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152MainStage User Guide
Ungroup screen controls
1. In MainStage, select the grouped control.
2. Do one of the following:
• From the Layout Action menu, choose Ungroup.
• Control-click the selected controls, then choose Ungroup from the shortcut menu.
If you’re using a Mac with a Touch Bar, you can press the Ungroup button on the Touch Bar
to ungroup screen controls.
Add a screen control to a group
• In MainStage, drag the screen control into the group.
Move or resize a screen control in a group
1. In MainStage, select the individual screen control you want to move or resize.
The handles of the screen control appear so you can move or resize it independently
from the group.
2. Hold down the Command key as you move or resize the screen control.
Change the look of the background
1. In MainStage, select the background.
The ScreenControl Inspector appears to the left of the workspace.
2. In the Appearance section of the ScreenControl Inspector, do one of the following:
• To add a panel: Click the Panel well, and choose a panel from the menu.
If the background currently uses an image, select the Panel button before choosing
a panel.
• To add an image or PDF: Select the Image button, then do one of the following:
• Drag an image or PDF to the Image well.
• Click the Select button, browse to the location of the image or PDF, then select it.
Note: If you add a multi-page PDF to your layout, you can map screen controls
to turn the pages. See Use screen controls to display PDF document pages in
MainStage.
Add a grouped control to the ScreenControls palette
In MainStage, do one of the following:
• Control-click the grouped control, then choose Add to Palette from the shortcut menu.
• Select the grouped control, then choose Add to Palette from the Layout Action pop-up
menu.
After you add the first grouped control to the ScreenControls palette, the
MyGroupedControls tab appears. Select this tab (or the All tab) to see the custom
grouped controls you have added to the ScreenControls palette.