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 on a form

You can move a single control or multiple controls to a different location on the form.

To move a single control, select the control and drag it to the required location.
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 and 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 into a new location

You can copy or cut a control and paste it to a new location on the same form, between or onto tabs on a form, or to a different form.

You can copy or cut multiple controls and paste them into a single group. You cannot paste an unsupported control onto a form, such as a touch control onto a non-touch form.

When you paste a Button control or an Embedded page control onto a new form, the Confirmation message property and the Embedded page property may apply a different mapping if the target form contains a control or variable with the same name.

Copy and paste

When you copy a control, the original control remains in place.

Select single or multiple controls.
- To copy a single control, select the control and press CTRL+C.
- To copy multiple controls, select a control, press CTRL, and keeping the CTRL pressed select other controls. Then press CTRL+C.
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.

Select single or multiple controls.
- To copy a single control, select the control and press CTRL+X.
- To copy multiple controls, select a control, press CTRL, and keeping the CTRL pressed select other controls. Then press CTRL+X.
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 a tablet form and vice versa.

You can copy controls from a touch-enabled form to another touch-enabled form. You cannot copy controls from a touch-enabled form to a non-touch enabled form.

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.