Selecting, Moving and Aligning Multiple Controls for Form Extension (Tools Release 9.2.26.2)

You can select multiple form controls in a form extension and move or align them during design time. After you save the form exension, the updated layout is reflected at runtime.To select multiple controls, click the form extension icon to open the Form Extension Manager side panel, press and hold Ctrl key, and then click each control that you want to select. The first control that you select is displayed with a solid blue border, and additional selected controls are displayed with a dotted blue border. To clear the selection, release the Ctrl key and click anywhere on the application.

After selecting multiple controls, you can move them as a group by dragging and dropping the selected controls to the appropriate position on the form. You can also align the selected controls by right-clicking one of the selected controls and selecting an alignment option (Align Top, Align Left, Align Right, or Align Bottom). The system aligns the controls based on the position of the first selected control. Click Reset Position to revert the control to the original position. When you finish, click Save in the Form Extension Manager.

Note: You cannot select controls from different containers in a single selection. To select controls from another container, first drag the controls to the required container and then select them.