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These dialogs help you edit code and components on forms.

Name 
Description 
EditAlign
Lines up selected components in relation to each other or to the form.  
EditCreation Order
Specifies the order in which your application creates nonvisual components when you load the form at design time or runtime.
The list box displays only those nonvisual components on the active form, their type, and their current creation order. The default creation order is determined by the order in which you placed the nonvisual components on the form. 
EditTab Order
Modifies the tab order of the components on the VCL Form, or within the selected component if that component contains other components.
For example: a Form containing an edit control with the Tab property value of 0, and a button with the Tab property of 1, the edit control comes before the button when you cycle through the controls with the Tab key. The Tab Order dialog facilitates changing the values of the Tab property using the Up and Down arrows instead of explicitly having to specify values for the Tab property in the Object Inspector.... more 
EditScale
Proportionally resizes all the components on the current form. Scaling the form repositions the components as well as resizing them.
Enter a percentage to which you want to resize the form’s components. The scaling factor must be between 25 and 400. Percentages over 100 grow the form’s components. Percentages under 100 shrink the form’s components. 
Size 
EditSize
Resizes multiple components to be exactly the same height or width.  
Edit Align to Grid
Aligns selected objects to the grid in the Form Designer. By default, components are aligned to a four-pixel grid used by the Form Designer. Press ALT to override this default when positioning components. 
Edit Bring to Front
Brings selected objects to the visual front of an active form. For example: if you have are working on a form in the Form Designer and you drop a TPanel over a portion of a TListbox, select Bring to Front to have the TListbox lie over the TPanel. 
Copy 
Edit Copy
Copies the current selection to the clipboard. Copy works with text when using the Code Editor and with components when using the Form Designer
Cut 
Edit Cut
Removes the current selection and stores it to the clipboard. Cut works with text when using the Code Editor and with components when using the Form Designer
Edit Delete
Removes the selected object or group of objects. Delete works with text when using the Code Editor and with components when using the Form Designer.
If you accidentally delete an object, use the EditUndo command. 
EditFlip ChildrenAll
EditFlip ChildrenSelected
Reverses Bi-Directional (BiDi) support. This is useful when you design a form for a language where the text reads right to left, such as Japanese or Arabic.  
EditLock Controls
Locks objects in place on an active form. You cannot move locked objects. To unlock, select Lock Controls again. 
Edit Paste
Pastes contents of the clipboard previously caputured using Cut or Copy. Paste works with text when using the Code Editor and with components when using the Form Designer
Edit Select All
Selects all objects in the main window. Select All works with text when using the Code Editor and with components when using the Form Designer
Edit Send to Back
Moves selected objects to the visual back of an active form. For example: if you have a few buttons on a form in the Form Designerand you would like them to be visually in front of a TPanel component, you can first arrange the buttons, then position a TPanel component over the buttons and select Send to Back. 
Undo 
EditUndo
Reverts the previous actions. Undo works in the text editor and the Form Designer. If you delete a character in the text editor, selecting Undo brings the character back. If you delete a component (e.g., a button) in the Form Designer, selecting Undo brings the component back.
The undo limit is set in ToolsOptionsEditor OptionsUndo Limit. The default is 32,767. 
Redo 
EditRedo
Re-executes the last command that was undone using EditUndo. This command is available from the Form Designer
Edit Select All Controls
Selects all controls in the main window. 
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