Mode Menu

Options

Description

Selector

Click this button to use the mouse pointer to select objects on the QuickPad.

Button

Click this button to place a button on the QuickPad.

When you click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad, you create a button on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the button or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the text that should appear on the button and the action that the button should perform.

Rectangle

Click this button to place a rectangle on the QuickPad.

When you click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad, you create a rectangle on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the rectangle or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the color of the rectangle and whether it should be an outline or filled.

Group Box

Click this button to place a group box on the QuickPad.

When you click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad, you create a group box on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the group box or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the color of the group box, the text that should appear at the top, and how the text should be justified.

Text

Click this button to place text on the QuickPad.

When you click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad, you create an area for text on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the text object or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the text that should appear.

Picture

Click this button to place a bitmap on the QuickPad.

When you click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad, you create an area for the bitmap on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the bitmap object or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the bitmap that should appear.

NOTE:The size of any bitmap is determined by the bitmap rather than by any action performed on the QuickPad.

Icon

Click this button to place an icon on the QuickPad.

When you click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad, you create an area for an icon on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the icon object or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the icon that should appear and the action that the icon should perform.

Bitmap Button

If you are using the Toolbar Editor, click this button to place a button on the toolbar.

If you are using the QuickPad Editor, click this button, position the mouse pointer on the QuickPad, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the QuickPad to create a bitmap button on the QuickPad.

By double-clicking the bitmap button or clicking Object Properties from the Edit menu, you can specify the action that this button should perform and the bitmap to appear on it.

NOTE:Bitmap buttons on a QuickPad are a fixed size; they cannot be enlarged or reduced.