Keyboard Mapping - Form Editor (Magic xpa 4.x)
Keyboard shortcuts for Output forms are listed in the tables below.
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F5
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Control is selected
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Control properties open
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F5
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No selection
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Form properties open
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Click on control
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Control properties open. Child controls are also selected.
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Click on control
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Ctrl
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Child controls are not selected.
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Click on form
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Form properties open
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Drag a control
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Child controls are also selected
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Spacebar
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Control is selected
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Control is not selected
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Enter
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A Static control is selected
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Text entry
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Enter
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A Choice control is selected
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Moves from choice to choice
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Click on choice control
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Shift
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Change layer
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Double click on control icon
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Control appears in the upper-left corner of the form
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Arrows
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Controls are selected and then press Enter
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Moves the selection
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Arrows+Shift
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Controls are selected and then press Enter
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Sizes the selection
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Arrows
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No selection and then press Enter
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Moves the form
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Arrows+Shift
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No selection and then press Enter
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Sizes the form
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Tab
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Selects next control
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Tab+Shift
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Selects previous control
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Home
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Selects first control
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End
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Selects last control
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Ctrl+A
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(Also, Edit menu > Select All)
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Selects all controls on the form.
When in Edit mode of the Static control, the Select All option selects the text of the edited control.
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ALT
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On a container control
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Selects all controls that belong to the current layer of the control.
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Click
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On a container control
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Selects the container control and all controls attached to it
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Ctrl+click
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On a container control
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Selects the container control, but not the controls attached to it. If you use Ctrl+Click and click on several controls one by one, selects several controls that are located on one tab.
This is how you can manipulate (move, delete, change properties) the controls that are attached to one tab.
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Shift+click
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On a container control
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Select just one choice.
This is the mode you want to be in to add fields to one choice.
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Shift
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Dropping a control from the Variable palette
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No title appears
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Right click
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The context menu is displayed
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Click
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Dragging the table column
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Moves the column divider only, not the controls attached to the column
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Ctrl+click
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Dragging the table column
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Adjusts all table columns; moves all the other columns to the right and the attached controls
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Click
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Dropping a control on a table
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Adds a table column after an existing table column
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Shift+click
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Dropping a control on a table
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Adds a table column in front of an existing table column
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Alt+click
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On a column while dragging a control
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Places a control on an existing table column
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Alt+click
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On a column area (park anywhere except for table caption and first row)
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Marks a column
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Tab
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One column is selected
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Moves to the next column
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Alt+Ctrl+click
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Selects multiple columns
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Ctrl+Alt+Shift
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Clicking on the first and then last column
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Selects all columns at once
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Ctrl+click
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Dropping a control on a table
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You can drop the control multiple times after an existing table column
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Ctrl+Shift+click
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Dropping a control on a table
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You can drop the control multiple times before an existing table column
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Click
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Outside of a control, dragging the rectangular box around all controls
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Selects all controls within the area
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Click
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Dragging column header to new location
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Moves the table column
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Magic xpa provides a Windows compliant keyboard mapping scheme. The table below lists the key combinations for Form Editor commands. All of these combinations can also be found in the Drawing menu.
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Align Left
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Ctrl+Shift+L
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Align Right
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Ctrl+Shift+R
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Align Top
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Ctrl+Shift+T
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Align Bottom
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Ctrl+Shift+B
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Horizontal Center
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Ctrl+Shift+H
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Vertical Center
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Ctrl+Shift+V
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Horizontal Equal Spacing
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Alt+Ctrl+H
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Vertical Equal Spacing
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Alt+Ctrl+V
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Move Forward
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Ctrl+4
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Move Backward
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Ctrl+5
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Send to Back
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Ctrl+6
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Bring Front
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Ctrl+7
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Attach to Table
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Ctrl+O
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Conclude Drawing
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F8
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How Do I Select a Column of a Table Control?
How Do I Drop a Control or Variable on a Table to Create a New Column to the Left of the Highlighted Column?
How Do I Place Several Controls on the Same Column in a Table Control?
How Do I Add New Controls to a Form?
How Do I Drop a Control Multiple Times Consecutively?
How Do I Set a Property on Multiple Controls at the Same Time?
How Do I Select Several Controls at the Same Time?
How Do I Change the Width of a Table Control Column?
How Do I Move a Table Control Column?
How Do I Switch Between Choice Control Options in the Form Editor?
