Text properties

In the editor, use the Text button to add text to a panel. In the Guide Properties view, specify properties such as text, formatting, and the width and height of the panel text area.

When you select panel text in the Guide Tree view or the editor, the Guide Properties view displays several properties:

To display the text properties, in the editor, click the text. The properties appear in the Guide Properties view.

The Guide Properties view displays several properties for the text:

Text:
Specifies the text that appears in the panel.
Select font type :
Displays the font name for the selected text.

Select font size :
Displays the font size for the selected text.

Bold :
Applies or removes bold formatting to selected text.

Italic :
Applies or removes italic formatting to selected text.

Underline :
Applies or removes underline formatting to selected text.

Color :
Applies a color to the selected text. You can select a color from the color picker or type the hexadecimal value for the color.

Left align :
Aligns text to the left.

Center align :
Aligns text to the center.

Right align :
Aligns text to the right.

Spread justify :
Justifies the text.

Bullets :
Creates a bulleted list.

Remove rich content settings while retaining the text :
Removes RTF but preserves the text. It also removes any image that may have been associated with the field.

Link to:
Specifies the URL for a link. The URL can use an absolute or a relative path. When the Guide filler clicks a link, the linked content appears in a separate browser window.

Show/Hide image settings :
Shows or hides the following image settings:

Image:
Specifies the URL for an image file. You can specify a URL to an image, or you can select an image file that is in your application. To remove the URL for an image, click the Remove button.

  • Position: Specifies the image position.

  • Width: Specifies the image width.

  • Horizontal pad: Specifies horizontal padding for the image.

  • Height: Specifies the image height.

  • Vertical pad: Specifies vertical padding for the image.

  • Scaling: When selected, maintains the aspect ratio.

Displayed:
specifies whether the text is displayed in the Guide. To display the text based on a condition, bind an item in the Data Model view, such as a rule that you added.

Width:
Specifies the width of the text area.

Height:
Specifies the height of the text area.