Palette

In Builder Xcessory 5.0, the redesigned Palette allows you to add and manage large numbers of new components.

Interface

The following Palette user interface changes provide you with more control:

· You can have an unlimited number of groups in a Palette.

• You can nest Palette groups; closing a hierarchically higher group folder hides any lower-level folders.
• You can display more than one Palette, each with its own set of Widgets and Components.
• The tabbed view of the Palette now uses the ViewKit TabPanel component.
• You can switch between Outline view and Tabbed view at run time and on a Palette-by-Palette basis.
• Changing the size of the Palette window changes the layout of the displayed widgets and components within that window to accommodate the new size.
• You can edit all attributes of Palette components at run time using the various Properties dialogs.

Catalog file

The Palette now uses a catalog file to save its contents rather than the previously used Tcl file. The catalog file maintains the contents of a Palette as well as any constraints on the groups or items within a group. Your changes to the layout or content of a Palette are saved to a personal catalog. You can create catalog files by using the new Builder Xcessory Object Packager.