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Working in the DataWindow painter
156 DataWindow .NET
Selecting controls in the DataWindow painter
The DataWindow painter provides several ways to select controls to act on.
You can select multiple controls and act on all the selected controls as a unit.
For example, you can move all of them or change the fonts used to display text
for all of them.
Lasso selection
Use lasso selection when possible because it is fast and easy. Lasso selection is
another name for the method described below for selecting neighboring
multiple controls.
❖ To select one control in a DataWindow object in the Design view:
• Click it.
The control displays with handles on it. Previously selected controls are no
longer selected.
❖ To select neighboring multiple controls in a DataWindow object in the
Design view (lasso selection):
1 Press and hold the left mouse button at one corner of the neighboring
controls.
2 Drag the mouse over the controls you want to select.
A bounding box (the lasso) displays.
3 Release the mouse button.
All the controls in the bounding box are selected.
❖ To select non-neighboring multiple controls in a DataWindow object in
the Design view:
1 Click the first control.
2 Press and hold the Ctrl key and click additional controls.
All the controls you click are selected.
❖ To select controls by type in the DataWindow object:
• Do one of the following:
• Select Edit>Select>Select All to select all controls
• Select Edit>Select>Select Text to select all text
• Select Edit>Select>Select Columns to select all columns