Working With Properties
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TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Software (v2.10 or higher)
All States option
Use the All States option to apply any changes you make to all states on the selected button. Note that if
you have multiple buttons selected (Shift+click to select multiple buttons a page), the All States option
only affects states for the button that has Edit Focus. The button with edit focus would be the last one
selected, and is indicated by having red-colored square handles (as opposed to the black squares that
indicate that a button is selected, but does not currently have edit focus).
To edit any of the listed button properties, click on an item in the right-hand column to activate the field.
Depending on the item selected, you can either set the item manually, select from a drop-down menu, or
both.
Workspace Navigator Context Menu
Right mouse click anywhere within the Pages tab of the Workspace Navigator to open the Workspace
Navigator context menu, containing various options relating to creating and displaying Pages and Popup
Pages in the active Design View window.
Working With The Property Painter
The Grab Properties and Paint Properties tools work together with the Property Painter dialog to allow
you to grab (copy) the properties of a selected Button, Page or Popup Page, and paint (copy) them onto
another Button, Page or Popup Page:
1. Select Grab Properties Tool from the Edit menu, the Design View context menu, or click the
toolbar button to activate the Grab Properties tool.
2. Click on a Button or Page in a Design View window to take a snapshot of the properties and values
of the Button, Page or Popup Page that is clicked on. This action invokes the Property Painter dialog
(also accessible via the View menu). The following example shows the Property Painter dialog
invoked as a result of selecting a General-type button (FIG. 62).
3. In the Property Painter dialog, click the checkboxes to select the Properties of the selected Button,
Page or Popup Page that you want to grab.
• Add Page Opens the Add Page dialog which allows you to add a new page to the
Project.
• Add Popup Page Opens the Add Popup Page dialog which allows you add a new popup
page to the Project.
• Show Popup Page Displays the selected popup page in the active Design View window.
• Hide Popup Page Hides the selected Popup Page.
• Cut/Copy/Paste Click to cut/copy/paste the selected item to/from clipboard memory.
• Delete Click to delete the selected object(s).
• Close Panel Closes the Project. The program will prompt you to save any unsaved
changes before closing.