Displaying a Grid

You can add a grid to the cards displayed in the Card Editor. The grid is especially useful when you are formatting the card controls on the card by aligning and sizing them or glueing them to the sides of the card.

See Also
Grid Settings Dialog Box
Aligning and Sizing Data Card Controls
Glueing Controls on Resizeable Cards

Context: The grid is only viewable on cards in the Card Editor. Users never see the grid.

  1. Select View > Grid Settings from the Card Editor menu.
  2. From the Grid Settings dialog box, select the Display grid check box.
  3. Change the number in Units grid spacing or leave the default.

    The settings are in pixels.

  4. Click OK.

Every card opened in the Card Editor displays the grid. Controls placed on any cards now snap to the grid.