Changing the Arrangement of Forms 841
- Point anywhere in the selection, and drag upward, releasing the mouse button
when the insertion line sits below the Last Name label or text box.
The Phone label and text box move to their new location. As you can see, it is
easy to move controls within the structure of the Stacked layout. But suppose
you want to rearrange the form so that some controls are side by side instead
of stacked. - Point to the selected label and text box, and try to drag it to the right of the Last
Name controls above.
The controls will not move out of their columns. They are confined by the Stacked
layout applied to the form. To make more extensive layout adjustments, you need
to remove the layout from the form. - Above the upper-left corner of the dotted border, click the Select All button. Then
right-click the selection, click Layout, and click Remove Layout.
The dotted border disappears, and the form is no longer constrained by the
Stacked layout. - Click the Last Name label, and then press the Delete key.
- Click the LastName text box, point to the A in Ackerman, and when the pointer
is shaped like a four-headed arrow, drag up and to the right until the pointer sits
slightly to the right of the FirstName text box.
When you release the mouse button, the control snaps to an invisible grid that
helps maintain consistent spacing on the form. - In the Property Sheet, adjust the Left property to 2.7".
- Hold down the Shift key, and click the two adjacent controls to add them to the
selection. Then top-align the controls by setting the Top property to 0.6". - Click the First Name label, and change the label’s Caption property to Name.
- Rearrange the remaining controls in logical groupings on the form, and then close
the Property Sheet.
We adjusted the position of the phone controls and then grouped and sized the
address controls.