In Desktop Designer, right-click displays various context menus that contain commonly used commands. The availability of commands depends on the selected items – design surface or object.
When right-clicking the design surface, a context menu appears. The context menu includes commonly used commands:
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Document Properties: opens the label properties or form properties dialog.
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Paste: pastes clipboard contents on the design surface. Multiple reuses of a single clipboard item are allowed.
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Cut: removes the selected element(s) from the design surface and adds it to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere.
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Copy: copies the selected object to the clipboard.
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Select all: selects all objects on the design surface.
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Alignment and Gridlines: allows you to define how the objects take their positions on the design surface.
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Align to objects: makes the object on the design surface align with other objects. When two objects are aligned, a leading line appears linking the edges of the two aligned objects.
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Align to grid: makes the object on the design surface align with gridlines. When moving the object, it always snaps to the gridline.
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Do not align: allows you to move the objects freely.
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Display gridline guides: makes the gridlines visible.
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Objects markers visibility: toggles visibility for the object properties. Markers become visible when moving the mouse pointer over the object.
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Object name: marker shows the name of an object.
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Internal element: marker shows if the selected object belongs to the internal printer elements.
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Counter: marker shows that the connected variable is Counter.
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Locked object: marker shows that an object's position is locked.
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Events: marker shows that the form object runs assigned Action(s).
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Zoom: defines zooming behavior.
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Zoom to Document: shows the entire label in the Desktop Designer window.
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Zoom to Objects: shows all objects in the Desktop Designer window.
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When right-clicking an object, a context menu appears. The context menu includes the following commands:
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Properties: opens object properties dialog.
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Copy: copies the selected content to the clipboard.
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Cut: removes the selected element from the design surface and adds it to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere.
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Delete: removes the selected object from the design surface.
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Lock/Unlock: prevents the selected object from being moved or re-enables moving.
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Arrange: positions the objects so that they appear either in front of or behind each other.
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Send Backward: sends the element back for one level.
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Send to Back: sends the element behind all other elements on the label.
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Bring Forward: brings the element forward for one level.
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Bring to Front: sends the element in front of all other elements on the label.
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Move to layer: allows you to change the layer to which the selected object belongs. You can only move the object to the unlocked layers.
Note
This option is available only if the layer is unlocked. More details are available in section Layers Panel.
When right-clicking a group of objects, a context menu appears. The context menu includes the following commands:
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Properties: opens common group properties dialog.
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Copy: copies the selected content to the clipboard.
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Cut: removes the selected group from the design surface and adds it to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere.
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Delete: deletes the selected object(s) from the design surface.
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Lock/Unlock: prevents the selected group from being moved or re-enables moving.
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Group objects: unites the selected objects and makes them behave as a single object.
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Ungroup objects: separates previously grouped objects.
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Arrange group defines how the group position according to other objects or groups.
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Send Backward: moves the selected group down one level.
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Send to Back: moves the selected group to the bottom of the object stack.
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Bring Forward: moves the selected group up one level.
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Bring to Front: moves the selected group to the top of the object stack.
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Move to layer: allows you to change the layer to which the selected object belongs. You can only move the object to the unlocked layers.
Note
This option is available only if the layer is unlocked. More details are available in section Layers Panel.
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Zoom: defines zooming behavior:
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Zoom to Document: shows the entire label in the Desktop Designer window.
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Zoom to Objects: shows all objects in the Desktop Designer window.
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