Navigate through widgets but keep focus on property editor

[rtrauni]

Is there a way to navigate through the ui components (e.g. labels) on the designer view with a shortcut but keep the focus on a certain property in the property editor. Now I can navigate through controls but then I lose the on the property.

This would be especially useful for large forms where I have a lot of labels and want to set the text for each one by editing the text property and then switching to the next label by using a short-cut, like for example strg + arrow key, without losing the focus on the the text property.

[Eric Clayberg]

Is there a way to navigate through the ui components (e.g. labels) on the designer view with a shortcut but keep the focus on a certain property in the property editor.

No, but Designer's direct edit feature would allow you to change the text on a number of widgets very quickly.

[rtrauni]

How about changing other properties quickly. Sometimes I have to change the margins of a couple of layouts. Then, I want to be able to change margin_width, height, top, bottom all without having to navigate to each single property using the mouse.

[Eric Clayberg]

How about changing other properties quickly. Sometimes I have to change the margins of a couple of layouts. Then, I want to be able to change margin_width, height, top, bottom all without having to navigate to each single property using the mouse.

You can change the same property on multiple widgets simultaneously by selecting all of the widgets at once and then changing the desired property in the proiperty pane. All of the selected widgets will be updated at once.

You can use this to easily set the margins on a number of layouts (composites) at the same time.

See the product docs for the discussion of Multi-Control Editing.