User`s guide

6 Lay Out a GUIDE GUI
3 In the Property Inspector, select Tag and then replace the value with the
stringyouwanttouseastheidentifier. Inthefollowingfigure,
Tag is
set to
mybutton.
Define User Interface Controls
User interface controls include push buttons, toggle buttons, sliders, radio
buttons, edit text controls, static text controls, pop-up menus, check boxes,
and list boxes.
To define user interface controls, you must set certain properties. To do this:
1 Use the Property Inspector to modify the appropriate properties. Open the
Property Inspector by selecting Prop erty Insp ector from the View menu
or by clicking the Property Inspector button
.
2 In the layout area, select the component you are defining.
Subsequent topics describe commonly used p roperties of user interface
controls and offer a simple example for each kind of control:
• “Commonly Used Properties” on page 6-39
• “Push Button” on page 6-40
• “Slider” on page 6-42
• “Radio Button” on page 6-43
• “Check Box” on page 6-45
• “Edit Text” on page 6-46
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