Selecting multiple fields

You can make changes to multiple selected fields in one step.

  1. To select a field, click it.
  2. To select multiple fields, press Ctrl and click an additional field.
  3. When multiple fields are selected, you can perform several changes:

    Resize the fields in these ways:

    • Drag the left, right, top, and bottom anchors 'as one' based on the free space available for all fields.

      The enlargement stops, vertically or horizontally, for all selected fields when one of the selected fields cannot be enlarged further. For example because of a collision with another field or layout boundary.

    • Specify the values of the left, right, top and bottom field borders in the properties panel.

  4. Align the multiple selected fields with the left/right/top/bottom buttons in the top menu bar.

    If this alignment action causes a collision with any other field or layout boundary, then the alignment buttons are disabled.

  5. In the Properties panel, you can specify this information:

    • The Left/Top/Width/Height value in the Exact Positioning-mode.

    • The Column/Line/Width/Height in the Matrix-mode.

    The values are always editable and when the value is presented as 'empty', you can use the <+> & <-> buttons to perform the resizing functionality.

    The tool tip shows the "Limited shared size" value. This is the maximal allowed value to specify in the shared property fields for the selected fields.

    Specify a "+" or "-" + <delta value> to add or subtract this delta value to its original value.

    The "Limited shared delta" value, shows the maximal property delta value to specify for the selected fields.

  6. Specify for each selected field together these properties:

    • Data Alignment

    • Bold/Italic/Underscore

    • Colors

    • Font and Font Size

    • Excel Column/Row

  7. Specify in the Borders property a border, the border thickness, style, and color.