Chapter 18 UI Assistant Standard Toolbar

Chapter 18 UI Assistant Standard Toolbar

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\p_stdrd.jpg$

Replicates the Composition Editor’s standard toolbar. It has been augmented with standard Cut, Copy and Paste functions as well as Undo and Redo.

Test Window

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_test.jpg$ Runs a working instance of your visual part.

Selection Tool

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_sltool.jpg$ Selection Tool. Use this button to set the Composition Editor back to selection mode. This will turn off sticky mode if it is on.

Show All Connections

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_shoac.jpg$ Show all connections for all parts.

Hide All Connections

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\B_HIDALL.jpg$ Hide all connections for all parts.

Toggle Grid

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_grid.jpg$ Toggle the display of the grid on and off for the selected parts.

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\ex_grid.jpg$

Snap To Grid

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_galign.jpg$ Aligns the selected parts to the grid. This causes the upper left corner of the selected parts to be repositioned to the nearest grid coordinate. The grid does not need to be visible for this to work.

Align Left

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_alignl.jpg$ Align the selected parts with the left edge of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_ALGNL.jpg$

Align Center Horizontally

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_alignh.jpg$ Align the selected parts along the vertical axis of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_ALGNH.jpg$

Align Right

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_alignr.jpg$ Align the selected parts with the right edge of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_ALGNR.jpg$

Align Top

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_alignt.jpg$ Align the selected parts with the top edge of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_ALGNT.jpg$

Align Center Vertically

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_alignv.jpg$ Align the selected parts along the horizontal axis of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\images\vaast\Graphics\ex_algnv.png$

Align Bottom

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_alignb.jpg$ Align the selected parts with the bottom edge of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_ALGNB.jpg$

Distribute Horizontally

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_distrh.jpg$ Spaces the selected parts evenly between the left and right borders of the parent part, typically a window.

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_DISTH.jpg$

Alt-click to distribute the selected parts horizontally within their own bounding box. The bounding box is the smallest rectangle that encompasses all of the selected parts.

Distribute Vertically

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_distrv.jpg$ Spaces the selected parts evenly between the top and bottom borders of the parent part, typically a window.

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_DISTV.jpg$

Alt-click to distribute the selected parts vertically within their own bounding box. The bounding box is the smallest rectangle that encompasses all of the selected parts.

Match Width

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_replw.jpg$ Sizes the width of the selected parts to match that of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_REPLW.jpg$

Match Height

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_replh.jpg$ Sizes the height of the selected parts to match that of the last part selected (the one with the solid black handles).

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\EX_REPLH.jpg$

Cut Selections

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_cut.jpg$ Remove currently selected parts from layout, and place them on the clipboard. This is equivalent to the Composition Editor’s “Edit | Cut” menu command.

Copy Selections

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_copy.jpg$ Copy the currently selected parts to the clipboard. This is equivalent to the Composition Editor’s “Edit | Copy” menu command.

Paste Selections

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_paste.jpg$ Load the cursor with the parts on the clipboard. This is equivalent to the Composition Editor’s “Edit | Paste” menu command.

Duplicate

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_dupl.jpg$ Duplicate the currently selected parts.

Clear Selections

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_delete.jpg$ Remove currently selected parts from layout.

Undo

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_undo.jpg$ Undo the last command. This is equivalent to the Composition Editor’s “Edit | Undo” menu command.

Redo

$C:\Users\documentation\Documents\vastePublisher\stable\VAS Documentation Word\ao\Graphics\b_redo.jpg$ Redo the last command. This is equivalent to the Composition Editor’s “Edit | Redo” menu command.