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Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 106
Move screen controls
You can move screen controls to a new position whenever you are in Layout mode. You can use
the alignment guides to help align and position screen controls in an orderly arrangement.
Move a screen control
Do one of the following:
m Drag the screen control to a new position in the workspace.
m Select the screen control, then press the arrow keys to move it in the workspace.
You can constrain the movement of screen controls to either horizontal or vertical by pressing
Shift while dragging them.
If a screen control overlaps another screen control in the workspace when you switch from
Layout mode to another mode, an alert appears, asking if you want the overlapped controls to
be highlighted so you can adjust them before leaving Layout mode.
Move multiple screen controls
Do one of the following:
m Shift-click the screen controls, then drag them to a new position.
m Hold down the Shift key as you drag around the controls, then drag them to a new position.
If the panels for the screen controls are merged, rubber-banding selects the entire panel. You can
constrain the movement of screen controls to either horizontal or vertical by pressing Shift while
dragging them.
If a screen control overlaps another screen control in the workspace when you switch from
Layout mode to another mode, an alert appears, asking if you want the overlapped controls to
be highlighted so you can adjust them before leaving Layout mode.
Resize screen controls
You can resize screen controls to make them more easily visible or to t them into a smaller area.
When you select a screen control, blue resize guides appear over it that you can drag to resize
the control.
Resize a screen control
1 Click the screen control in the workspace.
Blue resize guides appear over the screen control.
2 Drag the resize guides to resize the screen control.
Drag the outer resize
guides to resize the
screen control.