Working with grouped elements

Elements of a layout can be combined to groups. Groups make it easier to select, move or edit all members of a group with a single operation. Groups also protect their elements against unwanted changes. You can not delete elements that belong to a group. At least two elements are necessary to create a group. Groups can contain any elements of a layout, even other (sub-) groups.

 

If you have to delete or modify individual elements of a group, you must first split the group. Only the top-level group is affected when a group is split. Subgroups stay unaffected, but you may repeat the split operation to split a subgroup.

 

 

Call BUILD GROUP or SPLIT GROUP from the FUNCTIONS item of the main menu or from the toolbar. These functions are also available from the popup menu (right mouse button) of the editor.

 

Sprint Layout will group elements automatically when they are pasted from the clipboard or from the component library. This makes it easier to place the elements. You can split these groups as any other groups.