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 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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Locked object: marker shows that an object's position is locked.
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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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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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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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