Editing the common properties of multiple widgets

About this task

When several widgets with common properties need to be created or modified, users could edit them at the same time.
The applicable range includes

Procedure

  1. To edit multiple widgets, users need to select them first. There are two ways for multiple selection:
    • Select graphic elements in the XUI editor area by using the Shift or Ctrl keys.
    • Select textual elements in the Outline view by using the Shift or Ctrl keys.
    Note: To unselect the element, you could Ctrl-click it one more time.
  2. Then the Properties view would display available and editable properties these selected widgets have in common. For detailed properties, see the following list. Notice that some properties are not available for editing and if the corresponding values are not the same for all the selected widgets, this displayed value is set to undefined.
    Properties
    Except ID and data binding attributes, such as dataName, dataNameForList, urlForList, labelField, valueField, and dataNameForTreeContent, other common items will be shown.
    Rules
    All the rules related to each selected widgets will be shown.
    Style, Appearance, Action
    All the common items will be shown.
  3. And finally, you could set the value for all the selected widgets. Then they would have the same effect.