Form Editor Behaviors

Form Editor Context Menu

Use the Form Editor context (right-click) menu to quickly access common Form Editor operations.

Search for Fields

• Field Search Control : Use to search for a Field by name or description (ex: "Incident" or "Status").
• Hide/Display Folders option : Use to hide folders in the Field tree, so that all Fields can be displayed at the root node, regardless of how they are organized/stored in the tree.

Select a Control

• To select a Control, click a Control or click-and-drag (rubber-band) over the Control. This deselects all other Controls.
• A selected Control is identified by black boxes around the bounding box. The bounding box represents the Control's vertical and horizontal dimensions.

  

Select Multiple Controls

• To select multiple Controls:
  • Hold down the CTRL key while you click each Control in turn.
  • Click-and-drag (rubber-band) over the Controls you want to select. Any Control that is included (even partially) in the rubber-band box will be selected.
  • Press CTRL+A to select all Controls.
• When multiple Controls are selected:
  • The controlling Control is the last selected Control, and the Control against which all other selected Controls are sized and aligned.
  • The controlling Control is identified by black boxes. All other selected Controls are identified by white boxes.

    

  • To change the controlling Control, hold down the SHIFT key and click a different selected Control.

Edit Controls

• To delete a Control, click it, and then press the DELETE key.
• To edit the detailed properties of a selected Control, right-click>Control Properties.
• To edit the Field Properties of a selected Field Form Control, right-click>Field Properties.
• To duplicate a Control, press CTRL+Drag.
• To move a Control, drag the Control.
• To move/nudge a Control one (1) pixel, press an ARROW key.
• To maintain aspect ratio when resizing, hold down SHIFT while sizing.