Rectangles - forms and labels

 

Form designer - rectangle shape

 

At the Designer screen:-

 

 Select: Tools - Rectangle

or

Select the option from the Object Toolbar

The cursor changes to the line drawing tool (pen)

Click with the mouse to fix one corner of the rectangle

 

Move the mouse to compile the rectangle

Click to fix the opposite corner of the rectangle

Click the Rectangle option in the Object Toolbar to close the rectangle option

 

 

 

Use properties to change and position the item accurately

 

 

The properties are:-

 

Visible

Xstart

Ystart

Xend

Yend

Line thickness

Colour

 

For a selected rectangle -

 

left click on a corner and drag to resize

left click on a side to stretch

left click inside the rectangle and drag to move the rectangle

left click outside the rectangle to cancel the selection

right click inside the rectangle for properties

 

 

See also