Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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18 Set Color to Blue.
19 Click OK to return to the dashboard.
Deciding which interface to use to format panels and panel
stacks
For comprehensive formatting, the Property List is the easiest interface to
use, as it contains most of the options of the other interfaces on the same
screen as the Layout area. However, you cannot use it to format the title bar.
Use the Format Objects dialog box instead for that task. Most of the settings
in the Property List apply to the panel stack (the holder for the panels). For
example, if you apply a drop shadow in the Property List, all the panels in the
panel stack use the same drop shadow.
The remaining settings in the Property List format the current panel and
determine the background. These settings are listed below:
• Backcolor
• Backstyle
• Gradient Color
• Gradient Variant
The following table presents formatting tasks and the most effective interface
to use for each.
To Format.... Use...
Borders, which apply to the entire panel stack: Formatting toolbar, right-click menu, or Property List,
as follows:
• Standard border options such as color and
style
• 3D borders and drop shadows • Property List
• Rounded corners (displayed in Flash Mode
only)
The background of the current panel (the panel
currently displayed on the panel stack)
Gradient colors for the background of the current
panel
• Formatting toolbar or right-click menu
• Property List
Formatting toolbar
Property List
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