Skin form — Components tab — Controls — Smart tip and Smart info

  1. Header 
  2. Body 
  3. Outline 

Styles set here apply to the outline of smart tip and smart info.

Border

Applies to the outer border, the outline, of the smart tip and smart info. If a header or body border is specified, it appears inside the outline border.

Use mixin

Select to use a mixin to define the appearance of this element. The Mixin field displays the name and a preview of the currently selected mixin. Click to select a different mixin from the list.

If desired, you can specify the Top, Left, Right, or Bottom border as none, solid, dashed, or dotted , rather than inheriting the style from the selected mixin.

Specify styles

Select to define a custom border:

  • Apply to all sides — select this checkbox to specify the same border style to the top, left, right, and bottom borders. Choose from none, solid, dashed, or dotted.
  • If you clear the Apply to all sides checkbox, select a border style for the Top, Left, Right, and Bottom borders. For each of these borders, you can select none, solid, dashed, or dotted. Specify the pixel width and color of the border, if applicable.

Rounded corners

enable rounded corners (HTML5 only)

Select this check box if you want the border of the smart tip to have rounded corners when rendered in HTML5 Document Type. You can select this option when using a mixin or a custom border.

For information about rendering your application in HTML5 Document Type, see HTML5 Application Readiness.

same for all corners

Select to use the rounded corner settings that you specify in the Unit and Radius fields for all four corners or clear to specify the length of the x and y axis for the Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, and Bottom Right.

same x and y axis radii

Select to specify x and y radii of the same length. If you clear this check box, specify the length of the x and y axis for the Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, and Bottom Right.

Unit Select the unit of measurement for the rounded corner settings: pixels (px), em (the current font size), or percentage (%).
Radius

Define the curve of rounded corners by specifying the x (hortizontal) and y (vertical) radii of the quarter ellipse that makes the rounded corner of the overlay.

Background

Applies to the background of the entire smart tip and smart info, including the header and body areas. Use this setting to set the same background for the body and header of the smart tip and smart info. Styles set here are overridden by background settings specified on the smart tip and smart info Header and Body tabs.

Use mixin

Select to use a mixin to define the appearance of this element. The Mixin field displays the name and a preview of the currently selected mixin. Click to select a different mixin from the list.

  • Additional styles — Add additional styles, specific to styling the text for this element, by specifying a CSS Attribute and Value. Specify only CSS related to text styles. Click Add additional styles to define another CSS attribute-value pair. Click delete to remove an additional style.
Specify styles

Select this check box to define a custom background: 

Select the background Type:

  • none — Indicates no background color, similar to setting a transparent background.
  • solid — Enter a hexadecimal value (such as #3d3d3d) or click the box next to the Color field to Choose a Color.
  • gradient — Select the Direction in which you want to blend the background colors, horizontal or vertical. Specify the Start and Stop colors of the gradient. Specify a Backup color, in the event that the browser cannot render the gradient.
  • image — Specify the following:
    • Background color — to use the background color specified in a mixin; choose obtained from mixin and then click to select the mixin. Alternatively, you can select custom color and enter the CSS hexadecimal value or click the box next to the field to Choose a Color.
    • Location — Enter the location of the file, including the relative path. For example, images/AlphaCorpLogo.png.
      To search for an image, click () to open the Image Catalog tool. Enter any portion of a file name (relative path, file name, or extension) in the Search box, and click Find. If you can’t find the image, make sure it is in the webwb directory.
    • Tile — Specify tile settings for the image. Select None if you want to use a single image; Horizontal if you want a row of images in the background; Vertical, if you want a column of images in the background, or Both, if you want rows and columns containing the image in the background.
    • Position — Specify the placement of the starting tiled image, for example, top left.
  • Additional styles — Add additional styles, specific to styling the background for this element, by specifying a CSS Attribute and Value. Specify only CSS related to background styles. Click Add additional styles to define another CSS attribute-value pair. Click delete to remove an additional style.

Size

Applies to the outer border, the outline, of the smart tip and smart info. If a header or body border is specified, it appears inside the outline border.

Auto (fit to content) Select if you want the layout to determine the width of the smart tip and smart info. This is the default.
Fixed size Select to specify a fixed size for the smart tip and smart info. Specify the desired width in pixels (px), em (the current font size), or percentage (%).
Flexible Select to set a range of options for the width of the smart tip and smart info. Specify a min-width and a max-width. The actual width when rendered will fall in this range — never smaller than the min-width, nor larger than the max-width.

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