# Create Controls

#### Save a Node As Control

Save nodes as control using:

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- "Save Children as Control" context menu item on a selected node to create the control only from the node children. In this case, the control won't inherit the parent node's actual position, but will have default transformation properties instead.

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</div></div></div>In the "Add New Template" dialog, a location within the solution and a name for the new control is defined.

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</div></div></div>The new control will be available in the

<div class="contents" id="bkmrk-solution-explorer-pa"><div class="contents"><div class="textblock">- Solution Explorer panel, and in the
- Toolbox -&gt; Controls.

</div></div></div>Open the control for editing with a double click.

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</div></div></div>#### Create an Empty Control

In Solution Explorer, use the context menu "Add New Item" to create a new control.

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