1)
Getting a form / Testing F12 (or Menu: "View" > "Toggle Form/Unit")
Menu: "Project" > "New Project"
Then choose: "Application"
This will have an empty form. And you can add Buttons, Labels, .... on that form.
2)
Form not part of the "single block" one window (Form is not docked)
You notice the form is not part of the big single IDE window.
There is a package (Menu "Package" > "Install/Uninstall packages") named "
DockedFormEditor".
- I have not used/tested it
- It may be only in Lazarus 2.2 (If you can't find it in 2.0.12, then try download 2.2RC2)
- I do not know, if it works ok. I think some people use it with success. Other people said they have problems.
You need to test yourself.
If you test "DockedFormEditor", and you see a problem: Ask here, and if the answer is "it is a bug" => then please report it on our bugtracker (search first, if already reported).
Remember: It can only be fixed, if someone makes a report.
3)
Examples / Example folderThey are not made for "first steps in Pascal". Also not for "first steps with the IDE".
They are not a tutorial or introduction.3a)
DocumentationWe know that documentation is not perfect. And that it can be hard to find the correct "help page".
We had some help, from some volunteers. (Great efforts, many thanks to those).
You can try the following pages to start:
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https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Portal:New_Users-
https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Documentation#The_Lazarus_User_Guides-
https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Main_Page- Look at entries that start with "Lazarus"
https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Category:Tutorials?from=l- google