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The guiDesigner toolbar is located at the top of the guiDesigner program window. It contains the most commonly used tools.
Create a new project (GUI) to work on. Clicking on this button brings up the save dialog where you must create a .GUI file and save it in a folder of your choice before you can begin working on it.
Open an existing guiDesigner project.
Save the current project you are working on using the current file name and location.
Save the current project under a new file name and/or location if you wish.
Create a new page in the current guidesigner project. Each new page has two orientations, Portrait and Landscape. Portrait mode is defined as the orientation where the height is larger than the width, and Landscape is when the width is larger than the height.
Learn more about pages.
Create a new subpage in the current guiDesigner project.
Learn more about subpages.
Select GUI objects via a rectangular box selection tool.
Select GUI objects by clicking on them with the arrow tool.
Zoom in on a section of the GUI. To zoom out hold ALT.
Add buttons to you GUI. Learn more about buttons.
Add gauges to your GUI. Learn more about gauges.
Add sliders to your GUI. Learn more about sliders.
Add images to your GUI project. Any raster image is compatible eg. png, jpg, gif, bmp etc. For best results use png.
Learn more about the image tool.
Place text in your GUI project. Learn more about the text tool.
Place an input field in your GUI that allows for text input via the onscreen keyboard. Learn more about the input tool.
16 - List Tool
17 - Webpage Tool
18 - Video Tool
19 - Digital Join Click Assign Tool
20 - Analog Join Click Assign Tool
21 - Serial Join Click Assign Tool
22 - Text Click Assign Tool
23 - Theme Click Assign Tool
24 - Overlay Image Click Assign Tool
25 - Align Top
26 - Align Vertical Centers
27 - Align Bottom
28 - Align Left
29 - Align Horizontal Centers
30 - Align Right
31 - Align Vertical Center of Page
32 - Align Horizontal Center of Page
33 - Distribute Evenly Vertically
34 - Distribute Evenly Horizontally
36 - Adjust Depth
37 - Show/Hide Theme Manager
38 - Show/Hide System Manager
39 - Show/Hide Gesture Manager
40 - Show/Hide Sound Manager
41 - Show/Hide Regex Tester
42 - Show/Hide WOL Generator