Form Designer Main Menu

File

	Close Designer	Exit the Form Designer. If you have made changes to the form you will be asked if you want to save them before exiting the designer.
	Save	Save all the changes made to the current form. Undo history will be reset.

Edit

The Edit menu allows the manipulation of controls on the current form or user control with the following commands:

	Undo	CTRL+Z	Undo last action.
	Redo	CTRL+Shift+Z	Redo last action.
	Cut	CTRL+X	Cut selected controls from a form to the clipboard.
	Copy	CTRL+C	Copy selected controls from a form to the clipboard.
	Paste	CTRL+V	Insert controls from the clipboard to a form.
	Delete	Del	Delete selected controls from a form.
	Copy appearance		Copy appearance properties for application to another control.
	Select All	CTRL+A	Select all form controls.

View

The View menu allows the user to enable or disable various viewing options.

	Show Ruler	Toggle ruler visibility.
	Show Grid	Toggle grid visibility.
	Design explorer	Show or hide the Design Explorer.
	Properties	Show or hide the Property Grid for the selected object.
	Quick Properties	Show or hide the QuickProperties Editor.
	Toolbox	Show or hide the Toolbox.
	Clipboard	Show or hide the Clipboard.
	Task/Description Board	Show or hide the Task/Description Board.

Format

The Format menu allows for editing the layout of forms or user controls using a number of commands which are described in Form Designer: Format Menu.

Tools

	Preview	CTRL+W	Displays a preview of the form that is currently opened in the Form Designer.
	TabIndex Editor	CTRL+T	Opens the TabIndex Editor.
	Limit Editor	CTRL+L	Opens the Limit Editor.
	Source C#	CTRL+F11	Generates the source code of the current form in C# and displays it in a preview window.
	Source VB	CTRL+F12	Generates the source code of the current form in Visual Basic .NET and displays it in a preview window.
	Options		Opens the Options dialog window.

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