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The Layout Editor

When you open a GUI in GUIDE, it is displayed in the Layout Editor, which is the control panel for all of the GUIDE tools. The following figure shows the Layout Editor with a blank GUI template.

Layout editor with a blank GUI template displayed

You can lay out your GUI by dragging components, such as push buttons, pop-up menus, or axes, from the component palette, at the left side of the Layout Editor, into the layout area. For example, if you drag a push button into the layout area, it appears as in the following figure.

Figure showing push button in the layout area

You can also use the Layout Editor to set basic properties of the GUI components.

To learn more about the Layout Editor, see Using the Layout Editor. See Laying Out the GUI for a detailed example of laying out a GUI.


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