Using the pop-up menus in the Form painter

Each element of the form (such as text, columns, computed fields, buttons, even the form itself) has a pop-up menu you can use to perform appropriate actions and display the associated properties in the Properties view.

StepsTo use a pop-up menu in the Form painter Layout view:

  1. Position the pointer over the control or the background of the form.

  2. Press the right mouse button.

    Here is the pop-up menu for a column of data or a text control in a freeform form:

    Shown is the pop up menu for a column of data or a text control in a freeform form. It shows the items Cut, Copy, Delete, Bring to Front, Send to Back, and Properties, which is highlighted.
  3. Click the menu item you want.

To display the control properties in the Properties view, you select Properties from the pop-up menu. To perform an action, for example Cut, you select the action.