The App Builder toolbar
View selection icons
The icons on the left side of the toolbar provide options to select the view.
Icon | Tooltip | Description |
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Return to Dashboard | When clicked, returns you to the Projects dashboard. | |
Components | When clicked, displays the list of components you can use to create your apps. You can display both the Basic components and any Composite components you might have created. | |
Component Properties | When clicked, displays the various property settings you can make for a
selected component on the canvas. Note: This option is selected automatically
whenever you select a component on the canvas.
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Project and miscellaneous other options icons/settings
The icons on the right side of the toolbar provide project-level options and miscellaneous other high-level options.
Icon | Tooltip | Description |
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Preview | When clicked, displays the project in Preview mode, keeping it in the canvas area. This allows you to test the functionality without leaving the workspace. | |
Launch | When clicked, launches the project in a new window. This allows you to test your app in the same kind of environment that the end user will experience it. | |
Save | When clicked, saves the project. This icon also hosts a validity indicator. When App Builder detects that there are no errors in the app, it displays a checkmark in a green circle. If App Builder detects that there is an error condition, the green circle changes to a red circle with a minus sign. If this happens, you cannot save the project until the error condition is corrected. |
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More... | When clicked, displays a menu of project-level and miscellaneous other options available from the workspace. |
Editing option icons
The icons in the center of the toolbar provide access to common editing operations and are only active/enabled when appropriate.
Icon | Tooltip | Description |
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Undo (Ctrl+Z) | Undoes the previous action. App Builder supports multiple levels of Undo. |
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Redo (Ctrl+Y) | Redoes a previous action that was undone. App Builder supports multiple levels of Redo. |
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Cut (Ctrl+X) | Cuts (removes) a component selected on the canvas and saves a copy to the system clipboard. | |
Copy (Ctrl+C) | Saves a copy of a component selected on the canvas to the system clipboard. | |
Paste (Ctrl+V) | Pastes the contents of the system clipboard at a selected location on the
canvas. When this option is selected, a "ghost" image of the component (or other contents of the clipboard) displays at the location where the copy is to be pasted. When you have the copy where you want it, you must click to complete the paste action. Note: If the paste action does not result in the component being
pasted at exactly the location you want, you can use the component properties to
move it.
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Delete (Del) | Deletes a selected component from the canvas. |