Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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background color comes from the individual panel; you can format each
panel to have a different background color.
Most of the settings that control a group of panels are set in the panel stack.
These settings include whether a title bar or pop-up text is displayed, as well
as size and position information.
The title bar, when displayed, is an area across the top of the panels that
shows the title. You can choose whether the title bar displays the name of the
panel stack or of the panel currently being displayed. By default, the title bar
also displays Next and Previous arrows to allow users to change panels,
although you can hide these arrows. For an example of the arrows, see Panel
selector arrows on the title bar, page 73.
The current panel is the panel currently displayed in Design View. This
panel is displayed on the panel stack when the dashboard is viewed in PDF
View or in MicroStrategy Web.
If a panel stack contains more than one panel, a user needs a way to change
panels. By default, the title bar displays arrows that allow users to move
through the panels. If you choose to hide the arrows or hide the title bar, you
need to add a selector, such as a radio button or pull-down list, to allow
users to display the different panels of a panel stack.
• When a user switches to PDF View or to Express Mode in MicroStrategy
Web, whichever panel was current becomes the only panel displayed, as
well as the only panel that can be printed. The user cannot change to a
different panel in PDF View or Express Mode.
• In Interactive Mode, Editable Mode, and Flash Mode in MicroStrategy
Web, a user can click the selector to switch panels.
A selector is not part of a panel stack, unlike the other items described in this
section. A selector is a different type of control and is added to the dashboard
separately. The title bar, for instance, is an area of the panel stack, and each
panel is contained in the panel stack. However, a selector is an important and
necessary addition to a panel stack because a selector allows the user to
switch panels. The selector can also display the names of the different panels,
so that a user can tell at a glance which panel he wants to view. The default
arrow selectors on the title bar do not display the panel names. For more
information, including examples and procedures, about selectors, see
Chapter 4, Providing Interactivity to Users: Selectors.
The following diagram shows a panel stack and the selector that targets it, in
Design View. The panel is the light gray area containing the text fields Region
and Revenue. The title bar is the darker gray area at the top, labeled Panel1.
The panel stack border is displayed as a thick black line; note that it
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