Property Editor

The Property Editor is one of the main control units of the Application Studio. Displaying the properties of the selected element, the Property Editor lets the user edit its properties.

The Property Editor is shown/hidden by clicking the icon on the View Toolbar or by pressing F4. It can be docked on the work area by clicking the dock icons on its bottom left corner.

To edit the properties of an element, you must first select it. The Property Editor displays the properties of the selected element(s).

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When more than one element is selected, Property Editor displays the common properties of the selected elements.

See Element Selecting Techniques. If the value of a property is identical for all the selected elements then the value is shown, otherwise it is not shown.

The modification made to a property value is applied to all the elements in the selection.

Each element has different set of properties. The types of the properties can also be different. String, Number, Color, Rect, Font, Combo are some examples.

For some property types the values can directly be entered into the value field which is at the right side of the property name. For some of them you can type in the value field and for some of them you must choose an option from the drop-down list, etc.

For some property types special editors are available like Jscript Editor, Color Palette, Font Dialog. In that case Property Editor displays a [...] button at the right side of the value field.

Sometimes it can be difficult to know where an element is actually defined; in the current page or in a template page? Similarly some times we cannot be sure where the value of a property is assigned. In that case click on the

button on the right side of the tab names to open the definition location monitor.

Additionally the [Dirty] tab shows a summary of the properties that were changed in the current page.

To switch to the usage restrictions definition mode on the property editor click on

on the top-right corner of the property editor.