Selection Menu

Move Forward

Move Backward

Move the current item selection (not text selection!) up or down in the Z-order. That is, shuffle it upwards or downwards in the pack by one position.

Shortcut keys: Control-PageUp, Shortcut key: Control-PageDown for forward and backward respectively

Move Top

Move Bottom

A on-click way of ensuring the selected item is either above all other items or below all other items.

Shortcut key: Control-Home and Shortcut key: Control-End for top and bottom respectively

Locked

Unlocked

Lock elements in place while you are editing. This prevents accidental modification while you are rearranging other elements. When an item is locked, a this black rectangular box is displayed when the item is selected (this box is of course not printed in the export output).

The default state is unlocked.

Constrained

Free

This allows movements of the object my the mouse to be constrained to the X or Y axis, allowing for accurate positioning and aligning. When this is toggled on, movement of an object by dragging with the mouse will only be allowed on either the X or Y axis for any single move operation. The move is along the dominant axis, so if you drag, for example, mainly towards the right hand side of the layout area, the movement will snap to the horizontal axis of the item’s original position, prohibiting up/down movement. Cursor key movement is not affected.

Properties

This brings up the properties dialog box.

Animation and effects

This brings up the animation and effects dialog.

HTML

This brings up the Edit item HTML dialog.

Link

This brings up the Item link dialog.