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Working With Buttons

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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)

Drawing a Button

1. Select the Button Draw Tool.

2. Open the Page (or Popup page) that the button will be added to, and place your cursor within the

boundaries of an open Design View.

3. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor diagonally. You will see a sizing rectangle as you

drag the mouse, indicating the size of the button you are drawing (FIG. 167):

Hold down the SHIFT key while drawing to constrain the button to a square.

With an item selected in a Design View window, hold down the CTRL key while moving the item

with the keyboard arrow keys to move by the grid size instead of a single pixel (regardless of the

grid visibility or snap to grid setting). Holding the CTRL key while resizing the selected items with

the keyboard will resize by the grid size.

Minimum button size is 4 x 4 pixels.

4. To complete the button draw action, release the left mouse button (FIG. 168):

Upon the creation of a button on a page (or popup page) you will see red selection handles appear on the

outsides of the button indicating edit focus.

The button will be drawn on-screen showing the current default button properties.

Buttons are always drawn in the Off State.

The maximum number of buttons per page / popup page = 500.

5. Use the fields and options in the General, Programming and States tabs of the Properties Window to

specify properties for the selected button. See the Editing Button Properties section on page 127 for

details.

6. Select File > Save to save your changes.

FIG. 167 Drawing a Button - Click and Drag

FIG. 168 Drawing a Button - Release

The Button Type is set via the Type property in the Properties window (General tab).

Select Type to select from a drop-down menu of Supported Button Types.

Select View > Button Preview to preview the button (click Push to simulate a button

press) in the Button Preview window. See the Previewing a Button section on

page 138 for details.

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