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Format Group
The Format group controls the color and position of a selected object. Predefined quick styles offer selection of uniform appearance for different objects. Selection of multiple objects makes it possible to easily affect more than one object at the same time.
Clicking the small arrow in the lower right corner of the Format group displays the shadow, fill and outline properties with a number of additional format settings.
Note:
It is possible to use the Format Painter (in the Clipboard group) to copy color and font properties from one object and paste it to another object.
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Default Appearance
It is possible to select a style to be used as the default style next time the same kind of object is added.
Right-click on an object to display the context menu, and select
Save Default
, to use the current appearance of the object as the default style. To make existing objects adopt the default style, select
Load Default
. To return to normal mode, select
Clear Default
.
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Arrange
The Arrange control can be used to order, group, resize, align and distribute screen objects.
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Order Objects
The commands in the Order Objects group are used to send objects to the front or back of each other.
Command
Bring to Front
Send to Back
Bring Forward
Send Backward
Description
Positions the selected object on top of any overlapping objects
Positions the selected object behind any overlapping objects
Makes the selected object swap place with the nearest overlapping object
Makes the selected object swap place with the nearest obscured object
Note:
The Object Browser offers an easy way of arranging objects to the front or back of each other.
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Group Objects
The
Group Objects
commands are used to manage selections of multiple objects.
A grouped object is moved and treated as one object with respect to formatting and resizing, and can also be stored in the Component Library for reuse.
Any selection of objects on the screen can be grouped.
When multiple objects are selected, one object is the primary selection. This is shown with an orange frame, while other objects in the group have blue frames.
Click on any object in the group to change this to the primary selection.
A grouped object can be resolved into individual objects using the
Ungroup
command. A property that was given to the group will be kept by each of the object, provided that the property is applicable.
Make Same Size
The
Make Same Size
commands are used to adjust the size of a group of selected objects. The size will be determined by the
primary selection
(the guide object).
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Position Objects
The
Position Objects
commands can be used to align and distribute multiple objects neatly. Objects can be aligned vertically and horizontally using the primary selection for the group as guide object. Objects can be aligned with respect to their center (center/ middle) or their edges (top/bottom/right/left).
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Quick Styles
The
Quick Styles
control contains a number of preset visual object color schemes that can be applied to screen objects.
The predefined graphical styles make it possible to achieve a uniform appearance on items like meters and trend viewers. An object that has a style applied can be further customized, for example with font settings.
It is also possible to customize the predefined styles to styles of your own preference. The quick styles are not specific to the current project. They will be available for all iX Developer projects.
Note:
Controls in the Style group on the General tab can be used to reshape objects such as meter, slider and trend viewer to predefined styles. These styles are not the same as the quick styles.
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Other Colors
Color settings for special properties of an object, for example scale color for a meter or out-of-range validation of an analog numeric object, are available from the
Other Colors
control.
Shape Fill
The
Shape Fill
control is used to alter the fill color and gradient of the selected shape. A preview of the colors in the Shape Fill selection window is displayed directly on the object on the screen as the pointer hovers over the different colors.
Shape Outline
The
Shape Outline
control is used to alter the outline color and outline width of the selected shape.
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Shape Effects
Shape Effects
makes it possible to add bevel style and shadow effects.
Note:
Bevel in combination with fill color “no fill” is only supported for Panel TxC and PC targets. The bevel will not be visible in runtime on other operator panels targets.
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