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Keyboard Mapping - Form Editor (Magic xpa 4.x)

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Keyboard Mapping - Form Editor (Magic xpa 4.x)

Keyboard shortcuts for Output forms are listed in the tables below.

General

Key

When...

Result...

F5

Control is selected

Control properties open

F5

No selection

Form properties open

Click on control

Control properties open. Child controls are also selected.

Click on control

Ctrl

Child controls are not selected.

Click on form

Form properties open

Drag a control

Child controls are also selected

Spacebar

Control is selected

Control is not selected

Enter

A Static control is selected

Text entry

Enter

A Choice control is selected

Moves from choice to choice

Click on choice control

Shift

Change layer

Double click on control icon

Control appears in the upper-left corner of the form

Arrows

Controls are selected and then press Enter

Moves the selection

Arrows+Shift

Controls are selected and then press Enter

Sizes the selection

Arrows

No selection and then press Enter

Moves the form

Arrows+Shift

No selection and then press Enter

Sizes the form

Tab

Selects next control

Tab+Shift

Selects previous control

Home

Selects first control

End

Selects last control

Ctrl+A

(Also, Edit menu > Select All)

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.

ALT

On a container control

Selects all controls that belong to the current layer of the control.

Click

On a container control

Selects the container control and all controls attached to it

Ctrl+click

On a container control

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.

Shift+click

On a container control

Select just one choice.

This is the mode you want to be in to add fields to one choice.

Shift

Dropping a control from the Variable palette

No title appears

Right click

The context menu is displayed

Table Controls

Key

When...

Result...

Click

Dragging the table column

Moves the column divider only, not the controls attached to the column

Ctrl+click

Dragging the table column

Adjusts all table columns; moves all the other columns to the right and the attached controls

Click

Dropping a control on a table

Adds a table column after an existing table column

Shift+click

Dropping a control on a table

Adds a table column in front of an existing table column

Alt+click

On a column while dragging a control

Places a control on an existing table column

Alt+click

On a column area (park anywhere except for table caption and first row)

Marks a column

Tab

One column is selected

Moves to the next column

Alt+Ctrl+click

Selects multiple columns

Ctrl+Alt+Shift

Clicking on the first and then last column

Selects all columns at once

Ctrl+click

Dropping a control on a table

You can drop the control multiple times after an existing table column

Ctrl+Shift+click

Dropping a control on a table

You can drop the control multiple times before an existing table column

Click

Outside of a control, dragging the rectangular box around all controls

Selects all controls within the area

Click

Dragging column header to new location

Moves the table column

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.

Command

Key Combination

Align Left

Ctrl+Shift+L

Align Right

Ctrl+Shift+R

Align Top

Ctrl+Shift+T

Align Bottom

Ctrl+Shift+B

Horizontal Center

Ctrl+Shift+H

Vertical Center

Ctrl+Shift+V

Horizontal Equal Spacing

Alt+Ctrl+H

Vertical Equal Spacing

Alt+Ctrl+V

Move Forward

Ctrl+4

Move Backward

Ctrl+5

Send to Back

Ctrl+6

Bring Front

Ctrl+7

Attach to Table

Ctrl+O

Conclude Drawing

F8

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