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Tool Bars

The editor provides the following handy tool bars for creating TP panel data.

Main Tool Bar

This provides the following buttons.

	Name	Description
	New	Create a new TP panel file.
	Open...	Open an existing TP panel file.
	Save	Save the current file to disk, overwriting any older version there.
	Cut	Move the contents of the selected range to the system clipboard.
	Copy	Copy the contents of the selected range to the system clipboard.
	Paste	Insert the clipboard contents at the current cursor position.
	Undo	Reverse the effects of the last operation.
	Redo	Undo the last undo operation--in other words, repeat the last operation.
	Print	Print the current screen.
	About	Display the About screen indicating the editor's version number, etc.

These buttons change the Layout window magnification, toggle the grid display on and off, etc.

	Name	Description
	Zoom	Change the magnification ratio for the selected region.
	Cancel Zoom	Cancel zooming and return the Layout window to the standard (100%) magnification.
	Select parts	Select a part pointed with this cursor.
	Pan	Shift the display screen in the specified direction.
	Grid	Toggle the grid display on and off.
	Snap	Toggle automatic grid positioning on and off.

These buttons assign uniform positioning, spacing, or size to the selected parts.

	Name	Description
	Align Top	Align along the upper edge.
	Align Middle	Align vertical centers.
	Align Bottom	Align along the lower edge.
	Align Left	Align along the left edge.
	Align Center	Align horizontal centers.
	Align Right	Align along the right edge.
	Space across	Standardize horizontal spacing.
	Space down	Standardize vertical spacing.
	Same width	Standardize width.
	Same height	Standardize height.
	Same size	Standardize size.

Most of these buttons select a part to add to the panel layout in the Layout window.

	Name	Description
	Label	Add part: label.
	Text box	Add part: text box.
	Numerical value input box	Add part: numerical input box.
	Group box	Add part: group box.
	Radio button	Add part: radio buttons.
	Check box	Add part: check box.
	Push button	Add part: push button.
	Illuminated push button	Add part: illuminated push button.
	Pilot lamp	Add part: pilot lamp.
	Line	Add part: line.
	Rectangle	Add part: rectangle.
	Oval	Add part: oval.
	Function key	Add part: function key.
	Timer	Add part: timer.

These buttons move parts around the panel layout and within the file's part hierarchy.

	Name	Description
	Front	Move to the top layer.
	Back	Move to the bottom layer.
	Forward	Move forward one layer.
	Backward	Move backward one layer.
	Nudge up	Move up. Simultaneously holding down the Shift key moves 5 pixels each time.
	Nudge down	Move down.
	Nudge left	Move left.
	Nudge right	Move right.

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