Changing the size of a form's viewing area

In the Web Designer, changing the size of a form's viewing area can allow you to see and edit components that might be placed and hidden outside the form's normal viewing area. This happens in some forms because the form's designer placed these components in the area outside the normal viewing area, instead of placing them inside the normal viewing area and then hiding them.

Note: 
  • This is a design technique that used to be practiced somewhat commonly. This means that it is normally found in older forms. While you can still implement this technique using this procedure, we do not recommend it, as it can cause problems down the road. It is better to go ahead and place all components within the form's normal viewing area and then set them as desired to be hidden during runtime.
  • This procedure applies only to forms being developed in the Web Designer.
  1. Open a form in the Web Designer.
  2. Expand the Details panel at the bottom of the workspace, by clicking the up arrow.
  3. In the Details panel, select the Design View Size tab.
  4. In the View section, enter numbers that are greater than the normal form size for the Width and/or Height.
    Note: The numbers you enter must be greater than the normal size dimensions as displayed in the Form section.
  5. Click Update.
The Web Designer displays the new viewing/working area for the form. If there are any components in the new area (outside the normal viewing area), they are now visible and accessible. You can now edit them, re-place them, delete them, or whatever, the same as any other component.

The new viewing dimensions are not persistent. The minute you close the form, the viewing area reverts to its normal dimensions.