Tools Toolbar Button Functions

Use the Tools toolbar buttons (the top row of buttons when all three rows are displayed) as a point-and-click alternative to other tools on the Painter menu; for example, the File menu commands or Options menu commands.

The functions of Painter Tools toolbar buttons are listed in the following table, with a reference to the sections earlier in this chapter that provide more details.

Button Action For details, see…
Opens a new form New Form Command
Opens an existing form for editing Edit Form Command
Closes the current form Close Form Command
Saves the current form Save Form Command
Locks all current control positions Lock Control Positions Command
Accesses the Properties dialog Show Properties Dialog Command
Undoes the last layout command Undo Last Layout Command
Changes the mode to allow input of tab indexes Tab Ordering Command
Accesses the Menu Design facility Menu Design Command
Pushes the selected control behind the control that it overlaps Push to Bottom Command
Makes the selected control sit on top of the overlapping controls Bring to Top Command
Toggles (displays or hides) the grid Grid Command
Toggles (displays or hides) alignment hairs Show Alignment Hairs Command
Displays the Class Browse with the class for the current form selected Browser Command
Accesses context-sensitive online help for a specific element Help Menu
Opens the contents page for Painter online help Index Command