Previous Topic  Next Topic

Navigation Control Properties

You can use the Navigation Control Properties dialog box to edit the properties of a navigation control. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

This topic contains the following sections:

• General Tab Properties
• Border Tab Properties

You see these elements on both tabs:

OK

Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab Properties

Specify the general properties of the navigation control.

Name

Specify the name of the navigation control.

Show NLS Value

Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.

Position

Select the position mode of the component when it is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box.

• absolute
  Server locates the component at the position that you specify by dragging and dropping or by setting its X and Y coordinate property values. The component insertion point does not change, for instance, it is not affected when you insert text before it. The position of an object in a banded object can only be absolute.
• static
  Server positions the component at the location where you insert it. The X and Y coordinate properties are disabled. You cannot move the component to another position other than by moving its insertion point. This can happen when the text flow preceding the insertion point expands.
• relative
  Server positions the component at an offset to the position at which you insert it. The offset is determined by the X and Y coordinate property values. This value is not available for some types of components.
  
  Server displays relative in the default value list for the Position option, when the current position is relative. However, relative is no longer available in the value list after you apply static or absolute and reenter the dialog box.

X

Specify the X coordinate of the navigation control.

Y

Specify the Y coordinate of the navigation control.

Width

Specify the width of the navigation control.

Height

Specify the height of the navigation control.

Background

Specify the background color of the navigation control.

To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box, and then specify a new color. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.

Back to top

Border Tab Properties

Specify the border properties of the navigation control.

Color

Specify the border color.

Width

Specify the border width in inches.

Top Line

Select the style of the top border line.

Bottom Line

Select the style of the bottom border line.

Left Line

Select the style of the left border line.

Right Line

Select the style of the right border line.

Back to top

Previous Topic  Next Topic