How to use the "Parent Item" selection?

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How to use the "Parent Item" selection?

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In the Form Designer Object's properties window appears the "Parent" button.
Clicking on this button opens a window that gives the options to specify "Parent" and "Parent Item".
I think I understand somewhat what the "Parent" specification means, but what is the "Parent Item"?
Clicking on it brings up an empty drop down menu. How does one populate it with parent items?
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Re: How to use the "Parent Item" selection?

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I finally got a control to appear in the "Parent Item" menu.
Using the Form Designer I simply added a Panel Gadget to the main Window.
Selecting the Panel_0 gadget you see the following for its "parent" values:
Parent: Window_0
Parent Item: Tab_1
In the Form Designer Object View it is shown that Tab_1 is a sub item of Panel_0.
So I conclude from this the following:
For a selected Gadget the Parent "layout" properties are:
  • "Parent" - Parent gadget of the gadget
  • "Parent Item" - Sub item of the parent gadget
Last edited by ElementE on Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: How to use the "Parent Item" selection?

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Using the Form Designer I created a Panel Gadget with two Tabs.
I then tried to add a Button Gadget to second Tab, but when running the form, the Button is not shown.
How can the Form Designer be used to add a Button gadget to the second Tab?
EDITED to ADD: I was able to get the button gadget to appear on the second Tab. The Button's visibility seems to depend upon when it is added to the Panel gadget.
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