Start menu

The menu provides editing functions such as copying and pasting as well as the toolbox with control elements and functions.

The "Start" menu opens when you open a project in the development environment. The functions are grouped by task.

Clipboard

The following functions are contained in the "Clipboard" group:

• Cut out

  Removes the selected element and copies it to the clipboard. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+X

• Copy

  Copies the selected element to the clipboard. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+C

• Insert

  Inserts the element in the clipboard at the selected position. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+V

Edit

The following functions are included in the "Edit" group:

• Undo

  Cancels the last action.

• Repeat

  Repeats the last action that was undone.

• Delete

  Deletes the selected element.

Search

The "Search" group contains functions for searching for words in texts. These functions are only activated and can only be executed if the table editor or the "Xaml" or "Code" view of the Designer is activated.

The following functions are included in the "Search" group:

• Search

  Calls up a dialogue to search for words in the text.

• Continue searching

  Selects the next instance of the search word.

• Replace

  Calls up a dialogue to replace one word with another.

When you call up the "Search" or "Replace" function, one of the following dialogues is displayed in which you can make settings for the search and replace:

• Search dialogue (table editor)

• Search/replace dialogue (table editor)

Arrange

You can use the functions in this group to change the order of the controls in the container and align the selected controls with one of these controls within a container.

Style

If you select a function from the "Style" group, you can use the style editor to create new, customised styles or edit existing ones.

Pointer

If you have selected a control from the "Controls" group and move the mouse pointer over a layout container in the Designer, the mouse pointer turns into a cross. You can then click on the container to place the control element on the container.

However, if you do not want to place the selected control element, but instead want to mark an existing control element on the view, for example, you can reset the mouse pointer by clicking on "Pointer". It will then return to its original arrow shape.

Control elements

The "Controls" group contains controls that you can add to a layout container in the Designer.

The controls are organised in the groups "Buttons", "Input/output", "System", "Layout", "Navigation" and "Media". The most important controls can be found in the first two columns in the "Controls" group.

Functions

The "Functions" group contains functions (actions) that you can assign to control elements and that are triggered when a certain event occurs.

User Controls

The "User controls" group contains the user controls you have created yourself, which you can create in the client folder by right-clicking on "Design", selecting the Add new element entry and then selecting the User controls entry and a specific layout.

Adding a "user control"