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Use the **Window Designer** to visually design window elements--windows, menus, toolbars, list boxes, prompts, entry fields, and other controls--on screen. The **Window Designer** automatically generates the Clarion language source code that defines these elements.

The **Window Designer** has several key components that help design your window: the [[using the window formatter   sample window.htm|Sample Window]], the [[using the window formatter   controls toolbox.htm|Controls Toolbox]], and the [[using the window formatter   property toolbox.htm|Property Toolbox]].

**Using the Window Designer - A Typical Procedure**

Here is the typical process for customizing a new window with the **Window Designer**:

| 1. | Set the** **size of the window by dragging the handles so that the sample window is the size you wish. |
| 2. | Set other window attributes by using the **Properties Pad **dialog. |
|  | RIGHT-CLICK the window and choose **Properties **from the popup menu, or select the window and choose **View **{{c6h0013.jpg|C6H0013.jpg}} **Properties.** |
|  | Other attributes include the window caption, whether the window is resizeable, whether the window is scrollable, icons, messages, help files, and cursor types associated with the window, and many others. |
| 3. | Leave the **Properties **window opened. |
| 4. | Place desired controls in the window using the **Controls toolbox** or **Data / Tables Pad**. |
| 5. | Set the properties for each control. |