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)

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)

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) 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
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)

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) 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)

(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)

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)

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)