Tool Palette

ViewTool Palette

Assists with a new project, adds components to a form, or adds code snippets to the Code Editor.

Item	Description
Categories	Displays a list of the item categories, allowing you to position the Tool Palette to a category.
	Displays the categories of tools in the Tool Palette. Press Esc to reset the display.
	Deselects the currently selected item in the Tool Palette.
Search	Enter a search string: the name of a component that you want to locate in the Tool Palette. The Tool Palette automatically displays only those items that match the string you type. Click X to clear the search string.

Tip: To reorder categories or items in the Tool Palette, click the item or category and drag and drop it elsewhere on the Tool Palette. The context menu command Lock Reordering disables/enables drag and drop reordering.

Context Menu

Right-click the Tool Palette to display the following commands.

Item	Description
Add New Category	Displays the Create a New Category dialog box, allowing you to create an empty category. You can then drag-and-drop components from other categories into the new category to create a customized category.
Delete ["name"] Category	Deletes the selected category from the Tool Palette. To restore the category, right-click the Tool Palette and select Unhide Button \| <deleted_category> Show All Buttons.
Delete ["name"] Button	Deletes the selected item from the Tool Palette.
Hide Button	Removes the selected item from the Tool Palette, but does not delete it.
Unhide Button	Redisplays items previously hidden by using the Hide Button or the Delete Category command..
Clear All Code Snippets	Removes user defined code snippets from the Tool Palette.
Auto Collapse Categories	Allows only one category to be expanded at a time.
Collapse All	Displays only the categories of items.
Expand All	Displays the items in each category.
Lock Reordering	Disables drag and drop reordering of categories and items on the Tool Palette.
Reset Palette	Removes all Tool Palette customizations.
Properties	Displays the Tool Palette page of the Options dialog box, allowing you to change the appearance of the Tool Palette.
Stay on Top	Displays the Tool Palette on top of the desktop even if other windows are displayed.
Dockable	Enables drag-and-dock for the Tool Palette.
Right to left Reading order	Controls display of text so that text reads from right to left, as used by languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, instead of left to right, as used by English and French.
Show Unicode control characters	Displays Unicode control characters (tags that help with text flow and direction for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew).
Insert Unicode control characters	Displays a list of Unicode control characters that you can insert. Unicode control characters are tags that help with text flow and direction.