 degrees

Rotate the control 90 degrees to the right.

 


Flip Horizontal

Flip controls horizontally

 


Flip Vertical

Flip the control upside down

 

Change the visual theme

All Properties

All properties of the selected controls that have values that differ from the default values defined in the visual theme will be converted to the visual theme format.


Color Property

Of the properties of the selected controls, only Color-related properties such as FillColor and BorderColor will be converted to the visual theme format if their values are different from the default values defined in the visual theme.


BorderStyle Property

Of the properties of the selected controls, only the properties related to BorderStyle will be converted to the visual theme format if their values are different from the default values defined in the visual theme.

Set visual theme to a fixed value

All Properties

For all properties of the selected controls, the property values defined in the visual theme format will be replaced with fixed values. For example, a color format defined as @TextColor will be replaced with a fixed value in RGB format, starting with #000000.


Color Property

Of the properties of the selected control, only the Color related properties will be replaced with fixed values defined in the visual theme format.


BorderStyle Property

Of the properties of the selected controls, only the properties related to BorderStyle will be targeted, and the property values defined in the visual theme format will be replaced with fixed values.

Rotation center position

Re-center the control

Moves the control's rotation center back to the center of the control.

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Locking Controls

Locks a control. A locked control cannot be moved with the mouse. For example, you can lock a background image to prevent it from being moved accidentally.

 


Unlock

Releases a locked control.

 

Grouping

Grouping

Groups two or more controls together.

 


Ungroup

Ungroup.