How to make a Label move independently to its text box when making forms?
Question:
I was wondering if anyone knows how to stop the label associated with a text box moving along with the text box when designing a form...I realise that it is possible to do this with the mouse by selecting the top corner. I prefer to use the keyboard, but Im damned if I can find out how to seperate them. The only way I have found so far is to delete the label access makes, and then make a new label. This way they dont seem to be linked/associated.... Anyone got any ideas?
Answer:
_Cutting the label and pasting it back is the correct way to make a label
completely independent of a text box.
To align a text box without moving it's label, enter the Top and Left
properties into the Properties box.
I find that approach very useful for lining up controls *exactly*. Run the
mouse through several text boxes (or Shift+Click them) to get the multiple
select, and then enter the Top (for horizontal alignment) or Left (for
vertical alignment) property. (Particularly with horizontal alignment, this
allows you to use Auto under View | Tab Order.)
_if you want to make your own labels where and when you wish:
1. Open the form in design view.
2. Select the Text Box icon in the Toolbar.
3. Open the Properties box. (Its title says "Default Text Box")
4. Change the AutoLabel property to No.
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