Moving or Copying a Component

  1. Select the component in the Form window, Component Inspector, or Explorer. Hold down the Control key to select multiple components.

  2. Right-click to display the contextual menu and choose Cut (to move) or Copy.

  3. Select the destination container in the Form window, Component Inspector, or Explorer, and choose Paste from its contextual menu.

    The component or components are moved or copied with all properties intact. Events are maintained only if you are pasting within the same form.

If you are using BorderLayout, you can move components by dragging them between panels.

See also
Form Editor

Component Inspector

Reordering Components Within the Same Container

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