Properties Palette Functions
The following is a list of the various settings and functions available from the Properties Palette in version 1.5.2svn. The reason for making this list is to allow a visual review of these functions in anticipation of a reworking of Properties to make it less complex, and more easily usable.
X,Y,Z
Name (textbox)
X-Pos (spinbox)
Y-Pos (spinbox)
Width (spinbox)
Height (spinbox)
Rotation (spinbox)
Basepoint (diagram)
Level (grid of arrows buttons)
Other Object Properties (grid of 7 buttons)
Group Selected Objects | Flip Horizontally | Lock/Unlock Object | Lock/Unlock Size of Object |
Ungroup Selected Group | Flip Vertically | Enable/disable
Exporting/Printing of Object |
Drop Shadow
Has Drop Shadow (checkbox)
X-Offset (spinbox)
Y-Offset (spinbox)
Blur (spinbox)
Color (drop-down list)
Shade % (spinbox)
Opacity % (spinbox)
Blendmode (drop-down list)
Content Covers Drop Shadow (checkbox)
Inherit Object Transparency (checkbox)
Shape
Choose the shape of the frame... (drop-down menu list)
Edit (button to open shape editing dialog)
Round Corners (spinbox)
Text Flow Around Frame (radio buttons)
Disabled |
Use Frame Shape |
Use Bounding Box |
Use Contour Line |
Use Image Clip Path |
Group
Choose the shape of the frame... (drop-down menu list)
Edit (button to open shape editing dialog)
Round Corners (spinbox)
Text Flow Around Frame (radio buttons)
Disabled |
Use Frame Shape |
Use Bounding Box |
Use Contour Line |
Use Image Clip Path |
Fill Rule (radio buttons) | Even-Odd | Non-Zero |
Transparency (3-tabbed function - Solid/Gradient/Pattern)
Solid - Opacity (spinbox)
Gradient - Linear/Radial (drop-down list)
Move Vector (opens editing dialog)
Add/Change/Remove Color Stops (manual slider area)
Position (spinbox - selected stop)
Color (drop-down list for selected stop)
Opacity (spinbox - selected stop)
Shade (spinbox - selected stop)
Custom (not sure what this does)
Use Luminosity as Alpha (checkbox)
Pattern
(needs completion)
Blend Mode (drop-down box)
Text
Font Family Name (drop-down list)
Font Style (drop-down list)
Font Size (spinbox)
Linespacing type (Fixed/Automatic/Baseline Grid)
Linespacing (spinbox) disabled except for Fixed type
Justification (5 radiobuttons)
Paragraph Style (drop-down list) plus button to remove direct formatting
Character Style (drop-down list) plus button to remove direct formatting
Color and Effects Sub-tab
Text Color (drop-down list) | Shade % (spinbox) |
Stroke or Drop Shadow Color (drop-down list) | Shade % (spinbox) |
Background Color of selected text (drop-down list) | Shade % (spinbox) |
Series of Buttons to select other features:
Underline Text | Underline Words | Subscript | Superscript | All Caps | Small Caps | Strike Out | Outline | Shadow | Right-to-Left
First Line Offset Sub-tab
Maximum Ascent | Font Ascent | Line Spacing | Baseline Grid (radio buttons)
Orphans and Widows Sub-tab
Don't separate first X lines (spinbox)
Don't separate last X lines (spinbox)
Do not split paragraph (checkbox)
Keep with next paragraph (checkbox)
Paragraph Effects Sub-tab
No Paragraph Effects/Drop Caps/Bulleted List/Numerated List (drop-down list)
Columns and Text Distances Sub-tab
Vertical alignment: Top/Middle/Bottom (drop-down list)
Columns: (spinbox)
Gap: (spinbox)
Top: (spinbox)
Bottom: (spinbox)
Left: (spinbox)
Right: (spinbox)
Tabulators: (opens dialog)
Optical Margins Sub-tab
None/Both Sides/Left Only/Right Only (radio buttons)
Reset (button)
Advanced Settings Sub-tab
Offset to Baseline % (spinbox) | Manual Tracking % (spinbox) |
