Layout Menu

Use the commands in the Layout menu to fine-tune the sizing and placement of controls on your painted form. For example, if you have painted a row of buttons, you may want to space them neatly on your form and make them all the same size.

The layout commands normally operate only on controls that are in the same container. The exception to this is that you can apply layout commands across print frames.

The Layout menu commands are listed in the following table.

Command	Description
Alignment	Displays the submenu of alignment options
Spacing	Displays the Spacing submenu of options
Size	Displays the Sizing submenu of options
Suspend Parent Alignments	The alignContainer and alignChildren properties of controls are treated as though the property values are zero (0) so that no automatic alignment occurs

See also "Defining the Layout of Your Form" and "Examples of Laying Out Controls", earlier in this chapter.