Change the Layout of Report Elements

<< Click to Display Table of Contents >>

Navigation:  User Interface Reference > Report Designer > Report Designer for WinForms > Report Editing Basics >

Change the Layout of Report Elements

Interface Elements for Desktop > Report Designer > Report Designer for WinForms > Report Editing Basics > Change the Layout of Report Elements

To select a control, click it. To select the next control in tab order, press TAB. To select the previous control in tab order, click SHIFT + TAB.

Individual controls can be moved, using either mouse or keyboard.

img11122

They can be precisely aligned to each other using either Snap Gird or Snap Lines. For details on this, refer to Controls Positioning.

To resize a control using the mouse, select it, and then drag a rectangle drawn on its edge or corner.

img9168

To resize a band, drag its header strip.

img11125

To resize an element using the keyboard, press SHIFT+ARROW or CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW.

To select multiple elements, do one of the following.

Click elements while holding CTRL or SHIFT.

Click on a blank space and drag the mouse to create a selection frame. When the mouse button is released, all controls within the selection frame's boundaries will be selected. In this case, the previous selection is cleared.

img11124

You can also easily align multiple controls or make them the same size, by utilizing the Layout Toolbar.

In addition, to copy, paste and delete controls simultaneously, you can place them within the Panel.

For more information, refer to Controls Positioning.

ExpandedCollapsed See Also

Change Fonts and Colors of Report Elements

Delete Report Elements

Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Developer Express Inc. All rights reserved.

Send Feedback on this topic to DevExpress.