The Object Browser has a number of features which come in very handy during the development of a complex dashboard. In this section, we will discuss hiding, locking, and ordering of components.
As we have seen in this recipe, we can hide components and/or groups of components, which will make your life easier if you are using a lot of overlapping components. By checking Hide for some components, you won't be bothered by these and you can work with the others that are unhidden.
Also, we saw that we can lock one or more components or groups of components. Doing this makes it impossible to select these components, so it won't be possible to move, change, or do anything else with them. In this way you can be sure you won't accidentally alter these components.
Finally, we changed the order of components on the canvas. This is an important feature when we are using overlaying components in our dashboard.
To move a component on top of all other components, you can also right-click on it and select the Bring To Front option. Send To Back will move the component all the way down. The options Bring Forward and Send Back do the same as the arrows in the Object Browser: they move the component one step up or down at a time.