Design Screen

The Design Screen shows the layout of the form. A control that is outlined in blue is the control being edited. It can be moved or resized using the grab handles on the edges.

When you mouse down on a control, lines extend to the edges to help with positioning.

If Size to Grid is selected in the Format menu, edges of controls will be positioned to the nearest multiple of 4. This also makes it much easier to position controls so they look attractive.

Certain controls have a fixed size, or have their size determined by their properties. These controls will not be able to be resized.

Controls can be added to the Design Screen by drag & drop or by double clicking on the control in the Toolbox. They can also be added by right clicking on the form and selecting “Add Component”.

Multiple controls can be selected and moved together.

Right click Options

To go to the event code for a control, right click on it and select “Go to Event”.

To view the code, right click and select View Code.

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