Design page right-click menu

The Design page right-click menu provides context-specific editing options and device, field, and page display and formatting options.

The Show Source option displays the format definition source for a selected field in the Design canvas.

To print the entire design canvas, click Print. When you print this way, nothing but the Design canvas, as it is displayed, is printed.

To save the current .mfs file, click Save.

The right-click menu also contains formatting options that can be applied to a selected field in the Design canvas:
  • Format
    • Includes the following values which are added to the MFS source as extended attributes. You can also modify these values for fields by using the Properties view.
      • Highlighting
      • Outline
      • Intensity
      • Color
  • Align
    • Provides horizontal and vertical alignment options for multiple selected fields
    • Provides an Align to Parent menu. Selected fields when aligned with parent are moved to the location specified relative to their containing macro.
The Filters menu includes some display options that are not available elsewhere:
  • Configure opens the Filters window. This window is also accessible by selecting the drop-down arrow next to the filters icon and selecting the Filters entry at the bottom of the list.
  • Hide Map, which hides the currently displayed map, or Show Map, which displays a currently hidden map.
  • Hide All Maps hides all maps that are present in the device format.
  • Show All Maps shows all maps that are present in the device format. Selecting this option displays the same set of physical pages as the default filter.
The standard editing options include the following options:
  • Undo and Redo
  • Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete
Important: The Undo and Redo options apply to operations performed in either the Outline view or the design canvas. For example, if you delete a field in the design canvas, the Undo Delete option is enabled in both the Design canvas right-right click menu and the Outline view right-click menu.

Bidirectional options

If you enable bidirectional support in the Preferences page, a Bidirectional Settings option displays on the Design page right-click menu. These options are the same as the options on the Design page bidirectional toggle button.