Using The Popup Draw Tool - AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual

b. Single-click to select a new color from the list. Note the current and new color selections
are shown together for comparison on the left side of the dialog.
7. Set the Border color:
a. Click the browse icon next to "Border" to open the Colors dialog.
b. Single-click to select a new color from the list. Note the current and new color selections
are shown together for comparison on the left side of the dialog.
8. Set the Page Text color (for text applied directly to the page):
a. Click the browse icon next to "Text" to open the Colors dialog.
b. Single-click to select a new color from the list. Note the current and new color selections
are shown together for comparison on the left side of the dialog.
9. Set the Font Name and Size. A sample of the selected font type and size is displayed in the
window beneath these fields.
10. Click OK to add the new Popup page to the active project. The new Popup page will be appear
in the Workspace Navigator in the Pages folder, under the project the page was added to, as the
active page.
Because the RGB Color palette supports more colors than the Palette Index, you
might see some slight variation in some colors if you switch from the RGB Color
palette to Palette Index. In most cases, any variation that occurs in the translation is
extremely subtle, since TPDesign4 tries to match the color exactly.

Using the Popup Draw Tool

The Popup Draw tool allows you to draw Popup Pages directly onto a page. The technique is
similar to drawing a button, and the result is the same as through standard means:
1. Select Edit > Popup Draw Tool (or click the toolbar button) to activate the Popup Draw tool.
To access the Popup Draw toolbar button, click and hold the Button Draw tool (in the
Selection/Drawing Tools toolbar) for one second to open the drop-down menu
containing the Popup Draw tool.
2. Left-click inside the desired page (in the active Design View window), and while holding the
left mouse button down, drag to draw the popup page to the desired size and shape. The
minimum popup page size is 15 pixels in height or width.
TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program
When using the Button Draw or Popup Draw tools, hold down the SHIFT key while
drawing to constrain the item to a square.
When using the Selection tool, hold down the ALT key while clicking and dragging in a
Design View window to move the current selections without selecting anything new on
the mouse press (useful for moving popup pages whose entire area is filled with buttons).
When using the Selection tool, hold down the CTRL key while clicking and dragging to
force a "lasso" selection to occur (even if the mouse was clicked over a button or Popup
Page shown on the Page). Lasso selection forces you to draw a square around the outside
of the item to select it, as opposed to clicking on the item.
With an item selected in a Design View window, hold down the CTRL key while moving
the item with the keyboard arrow keys to move by the grid size instead of a single pixel
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