Select multiple control by dragging a frame around them
Resize the base window
can anyone think of a layout oriented action that I did not list. I would like to get all the actions defined and working before I make the controls less generic
I can’t think of anything else offhand and I assume you are working out alignment aids for “snapping” to adjacent controls or maybe to an optional grid. Those features are ubiquitous in designers although I confess that half the time I end up moving controls a pixel at a time with the arrow keys anyway… The only thing I’ve never seen in a designer is some visual cue in that one-pixel-at-a-time mode that tells you you’ve got it vertically (if using up or down arrow) or horizontally (otherwise) aligned with the control adjacent. I don’t trust my eyes anymore and end up checking the top / left etc properties of some other control and then comparing to make sure I’m exactly there.
Hi Dave,
I can’t see it in the image, is there a way to type in coordinates?
I find it convenient if the coordinates are displayed and editable when multiple selected items have the same x for example.
Layering order - i.e. a way to bring one control above another.
I have used some graphic programs that move one pixel with the arrow keys, but move 5 or 10 pixels if the shift or control key is held down.
I come from a printing/graphics background, so maybe these are not a big deal to others.
this is the full screen of the IDE as it exists right now.
The Project Tree on the Left and Property Inspector on the right are not fully operational yet
