Specifications

3 Laying Out GUIs and Setting Properties
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panel, or button group from which you move them, even if they move outside
its boundaries.
Copying, Cutting, and Clearing Components
Use standard menu and pop-up menu commands, toolbar icons, keyboard keys,
and shortcut keys to copy, cut, and clear components.
Copying. Copying places a copy of the selected components on the clipboard. A
copy of a panel or button group includes its children.
Cutting. Cutting places a copy of the selected components on the clipboard and
deletes them from the layout area. If you cut a panel or button group, you also
cut all its children.
Clearing. Clearing deletes the selected components from the layout area. It does
not place a copy of the components on the clipboard.
Pasting and Duplicating Components
Pasting. Use standard menu and pop-up menu commands, toolbar icons, and
short-cut keys to paste components. GUIDE pastes the contents of the
clipboard to the upper-left corner (location [0,0]) of the
• Figure, if no components are selected
• Parent of a selected component, if the component is not a panel or button
group
• Panel or button group, if only one panel or button group is selected
• Parent of two or more selected components, even if one is a panel or button
group
Consecutive pastes place each copy to the lower right of the last one.
Duplicating. Select one or more components that you want to duplicate, then do
one of the following:
• Copy and paste the selected components as described above.
• Select
Duplicate from the Edit menu or the pop-up menu. Duplicate places
the copy to the lower right of the original.