Modifying the User Interface › Changing Individual Controls

Changing Individual Controls

When you edit panels, you can make changes to individual elements, as you did in the previous steps. In this section, you make additional changes to elements on a panel. Currently, the labels for the columns on the panel open in the Panel Designer all start with Project, even though the panel’s title is Edit Project. Because this is redundant and takes up screen space, you will delete the word Project from each of these labels.

Next, you will modify the properties of the fields in the Grid region.

To change the field properties:

1. In the Panel Palette, expand the Grid region, and then expand each of the fields under it.
2. Select Column Heading under the Project ID field.
3. In the Property Sheet, change the label’s text value from ID to Project ID. Click the Apply button.

   Notice that the field’s label changes in the Design Window:

4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to add the word Project to the other three labels.

   

5. Click the Save toolbar button to save the changes in your model without closing the Panel Designer.