Use the Alignment and Size palette buttons (the bottom row of buttons when all three rows are displayed) to arrange your controls on the form. These buttons enable you to align and size your controls. The Painter Alignment and Size palette buttons are listed in the following table, with a reference to the sections earlier in this chapter that provide more details.
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Aligns selected controls to the bottom edge of master control | Bottom Command |
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Aligns selected controls to the top edge of master control | Top Command |
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Aligns selected controls to the left edge of master control | Left Command |
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Aligns selected controls to the right edge of master control | Right Command |
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Centers the selected controls vertically | Centre Vertically Command |
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Centers the selected controls horizontally | Centre Horizontally Command |
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Makes all selected controls the same width | Same Width Command |
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Makes all selected controls the same height | Same Height Command |
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Makes all selected controls the same height and width | Same Height and Width Command |
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Resizes all selected controls to the dialog units of the application | Standard Size Command |
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Spaces selected controls evenly across the container | Space Evenly Across Command |
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Spaces selected controls evenly down the container | Space Evenly Down Command |
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Spreads selected controls evenly across the entire container | Spread Across Container Command |
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Spreads selected controls evenly down the entire container | Spread Down Container Command |
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Makes selected controls horizontally adjacent | Horizontally Adjacent Command |
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Makes selected controls vertically adjacent | Vertically Adjacent Command |
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Automatically spaces controls vertically | Vertical Standard Spacing Command |
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Automatically spaces controls horizontally | Horizontal Standard Spacing Command |
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Positions command buttons at top right | Top/Right Command Buttons Command |
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Positions command buttons at bottom right | Bottom/Right Command Buttons Command |
Most of the alignment and size buttons action a group of controls. In some cases, alignment or sizing is relative to a master control (which has sizing handles).
