Clipboard Tab

Description

The clipboard purpose is to be able to re-use controls. These controls are saved and are availables when you restart the 'Designer'. You can re-use them in your current session or in a future session. Whenever a form, a container with controls, a control or a group of controls are cut or copied in the composer, they are added to the clipboard. This tab displays them in a list.

Each clipboard item displays an icon with a text. A screenshot of the selected item in the list is shown to help you identify your clipboard items. Click the screenshot preview to view a full size image. "Group" () is a generic name for a multi-selection of controls added to the clipboard.

Context-Sensitivity

When trying to add a clipboard item to the prototype, there is context-sensitivity. You can add any clipboard item the same way you add items. The paste icon (

) is enabled only when it makes sense to paste the clipboard item at the selection in the Structure. For example, a menu item can only be pasted when a menu is selected in the Structure tree view.

Clipboard Toolbar

Icon	Description	Keyboard keys
	Lock or Unlock the selected item in the clipboard. By locking a clipboard item, this item will not be deleted when clipboard items deletion occurs.	Ctrl+L
	Edit the name of the selected item in the clipboard.	Space bar Ctrl+E
	Removes the selected item(s) from the clipboard. To select a list of consecutives items, select an item in the list and press the Shift key while selecting another item. To select individual items, select an item in the list and hold the Ctrl key while selecting the individual items. Lock items are not deleted.	Delete
	Pastes the selected item. An item of the type forms, menus, toolbar items, borders or events is added to the right location in the tree. A control of the type controls or addons can be dragged and dropped at the desired location in the composer.	Ctrl+V
	Select all items in the clipboard.	Ctrl+A

Editing an item

It is possible to edit the text of a clipboard item. This can be helpful when a name is generic, such as "label" or "group", and you want to identify it better. Only the name of the clipboard item is modified and not its content or properties.

Select the clipboard item to edit.

Choose one of the following options

with the keyboard, press the spacebar to start in-place editing. See below.
double-click with the mouse to start in-place editing. See below.
press the edit button on the clipboard toolbar to open the edit label window. See below.
press the key sequence Ctrl+E to open the edit label window. See below.

Start in-place editing

Enter the new label for the clipboard item.

Press the Enter key. Continue with

below.

The edit label window open

Item	Description
Rename to:	Enter the new label for the clipboard item. This field is limited to 50 characters and can not be left empty.
OK	This button will do the rename.
Cancel	This button will close the dialog whitout doing renaming.

The new result is:

Remove selected item(s)

The Remove Selection confirmation screen ask you if you want to remove the selected items in the clipboard.

Options	Description
Always remove the selected item(s) whithout asking	Select this box if you want to remove the selected item(s) without being asked every time you delete item(s) in the clipboard. To reset this confirmation message, go to the menu Edit - Settings... and select Confirmations in the window. This setting can be changed in the settings window.
Yes	Select the Yes button to remove the selected item(s).
No	Select the No button to close the screen. The selected item(s) in the clipboard will not be removed.