# Using the Dialog Editor

The dialog editor provides a fast and easy to use drag and drop facility for creating and editing dialog boxes. A dialog box is a container for controls which accept various types of input. A dialog box can contain buttons, single and multi-line text boxes, combo boxes, value boxes, list boxes, radio boxes, check boxes, text labels, and tables. Tabbed dialog boxes can also be created. Items contained by a dialog box or a dialog box tab are called controls.

Controls are created and added to the dialog box via the mode palette on the left hand side of the window. To create a control, first select the control type from the mode palette. Position the pointer over where you want the control to go into the dialog box and press the mouse button. The dialog box will automatically resize as needed to fit the controls it contains. Its OK to drop a control outside of the dialog box in order to make it bigger.

The actual dialog box your working on can be displayed using the “Layout/Show dialog” option. Double click on the “-“ in the header bar of the dialog window to make it go away.