Aligning controls in the Form painter

Often you need to align several controls or make them all the same size. You can use the grid to align the controls, or have InfoMaker align them for you.

To align controls in the Form painter:

Select the control whose position you want to use to align the others.

InfoMaker displays handles around the selected control.
Extend the selection by pressing and holding the Ctrl key and clicking the controls you want to align with the first one.

All the controls have handles on them.

Avoid lasso selection for aligning controls Avoid selecting controls by dragging the mouse to put a bounding box around multiple controls. You cannot control which control is used as the basis for aligning the other controls.
Use the Layout drop-down toolbar in the PainterBar, or select Format>Align from the menu bar.
Select the dimension along which you want to align the controls.

For example, to align the controls along the left side, click the Align L button in the Layout drop-down toolbar or select the first choice in the cascading menu.

InfoMaker moves all the selected controls to align with the first one.