The TPDesign4 Work Area
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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)
Since Design View windows represent the pages on the panel themselves, Design Views that
represent pages are not resizable. Use the Zoom and Magnifier Window features to control the size
of the view.
Popup pages are resizable through the Properties Window by adjusting their Left, Top, Width or
Height properties. Alternatively, you can set their size and dimensions manually by first enabling
the Show Popup Page option in the Page menu. Once the Popup is displayed on the page, you can
click and drag to resize and position it manually.
Select the Toggle Information Overlay toolbar button (in the View toolbar) to display function
codes associated with each button (see the Working With Function Codes section on page 301 for
details).
Use the View > MDI Page Tabs option to toggle the page tabs. When this option is enabled, a tab
is displayed for each open page. The page tabs normally appear along the bottom edge of the
Design View window area, but can be moved, toggled or modified via the MDI tabs context menu
(right-click inside any of the tabs).
TPD4 will display up to a maximum of 15 page tabs. If you open more than 15 pages, only the most
recently opened 15 pages will remain open (the others will be automatically closed). No data will
be lost, only the view is closed. See the Design View Window MDI Tab Controls section on page 22
for details.
Right mouse click anywhere within a Design View window to open the Design View context menu.
This context menu contains shortcuts to many key design tools. See Design View Windows section
on page 19.
Select Display from the Design View context menu to access the Display sub-menu, containing
options that allow you to select which state of a selected button to display in the Design View.
Select Layout from the Design View context menu to access the Layout sub-menu, containing
options for layout/design control (send to front/back, align, center, etc). This menu is identical to
the Layout menu, accessible from the main menu bar.
Right mouse click anywhere within a Design View window to open the Design View context menu.
This context menu contains shortcuts to many key design tools.
Design View Window context menu
Right mouse click anywhere within a Design View window to open the Design View context menu. This
context menu contains shortcuts to many key design tools:
Design View Window context menu
Selection Tool Activates the Selection tool. Use this tool to select objects in the Design View windows.
Button Draw Tool Activates the Button Draw tool. Use this tool to draw buttons in the current Design View
Window.
Popup Draw Tool Activates the Popup Draw tool. Use this tool draw Popup Pages in the current Design
View Window.
List Box Draw Tool Activates the List Box Draw tool. Use this tool draw Popup Pages in the current Design
View Window.
Grab Properties Tool Activates the Grab Properties tool. The Grab Properties tool takes a "snapshot" of the
properties and values of the Button or Page that is clicked on and open the Property
Painter dialog (also accessible through the View menu).
Paint Properties Tool The Grab Properties and Paint Properties tools work together to allow you to grab
(copy) the properties and values of a selected Button or Page and apply them to
another Button or Page.
Show Grid Enables the grid display on the Design View windows, based on the Grid Style and Grid
Color preferences set in the Appearance tab of the Preferences dialog (see page 357).
Snap To Grid Click to automatically snap objects in the Design View windows to the nearest grid
lines.
Quick Input Click to open the Quick Input sub-menu, where you can specify how to use the Quick
Input feature works (Current Property, Text or Disabled). Use Quick Input to make fast
edits to various page and button elements and properties.
See the Quick Input section on page 52 for details.
Cut/Copy/Paste Click to cut/copy/paste the selected item to/from clipboard memory.
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