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# Form Design Toolbar

The Form Design toolbar becomes visible as soon as you select a form object when working in the design mode.

## Select

This icon switches the mouse pointer to the select mode, or deactivates this mode. The select mode is used to select the controls of the current form.

## Design Mode On/Off

Toggles the Design mode on or off. This function is used to switch quickly between Design and User mode. Activate to edit the form controls, deactivate to use the form controls.

Design Mode On/Off

## Control Properties

Opens a dialog for editing the properties of a selected control.

Control

## Form Properties

In this dialog you can specify, among others, the data source and the events for the whole form.

Form

## Data Navigator

Specifies the data structure of the current XForms document.

## Form Navigator

Opens the Form Navigator. The Form Navigator displays all forms and subforms of the current document with their respective controls.

Form Navigator

## Add Field

Opens a window where you can select a database field to add to the form or report.

Add Field

## Tab Order

In the Tab Order dialog you can modify the order in which control fields get the focus when the user presses the tab key.

Activation Order

## Open in Design Mode

Opens forms in Design Mode so that the form can be edited.

Open in Design Mode

## Automatic Control Focus

If Automatic Control Focus is activated, the first form control will be selected when you open the document. If the button is not activated, the text will be selected after opening. The Tab Order that you have specified determines which is the first form control.

## Position and Size

Resizes, moves, rotates, or slants the selected object.

Position and Size

## Change Anchor

Allows you to switch between anchoring options.

Change Anchor

## Bring to Front

Moves the selected object to the top of the stacking order, so that it is in front of other objects.

Bring to Front

## Send to Back

Moves the selected object to the bottom of the stacking order, so that it is behind the other objects.

Send to Back

## Group

Groups the selected objects, so that they can be moved as a single object.

Group

## Ungroup

Breaks apart the selected group into individual objects.

Ungroup

## Enter Group

Opens the selected group, so that you can edit the individual objects. If the selected group contains nested group, you can repeat this command on the subgroups.

Enter Group

## Exit Group

Exits the group, so that you can no longer edit the individual objects in the group.

Exit Group

## Alignment

Modifies the alignment of selected objects.

Alignment

## Display Grid

Specifies whether to display the grid.

Display Grid

## Snap to Grid

Specifies that you can move objects only between grid points.

Snap to Grid

## Helplines While Moving

Specifies whether to display guides when moving an object.

Helplines While Moving