# Panel Designer

Options and Utilities |

The Panel Designer includes various menu options related to the general configuration of the Panel Designer and the current active panel.

The following links provide additional information:

Option | Description
Change Bulk Edit/Property Sort Order | Used for customizing how property groupings are displayed in Property Sheets, the Panel Bulk Edit Utility, and the Library Bulk Edit and Search Utility.
Panel Bulk Edit Utility | Used for changing the design properties of two or more selected Panel Controls within the current active panel.
Dependency Definitions | Used for defining the dependencies of selected controls to be hidden, shown, locked, unlocked, enabled or disabled based on preset conditions.
Drag and Drop Utility | Used for defining a source object and a destination object for drag and drop functionality in your panel.
Group Assignment (Panel Level) | Used for defining groups to which panel controls can be assigned for the purpose of showing/hiding, disabling/enabling and locking/unlocking them collectively.
Suppress Groups | Used for choosing which group(s) of controls to display or temporarily suppress from displaying on the current panel in the NOMADS Panel Designer. (The Suppress Groups utility was added in PxPlus 2021.)
Visual Class Assignment (Panel Level) | Used for assigning Visual Classes to controls at the panel level by using the Visual Class Assignment utility.
User-Defined CTLS | Used for associating a program or an event with a specific function key value or negative CTL definition.