User Manual

Chapter 7 Working in Layout Mode 75
Grouping Screen Controls
You can group screen controls together. When you group screen controls, moving or
resizing one of the grouped controls moves or resizes the others by the same amount.
Grouping screen controls has no effect on how they work in performance, but makes
arranging them in the workspace easier.
To group screen controls:
1 Select the screen controls you want to group together.
2 Choose Group from the workspace Action menu (or press Command-Option-G).
The screen controls are grouped. Moving one of the grouped controls moves the
others, and resizing one of the grouped controls resizes the others.
Note: Because screen controls cannot overlap, in some cases the movement of
grouped controls is constrained. When you move grouped controls, make sure there
are no other controls in the way.
If you want to move one of the grouped controls separately, you can ungroup the
controls.
To ungroup screen controls:
1 Select the grouped controls.
2 Choose Ungroup from the workspace Action menu (or press
Command-Shift-Option-G).
Group and Ungroup buttons are also available in the Toolbar if you customize the
Toolbar. For information about customizing the Toolbar, see “Customizing the Toolbar”
on page 35.
Locking Screen Controls
You can lock screen controls to prevent them from being moved or resized accidentally.
To lock a screen control:
1 Select the screen control (or controls) you want to group.
2 Choose Lock from the workspace Action menu (or press Command-L).
The screen control is locked. If you want to move or resize it later, you can unlock it.
To unlock a screen control:
1 Select the locked screen control (or controls).
2 Choose Unlock from the workspace Action menu (or press Command-Shift-L).
Lock and Unlock buttons are also available on the Toolbar if you customize the Toolbar.
For information about customizing the Toolbar, see “Customizing the Toolbar” on
page 35.