Scaling width of characters % (spinbox) | Scaling height of characters % (spinbox) |
Word Tracking % | |
Min: (spinbox) | Norm: (spinbox) |
Glyph Extension % | |
Min: (spinbox) | Max: (spinbox) |
Image
Page Number: (spinbox) - not quite sure what this does
X-Pos (spinbox)
Y-Pos (spinbox)
Rotation (spinbox)
Scaling
Free Scaling (radio button with To Frame Size)
X-Scale | % (spinbox) |
Y-Scale | % (spinbox) - link/unlink to X-Scale |
Actual X-DPI | (spinbox) |
Actual Y-DPI | (spinbox) - link/unlink to X-DPI |
To Frame Size (radio button with Free Scaling) | |
Proportional (checkbox) |
PDF Compression
Method: Global/Automatic/Lossy - JPEG/Lossless - Zip/None (drop-down list)
Quality: Global/Maximum/High/Medium/Low/Minimum (drop-down list)
Image Effects (button to bring up dialog)
Line
Basepoint: Left Point/End Points (drop-down list)
Type of Line: (drop-down list)
Start Arrow: | End Arrow: |
(drop-down list) | (drop-down list) |
Scaling % (spinbox) | Scaling % (spinbox) |
Line Width (spinbox) | |
Edges (drop-down list) | |
Endings (drop-down list) |
(List of available Styles)
Colors
Two Tabs: Fill and Stroke
Fill Mode: Solid/Gradient/Hatch/Pattern (drop-down list)
Stroke Mode: Solid/Gradient/Pattern (drop-down list)
Solid:
(List of available colors)
Shade % (spinbox)
Gradient:
Linear/Radial (drop-down list)
Move Vector (opens editing dialog)
Add/Change/Remove Color Stops (manual slider area)
Position (spinbox - selected stop)
Color (drop-down list for selected stop)
Opacity (spinbox - selected stop)
Shade (spinbox - selected stop)
Extend: Pad/None (drop-down list)
Hatch:
Distance: (spinbox)
Angle: (spinbox)
Type: Single/Double/Triple (drop-down list)
Line Color: (drop-down list)
Background: (drop-down list of colors)
Pattern:
(icons of patterns which have been loaded)
Properties: (brings up dialog)
Pattern Properties dialog | |
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X Offset: (spinbox) | Y Offset: (spinbox) |
X-Scale: (spinbox) | Y-Scale: (spinbox) -- with linking |
Angle: (spinbox) | |
X-Skew: (spinbox) | Y-Skew: (spinbox) |
Flip Horiz/Vert (buttons) | |
Close dialog |
Overprinting: Knockout/Overprint (drop-down list)
Display only used colors: (checkbox)
Transparency
Edit Line/Fill Color Properties (radio buttons)
Solid/Gradient/Pattern (tabs)
Solid:
Opacity % (spinbox)
Gradient:
Linear/Radial (drop-down list)
Move Vector (opens editing dialog)
Add/Change/Remove Color Stops (manual slider area)
Position (spinbox - selected stop)
Color (drop-down list for selected stop)
Opacity (spinbox - selected stop)
Shade (spinbox - selected stop)
Custom (not sure what this does)
Use Luminosity as Alpha (checkbox)
Blend Mode: Normal/Darken/Lighten/Multiply/Screen/Overlay/Hard Light/Soft Light/Difference/Exclusion (drop-down box)
Pattern:
(icons of patterns which have been loaded)
Properties: (brings up dialog)
Pattern Properties dialog | |
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X Offset: (spinbox) | Y Offset: (spinbox) |
X-Scale: (spinbox) | Y-Scale: (spinbox) -- with linking |
Angle: (spinbox) | |
X-Skew: (spinbox) | Y-Skew: (spinbox) |
Flip Horiz/Vert (buttons) | |
Close dialog |
Blend Mode: Normal/Darken/Lighten/Multiply/Screen/Overlay/Hard Light/Soft Light/Difference/Exclusion (drop-down list)
Table
Table (drop-down list of styles)
Cells (drop-down list of styles)
Borders:
(List of available borders, with ability to add/remove/edit those on list)
(Edits for borders)
Width (spinbox) | Type (drop-down list) |
Color (drop-down list) | Shade % (spinbox) |
Fill | |
Color (drop-down list) | Shade % (drop-down list) |