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Topic: Form position in the IDE

Hi All,
I have a question about Form Name positions in the IDE.
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I have a bunch of Forms that are in my project.
Lets say that I want to change or update something on multiple forms.
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When I open one of the forms it moves that Forms Name down to the first row just above the actual form.
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That's OK but it seems to scramble the order of the forms on the other rows.
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Then when I want to update a second form I have to search through all the other Form Names until I find the one that I want.
Then when I choose it, it goes through the same scrambling process again.
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This is obviously not a big deal, however to me it's frustrating to have to look for each form name because it's somewhere else in the order.
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I tried to click and drag to a new position but their position still gets scrambled.
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It would be nice if Form Names always stayed in the same place and just the one I'm using would be highlighted.  Then I could arrange them alphabetically and they would be easy to locate.
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As I mentioned, this is not a big deal.  I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed this and if there might be a workaround for the issue?
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Thanks, Frank

2 Reply by derek (edited by derek 2020-09-13 00:53:11)

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Re: Form position in the IDE

Hi Frank,
I think we've all played 'find the form' at one time or other!
The way I get around it when working with a large number of forms is to click on the 'forms' tab in the IDE, de-select them all and then just tick one (or  a sub-set) of form(s) I need for the particular task in hand.  The order of the forms in the 'forms' tab is always alphabetical so they're relatively easy to locate.  Please see attached.
Derek.

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  • Registered: 2020-06-26
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Re: Form position in the IDE

Derek,
That works great, just what I needed.
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I can just leave them all selected and just click on the one that I want and it brings it right up.
It sure beats searching through the ones that are at the top and get moved around.
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It reminds me of the game Wack-A-Mole.  They just keep popping up in various places.
Thanks, Frank