
Adding Components to the GUI
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Dragging Components
Select one or more components that you want to move, then drag them to the
desired position and drop them. You can move components from the figure into
a panel or button group. You can move components from a panel or button
group into the figure or into another panel or button group.
The position of the cursor when you drop the components determines the
parent of all the selected components. Look for the highlight as described in
“Adding a Component to a Panel or Button Group” on page 6-20.
In some cases, one or more of the selected components may lie outside its
parent’s boundary. Such a component is not visible in the Layout Editor but
can be selected by dragging a rectangle that encloses it. It is visible, however,
in the active GUI.
Note To select multiple components, they must have the same parent. That
is, they must be contained in the same figure, panel, or button group. See
“Selecting Components” on page 6-31 for more information.
Using Arrow Keys to Move Components
Select one or more components that you want to move, then press and hold the
arrow keys until the components have moved to the desired position. Note that
the components remain children of the figure, panel, or button group from
which you move them, even if they move outside its boundaries.
Setting the Component’s Position Property
Select one or more components that you want to move. Then open the Property
Inspector from the
View menu or by clicking the Property Inspector icon .
1 In the Property Inspector, scroll to the Units property and note whether the
current setting is
characters or normalized. Click the button next to Units
and then change the setting to
inches from the pop-up menu.
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