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Navigation Item Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Navigation Item object, that is a Button object, in a navigation control.

Designer provides some properties only when you use the object in certain report types. You can get details from the Available For column in the property table.

Property Name Available For Description
General
Class Type Query Page Report Shows the class type of the object. Read only.
Instance Name Query Page Report Shows the instance name of the object. Read only.
Text Format
Auto Fit Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to automatically adjust the width and height of the object according to its content.

Data type: Boolean
Bold Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to apply bold formatting to the text in the object.

Data type: Boolean
Font Face Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the font face of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Font Size Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the font size of the text in the object. Type an integer value to change the size.

Data type: Integer
Horizontal Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the horizontal justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Italic Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to italicize the text in the object.

Data type: Boolean
Strikethrough Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to draw a line through the text in the object.

Data type: Boolean
Text Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the text in the object. Type a string to display as the object text.

Data type: String
Underline Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to add a horizontal line under the text in the object.

Data type: Boolean
Vertical Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the vertical justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Word Wrap Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to wrap the text according to the width of the object.

Data type: Boolean
Color
Background Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Foreground Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the foreground color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Others
Export to CSV Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object when you preview the report in the Page Report Result format for a page report or Web Report Result for a web report in Designer, and when users run the report in the same format at runtime.

Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Text Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to XML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output.

Data type: Boolean
Padding
Bottom Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the content in the object and the bottom border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float
Left Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the content in the object and the left border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float
Right Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the content in the object and the right border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float
Top Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the content in the object and the top border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float
Border
Border Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color for the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Border Thickness Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float
Bottom Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Left Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Right Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Shadow Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to add a drop shadow effect to the border.

Data type: Boolean
Shadow Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color of the border shadow. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Top Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Pattern
Pattern Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color in which to draw a pattern to fill the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Pattern Style Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the style of the pattern. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • none
    Select if you do not want to apply a pattern to the object.
  • 50%
    Select to fill the object using 50%-transparency of the specified pattern color.
  • horizontal
    Select to fill the object with horizontal lines using the specified pattern color.
  • vertical
    Select to fill the object with vertical lines using the specified pattern color.
  • grid
    Select to fill the object with grids using the specified pattern color.
  • diagonal
    Select to fill the object with diagonal lines using the specified pattern color.

Data type: String

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