Menubar

At the top of the form in design mode, there is the menu bar of the Form editor.

Fig. 116: Menubar

The menu File contains standard commands to work with the Form editor.

Fig. 117: File Menu

The menu File contains the following entries:

Save	Saves the form
Save as	Saves the form with another name
Exit	Exits the form editor

The menu Edit contains standard commands to edit selected components.

Fig. 118: Edit Menu

The menu Edit contains the following entries:

Cut	Cuts the selected elements for later paste Einfügen bereit
Copy	Copies the selected elements for later paste Einfügen bereit
Paste	Pastes the previous cutted or copied elements into the form
Delete	Deletes the selected elements
Redo	Redos an undone action
Undo	Undos an action
Lock selection	Locks the selected elements, so they can not be edited
Unlock selection	Unlocks the selected elements

The menu Component order contains commands to arrange the selected components in the form

Fig. 119: Component Order Menu

The menu Component order contains the following entries:

Up to first	The selected components are set to the top of the focus chain
Up	The selected components are moved up in the focus chain
Down	The selected components are moved down in the focus chain
Down to last	The selected components are set to the bottom of the focus chain
Alignment	Opens the submenu Alignment

The submenu Alignment contains commands to align the selected components in the form

Fig. 120: Alignment Menu

The sub menu Alignment contains the following entries:

Left alignment	All selected components will be alligned at the left border of the first selected component
Right alignment	All selected components will be alligned at the right border of the first selected component
Top alignment	All selected components will be alligned at th top border of the first selected component
Bottom alignment	All selected components will be alligned at the bottom border of the first selected component
Width alignment	All selected components will be alligned in with depending on the narrowest component
Hight alignment	All selected components will be alligned in height depending on the lowest component
Dispose vertical	All selected components are vertically aligned after the first selected component
Dispose horizontal	All selected components are horizontally aligned after the first select component

The menu Extras contains special commands to edit the form:

Fig. 121: Extras Menu

The menu Extras contains the following entries:

Grid alignment	Aligns the components at the grid, when this option is active
Show grid	The grid will be shown when this option is active
Preferences	Opens a Preferences dialog to set the height and the width of the grid
Shortcuts	Shows a list with the shortcuts
Select similar components	Selects all components that are the same kind as the selected component
Data flow	Opens the Data floating diagram dialog
Properties	Opens the Properties dialog
Preview	Displays the form in the Preview mode
Print	Prints the formular
Print preview	Opens the print preview Druckvorschau

The menu Windows Contains commands to manage the windows of the form editor:

Fig. 122: Windows Menu

The menu Windows contains the following entries:

Beans	Opens and closes the Beans dialog
Component Tree	Opens and closes the Component tree dialog
Properties	Opens and closes the Properties dialog
Quick properties	Opens and closes the Quick properties dialog
Groups	Opens and closes the Groups dialog
Fonts	Opens and closes the Fonts dialog
Colors	Opens and closes the Colors dialog

The menu Help contains a command to acces the context help:

Fig. 123: Help Menu

The menu Help contains the following entries:

Context Help

Opens the context help