Selecting Components in a Form

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The IDE's GUI Builder and Inspector window always display the same selected component or components. Selecting a component in one window automatically selects it in the other.

To select a single component:

To select multiple components, do one of the following:

To select next and previous components:

Controlling Selection Depth

When working with nested components (components within a container like a panel for example), clicking in the GUI Builder always selects the most deepest component at the point of the click. You can, however, select nested components on different levels using modifier keys, as described below.

You can also display the contextual menu for the selected container or subcomponent at any time by right-clicking. Note that the right-click action does not change the selection depth.

To select the parent container of a selected component:

  1. Press and hold the Alt key.
  2. In the GUI Builder, click the selected component.

    If the currently selected component does not have a parent container (i.e. it is the container component for the entire form), Alt-click selects the deepest component at the point of the click.

To select a subcomponent of a selected container:

  1. Press and hold both the Alt and Shift keys.
  2. Click the subcomponent.

    If the currently selected component does not contain any subcomponents, the container component for the entire form is selected.

See Also
Aligning Components
Adding a Component to a Form
Creating a New Form

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