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Basic

Form Design Toolbar

The Form Design toolbar becomes visible as soon as you select a form object when working in the design mode.

Change Anchor

Allows you to switch between anchoring options.

Change Anchor

Position and Size

Resizes, moves, rotates, or slants the selected object.

Position and Size

Control Properties

Opens a dialog for editing the properties of a selected control.

Control

Form Properties

In this dialog you can specify, among others, the data source and the events for the whole form.

Form

Form Navigator

Opens the Form Navigator. The Form Navigator displays all forms and subforms of the current document with their respective controls.

Form Navigator

Tab Order

In the Tab Order dialog you can modify the order in which control fields get the focus when the user presses the tab key.

Activation Order

Add Field

Opens a window where you can select a database field to add to the form.

Add Field

Design Mode On/Off

Toggles the Design mode on or off. This function is used to switch quickly between Design and User mode. Activate to edit the form controls, deactivate to use the form controls.

Design Mode on/off

Bring to Front

Moves the selected object to the top of the stacking order, so that it is in front of other objects.

Bring to Front

Send to Back

Moves the selected object to the bottom of the stacking order, so that it is behind the other objects.

Send to Back

Group

Groups the selected objects, so that they can be moved as a single object.

Group

Ungroup

Breaks apart the selected group into individual objects.

Ungroup

Edit Group

Opens the selected group, so that you can edit the individual objects. If the selected group contains nested group, you can repeat this command on the subgroups.

Enter Group

Exit Group

Exits the group, so that you can no longer edit the individual objects in the group.

Exit Group

Show Grid

Specifies whether to display the grid.

Display Grid

Snap to Grid

Specifies that you can move objects only between grid points.

Snap to Grid

Guides When Moving

Specifies whether to display guides when moving an object.

Guides When Moving

Alignment

Modifies the alignment of selected objects.

Alignment

Index

anchors, changing

controls, properties of form controls

properties, form controls

forms, properties

properties, forms

controls,arranging in forms

forms,Navigator

Form Navigator

subforms, creating

controls, hidden

hidden controls in Form Navigator

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