Using Toolbar to change Report Elements

You can use the toolbar of the Report Designer to change certain properties of the selected elements.

Make sure you select the elements that you want to change the properties of – see Selecting Elements.

To change the font of the selected elements, select the required font in the font combo box in the toolbar. This applies only to text element (both static and dynamic) and conditional elements that define text elements in their conditions. If no elements are selected pressing this button will set the font to be used for new text elements.

To change the font size of the selected elements, select the required size from the font size combo box in the toolbar. You can also type the size directly into the size text box and press Enter. This feature applies only to text elements (static and dynamic) and conditional elements that define text elements in their conditions. If no elements are selected pressing this button will set the font size to be used for new text and tag elements.

The Fill color button sets background color of those elements that support this property - static and dynamic text, rectangles and circles. To change the color, click on the button, select the color and click “Apply”. Background color can only be changed if the element is not transparent. Transparency of the element can be changed by ticking the “Transparent” checkbox in the element properties window.

The Line Color button located next to the Fill Color button is used to apply color to borders around the elements that support this property - lines, rectangles, circles, dynamic and static text and images. To change the color select the element and click on the button in the toolbar. There you can pick the color. Click Apply to apply changes.

Certain report elements like static or dynamic text can be aligned relative to their bounding rectangle in the horizontal or vertical direction. There are altogether six icons on the toolbar that allow changing the alignment of the selected elements. Three icons align text in the horizontal direction (left, center, right) and three icons align text in the vertical direction (top, middle, bottom).