i4designer Knowledge Base

Undo

Erases the last changes done to the project.

Redo

As opposed to the undo action, it reverses the undo or advances the project buffer to a more recent state.

Copy

Copies a component and allows the user to reuse it in an alternate location. The user can copy a i4designer control with different purposes:

Cut

Cuts a control and allows the user to move it to an alternate location.

Paste

Inserts a previously copied or cut control to an alternate position in the Designer project page.

Show errors

Allows the user to check the project control settings for errors. By enabling the toolbar button a visual indication about erroneous settings is displayed.

Example of highlighted error

Bring to Front

Determines the placement of an i4designer component, so that it appears in front of another control.

Send to Back

Determines the placement of an i4designer component so that it appears behind another control.

Bring Forward

Brings a component one step toward the front.

Send Backward

Sends a component one step towards the back.

Horizontal distribution

Horizontally distributes the selected components

Vertical distribution

Vertically distributes the selected components

Align to left

Aligns the selected components to the left side of the drawing space

Align to right

Aligns the selected components to the right side of the drawing space

Align to top

Aligns the selected components to the top of the drawing space

Align to bottom

Aligns the selected components to the bottom of the drawing space

Vertical centering

Centers the component vertically. The component is positioned at the center of the drawing space, by equally splitting the remaining space available at the top and the bottom side of the page.

Horizontal centering

Centers the component horizontally. The component is positioned at the center of the drawing space, by equally splitting the remaining space available on the left and the right side of the page

Relative to page / Relative to last selected item

Allows the user to toggle between relative to page and relative to last selected item alignment. This option is used when aligning multiple components

The Relative to page option aligns the selected objects relative to the page borders

When spacing and aligning objects, using the Relative to the last selected item option, the selection should be made via Ctrl+Click. This way, the user can decide which is the last selected item.

If multiple items are selected by drawing a rectangle on the drawing surface, the system will align the selected components relative to the last component added to the project page

Toggle grid view

Allows the user to enable or disable the grid view of the Designer's surface

Toggle ruler

Allows the user to enable or disable the ruler view of the Designer's surface

Toggle guide lines

Allows the user to enable or disable the control position on the Designer page surface

Enable snap to grid

Allows the user to enable or disable the snap to grid function. When the snap to grid function is enabled the component will be automatically fitted on the drawing surface, to the closest cell

Toggle cursor guidelines

Allows the user to enable or disable the mouse location pointer on the Designer page surface

Group selected components

Allows the user to group the selected components in a frame, which is linked to an automatically created page. For more details about this function, please also visit the dedicated tutorials here

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Command+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Command+Y

Copy

Ctrl+C

Command+C

Cut

Ctrl+X

Command+X

Paste

Ctrl+V

Command+V

Duplicate

Ctrl+D

Command+D

Delete

Delete

Command+Delete

Objects selection (used when selecting multiple objects)

Ctrl+click

Command+Click