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Options on the General tab of the Display List Selector Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Display List Selector Properties dialog box.

Options

Descriptions

Appearance

Specify the object's appearance in this area.

Border style

Select a border style for the object.

Border width

Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border.

Back style

Specifies the object background. Available options are:

  • Solid. The object’s background is filled with a solid color specified in the Back color option.
  • Transparent. The object’s background is not filled and any objects behind it show through.
  • Gradient. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.

     

Pattern style

Select a pattern for the object. The pattern appears on the face of the object. The pattern does not cover the object’s border or displayed value. If the object’s back style is transparent or gradient, the pattern is not visible.

Border uses back color

Select this check box to use the object’s background color for the border of the object.

Clear this check box to use the selected Border Color.

Back color

This box shows the current background color for the object. Click it to select another color.

If the background style is transparent, the application does not use this background color.

If the background style is gradient, click it to bring up the Gradient Fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill.

Border color

This box shows the border color for the object. Click it to select another color.

If Border uses back color is not selected, this color appears at run time.

Pattern color

This box shows the current pattern color for the object. Click it to select another color.

Selection back color

This box shows the color for the highlight bar. Click it to select another color. The highlight bar indicates the selected display at run time.

Selection fore color

This box shows the color for the caption on the highlighted display. Click it to select another color.

Blink

Select this check box if you want the text to blink at run time. The text blinks twice per second.

Text

The text settings apply to the numeric values in the display.

Font

Select the font to use for the text.

Size

Select the font size to use for the text.

Bold, Italic, Underline

Select a font style for the text, if required.

Caption truncate

Select Word if you want captions that exceed the maximum length to be cut off at the beginning of a new word.

Select Character if you want the caption to be cut off whenever the maximum caption length is reached, even if this occurs in the middle of a word.

The maximum caption length depends on the width of the object and the font size.

When a caption has been truncated, the application places an asterisk (*) at the right end of the caption to indicate that text is missing.

Number of states

Select the number of states for the object.

Other

 

Key navigation

Select this check box to allow the user to navigate to the object using the keyboard and give the object input focus.

Wrap around

Select this check box if you want the list to wrap from the end of the list to the beginning when scrolling down, and from the beginning of the list to the end when scrolling up.

See also

Create display list selectors

Configure the gradient fill

Set up general properties for a display list selector object