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Attributes pane
The Attributes pane displays all of the properties of the currently selected object in the
Workspace. These properties vary greatly depending on the object that has been selected.
General
These attributes are common to all elements in the template and will always appear.
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ID: A unique identifier for the selected element. Used for CSS selections as well as
JavaScript expressions affecting single elements.
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Class: One or more classes that can be common to more than one elements. Used for
CSS selections and JavaScript expressions that can affect multiple elements.
Other
These attributes are available depending on the item selected (in parenthesis).
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Whitespace element : Check to make the element a whitespace element, meaning it will
only appear on the page if there is enough space for it. This is useful for templates with
variable height elements or conditional elements, to fill empty spaces with
transpromotional material. Note that only top-level elements (a paragraph not inside a
table or a div) will function at whitespace elements.
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Source (image): The location of the image file. For image resources in the template, the
image path is often images/<imagefile>.<extension>
When the source is a PDF, an addition button appears next to this box that opens the
"Select Image dialog" on page725.
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Alternate text (image): The "Alt" text used when hovering over the image in a browser.
Also used for accessibility.
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Cell Spacing (tableonly): Defines the cellspacing attribute of the table which controls
the spacing between cells in the table.
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Cell Padding (tableonly): Defines the cellpadding attribute of the table which controls
the padding inside each cell of the table.
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Column Resizing (tableonly): Check to enable columns to be resized directly within the
Workspace.
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Detail Table (table only): Defines which detail table the repeat of the table is based on.
The number of detail lines in the table is the number of the time the repeating row (see
below) is repeated.
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