Adding Popup Pages to the Project

There are two ways to add a new Popup Page to your project:

• • Via the Add Popup Page dialog (see

    page 57

    )

  • Via the Popup Draw tool (see

    page 57)

Adding a Popup Page via the Add Popup Page dialog

1. Select Panel > Add Popup Page to open the Add Popup Page dialog (FIG. 57):

FIG. 57 Add Popup Page dialog

By default, the Type property is set to Standard. This indicates that the new Popup Page will be a Standard Popup Page (as opposed to a Sub-Page).

NOTE: "Sub-Page" refers to a specific type of a popup page that is only used with the Sub-Page View button type. Sub-Pages and Sub-Page View buttons are required for Scrolling Regions. See the

Scrolling Regions (Sub-Pages & Sub-Page View Buttons) section

on page 89

for details.

1. Fill in the information in this dialog to specify the basic properties for the new Popup Page. Note that the settings made here can be adjusted at any time via the Properties window:

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| Height | see

page 237

| | Group | see

page 237

| Page Background (Fill Color) | see

page 252

| | Left | see

page 238

| Border (Border Color) | see

page 251

| | Top | see

page 246

| Font (Name) | see

page 252

| | Width | see

page 247

| Font Size | see

page 253

|

1. Click OK to close the Add Popup Page dialog and add the new Popup Page to the active project. The new popup page will be appear in the Workspace window (Pages folder), under the project to which the page was added (as the active page).
2. Edit and set additional Popup Page Properties as desired in the Properties window.

Showing Popup Pages on a Page in the Design View

Note that when a Popup Page is created via the Add Popup Page dialog, it is represented in the Design view in it’s own window, and not on a Page. To show a Popup Page on a Page (to verify its placement and other display attributes):

1. In the Design view, select a Page.
2. In the Workspace window, right-click on a Popup Page and select Show Popup Page.

Adding a Popup Page via the Popup Draw tool

1. Select Edit > Popup Draw Tool (or click the toolbar button) to activate the Popup Draw tool.

To access the Popup Draw toolbar button, click and hold the Button Draw tool (in the Selection/Drawing Tools toolbar) for one second to open the drop-down menu containing the Popup Draw tool (FIG. 58):

FIG. 58 Selection/Drawing Tools toolbar - Popup Draw tool

1. Left-click inside the desired page (in the active Design View window), and while holding the left mouse button down, drag to draw the popup page to the desired size and shape (FIG. 59):

FIG. 59 Popup Draw tool - Drawing a Popup Page

• • When using the Button Draw or Popup Draw tools, hold down the SHIFT key while drawing to constrain the item to a square.
  • When using the Selection tool, hold down the ALT key while clicking and dragging in a Design View window to move the current selections without selecting anything new on the mouse press (useful for moving popup pages whose entire area is filled with buttons).
  • When using the Selection tool, hold down the CTRL key while clicking and dragging to force a "lasso" selection to occur (even if the mouse was clicked over a button or Popup Page shown on the Page). Lasso selection forces you to draw a square around the outside of the item to select it, as opposed to clicking on the item.
  • With an item selected in a Design View window, hold down the CTRL key while moving the item with the keyboard arrow keys to move by the grid size instead of a single pixel (regardless of the grid visibility or snap to grid setting). Holding the CTRL key while resizing the selected items with the keyboard will resize by the grid size.

• Set the other properties as desired - see

  Setting Popup Page Properties on page 58

  for details.

• Select File > Save to save your changes.

Hiding Popup Pages on a Page in the Design View

Note that when a Popup Page is created via the Popup Draw tools, it is represented in the Design view on a Page. To hide a Popup Page on a Page:

1. In the Design view, select a Page displayed with Popup Pages.
2. In the Workspace window, right-click on a Popup Page that you want to hide and select Hide Popup Page. To hide all popup pages, right-click on the page in the Design View and select Hide All Popup Pages.