Selecting the Attachment Mode

Before you begin defining attachments, you need to decide how you want to define them. You can focus on defining attachments for one particular component (such as a push button) or on defining attachments for a parent component and its child components (such as a container box that includes check boxes). The following figures illustrate the difference between child component attachment and current component attachment modes.

In either mode, attachments can be defined for the components that appear with sections drawn within them. In child attachment mode, all child components of the selected parent component are divided into sections, and their attachments are displayed. For current attachment mode, only the selected component is divided into sections, and only its attachments are displayed. In addition, other components on the frame may be hidden while you are defining attachments for a specific component.

Child attachment mode is the default, and it enables you to attach child components of a specific parent component to each other (sibling attachment) or to the parent component.

To initiate child attachment mode, select LayoutAttachAttach child region.

Before initiating the next step (Initiating Define Attachment Mode), select the parent component that contains the child components for which you want to define attachments.

Current attachment mode enables you to attach the currently selected component to its parent component or to its sibling components.

To initiate current region attachment mode, select LayoutAttachAttach current region.

Before initiating the next step (Initiating Define Attachment Mode), select the component for which you want to define attachments.