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Creating a text subwindow

Left-click on the text subwindow icon on the object palette, and left-click again on the object editor, inside a frame object. The text subwindow properties editor will be shown, with the following controls.

Name
The name of this text subwindow instance.
Description
A textual description of the text subwindow.
Class name
The name of the C++ class that will be created for this text subwindow.
Border
If checked on, the text subwindow will have a border.
Resize strategy
One of Fixed, Proportional and Grow. See subwindow tiling.
Width
The width of the subwindow.
Height
The width of the subwindow.
% frame
If Resize strategy is Proportional, this value specifies the proportion of the frame for determining the subwindow size.
Text file
The name of a text file to be loaded onto the canvas on creation.