How to Size a Component Precisely

Posted on December 15th, 1999 in Delphi / Kylix IDE | No Comments »

In the Borland Delphi and in the Borland Kylix IDEs you can precisely resize components to the exact size that you need. To resize a component to an exact size you can either use the Object Inspector and set the Height and Width values or use the Shift key to size components by 1 pixel.

How to Move a Component to an Exact Spot

Posted on December 15th, 1999 in Delphi / Kylix IDE | No Comments »

By holding the Ctrl key you can move components by 1 pixel in the Borland Delphi and Borland Kylix IDEs. Otherwise the components will be aligned to the grid (you can set the grid size in the IDEs options).