Multiple controls can be selected using the Control+LeftHandMouse Button on controls; the selected controls will be highlighted a yellow with red-handles (for some controls the backcolour may not be visible all the time).
They remain selected until:
| • | individually deselected using control+LeftHandMouse to toggle |
| • | selecting another control using ONLY the left hand mouse - this will cause all controls to be deselected and the single control to be selected as a single selection |
| • | selecting the form space between the controls - will deselect all controls |
This then allows the designer to perform operations through and enhanced context menu - as illustrated below.
The following screenshot illustrates the menus that are available when the mouse is pressed when over the form.
In addition, when a group of items have been selected they can be moved en-bloc - see Moving selected groups for details.
The following screenshot is the menus that are available when the mouse is pressed when over one of a control in a multiple selected group of controls.
Note that the menu options that the additional menu options are:
| • | Align Controls - provides the ability to align the currently selected controls |
| • | Space controls - adjusts the spacing between the selected controls |
| • | Size Controls - provides the ability to size the current selected controls |
| • | Undo last - provides the ability to undo the last only change to the geometry of the form. |