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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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To fill the layout background with a solid color:
1. In Layout mode, click anywhere in the layout background to select it.
Note To select the layout background, ensure no objects or parts are selected.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance. Choose options in the
Graphic area.
3. For Fill, choose Solid Color.
Note Alternatively, you can fill the layout background with a color gradient or image. See Filling
objects, layout parts, or the layout background with a color gradient and Filling objects, layout
parts, or the layout background with an image.
4. Click the color control, then choose a color from the color palette.
5. Move the Opacity slider to change the transparency of the fill color.
To make an object, layout part, or the layout background transparent:
Note Making an object or layout part transparent allows objects or the layout background to show
through.
• In the Inspector:
• For Fill and Line, choose None.
• For Line, choose None and for Fill, move the Opacity slider in the color palette.
• In the formatting bar: For Line, choose None and for Fill, choose transparent .
Notes
• You can further customize the appearance of objects using the Advanced Graphic area of
the Inspector. See
Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.
• You can copy formatting attributes between objects or parts. See Copying formatting
attributes between layout objects, parts, or backgrounds.
• Each theme comes with a set of default styles for objects such as shapes, buttons, lists, and
menus. When you create an object or a new part on a layout, the object or part is formatted
in the theme’s default style.
• Changes made in the formatting bar replace settings in the Inspector, and vice versa.
• To create a custom color, choose Other Color in a color palette, then click the color to use.
• You can set right, top, left and bottom borders on fields, layout parts, text objects,
rectangles, rounded rectangles, fields, buttons, portals, charts, popovers, and web viewers.
You can’t set individual borders on lines, ovals, circles, tab controls, or slide controls.
• You can display attributes that are specific to the state of the object when it is viewed in
Browse mode. For example, you can set a lighter fill and border when a user pauses the
mouse pointer over a field to draw attention to the field. See
Specifying the display state for
an object.
The transparency of the fill color Opacity slider
The Opacity slider is located in the color
palette.
To add or change Use this control