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How to select a parent component at design time when its not visible

Title: How to select a parent component at design time when its not visible Maybe you have a Panel on your Form with Alignement:=alClient. You cannot select the underlying Form with the Mouse. The quick way to select it: 1. select the panel 2. Press ESC It works with all Child components. Also many times in a row. ESC always selects the Parent of the activ component. This's sometimes faster than looking for the control in the IDE Explorer...