Making Dialog Controls The Same Size; Spacing Dialog Controls Evenly; Setting Dialog Tab Order - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

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All selected controls are centered on the dialog box.

Making Dialog Controls the Same Size

You can make multiple controls on a dialog box the same size.
To make dialog box controls the same size
1. In Setup Editor > Dialogs tab, select a dialog box in the left pane.
2. In the right pane, select two or more controls.
The last control you select is the master control that the other controls will be sized
to.
3. Select Layout menu > Make Same Size and then select one of the following.
In Visual Studio: Format menu > Make Same Size.
Width.
Height.
Both.
All selected controls are sized to the master control.

Spacing Dialog Controls Evenly

You can space controls on dialog boxes evenly between the leftmost and rightmost
controls (for horizontal spacing) or the topmost and bottommost controls (for vertical
spacing.)
To space dialog box controls evenly
1. In Setup Editor > Dialogs tab, select a dialog box in the left pane.
2. In the right pane, select two or more controls.
3. Select Layout menu and then select one of the following.
In Visual Studio: Format menu.
Horizontal Spacing > Make Equal. Space items left to right.
Vertical Spacing > Make Equal. Space items up and down.
All selected controls are spaced evenly on the dialog box.

Setting Dialog Tab Order

You can determine the tab order of controls on dialog boxes.
To prevent unexpected control layering, set the dialog box's tab order to include any
graphic or control that is overlapped by another control. The higher the item is in the tab
order, the closer to the top layer it will be.
See Overlapping graphics and controls
To set the dialog box tab order
1. In Setup Editor > Dialogs tab, select a dialog box in the left pane.
2. Click anywhere on the dialog box to set focus.
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