Tuto WINDEV 25

32 Part 1: Discovering WINDEV ▶ To create the edit control: 1. On the "Creation" pane, in the "Usual controls" group, expand "Edit" (click the arrow). A list of preset edit controls appears. Remark This list offers different Edit controls that can be used directly. These controls are also available among the Business controls. The different controls can be tested directly: simply click the "GO" icon that appears when the control is hovered over. 2.  In the search box at the top of the list of preset controls, enter "Simple text Edit". The corresponding control appears in the list. 3. Click the "Simple text Edit" control. The control currently created follows the mouse movement. 4. Move the mouse toward the position where the control will be created in the window (at the top of window for example). To drop the control in the window, simply click again. 5. Right-click the control that was just created. The popup menu of control is displayed. Select "Description" from the popup menu. The description window of edit control is displayed. 6. Modify the control characteristics by entering the following information: • This control is named: "EDT_FirstName" (1). • The control caption is: "First name" (2). • This control is a text control (3). 7. Validate the control description window ("OK" button). The control appears in the window editor. The control caption is truncated in the editor.