Move, cut, copy and paste controls
You can select controls and move, cut, copy and paste those controls.
These functions help in designing large forms efficiently.
Move controls to a new location in form
You can move a single control or multiple controls to a different location on the form.
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To move a single control, select the control and drag it to the required location.
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You cannot drag multiple controls directly to a different location. Therefore to move multiple controls, do the following:
- Ensure that the controls are placed within a cell.
- Select the cell, rest the pointer on the cell until the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow.
- Drag the cell to the required location.
Copy or cut controls and paste them in a new location
You can copy or cut a control and paste it to a new location on the same form, or between or onto tabs on a form, or to a different form.
You can copy or cut multiple controls and paste them as a single group. You cannot paste an unsupported control onto a form, such as a touch control onto a non-touch form.
Copy and paste
When you copy a control, the original control remains in place.
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Select single or multiple controls.
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To copy a single control, select the control and press CTRL+C.
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To copy multiple controls, select a control, press CTRL and keeping the CTRL pressed select other controls. Then press CTRL+C.
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- Place the insertion point where you want to paste the controls and press CTRL+V.
Cut and paste
When you cut a control, the original control is deleted.
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Select single or multiple controls.
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To copy a single control, select the control and press CTRL+X.
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To copy multiple controls, select a control, press CTRL and keeping the CTRL pressed select other controls. Then press CTRL+X.
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- Place the insertion point where you want to paste the controls and press CTRL+V.
Copy and paste controls between phone and tablet forms
Copy controls from a phone form and paste them to tablet form and vice versa.
- Select controls on the phone form and press CTRL+C.
- Switch to Tablet form and click anywhere on the form, and then press CTRL+V.
- Click Save.