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Styles set here apply to the top and bottom action areas of the selected repeating grid, tree, or tree grid layout format.

A preview of the currently selected format displays to the right. You can also preview formats by selecting Actions > Launch in the toolbar and then choosing one of the following preview options: Run Process, Open Portal, Harness Preview, UI Gallery Preview, Skin Preview. In the Skin Preview, click the Grids tab. Select the format you want to preview: Default, Spreadsheet, Transparent, or a custom format.

Use same formatting for top and bottom layouts Applies the settings to top and bottom layouts. Clear this check box if you want define different styles for top and bottom layouts. Additional fields appear.

Specify the Background, Border, and Padding for the Top and Bottom action layouts.

The font is determined by the Overall Font specified on the Mixins tab.

Border

Applies to the border of the action layout.

Use default border for this grid format

Select to use the default border specified in the Default text area on the General tab.

Use mixin Select to use a mixin to define the appearance of the border. Mixins displays the name and a preview of the currently selected mixin. Click the menu icon to select a different mixin from the list.

For the Top, Left, Right, and Bottom border, select to use the border specified in the mixin (from mixin) or select another option: none, solid, dashed, or dotted.

Specify styles Select to define a custom border:
  • same for all sides — clear this check box if you want to specify a different border style for Top, Left, Right, and Bottom.
  • Select a border type and specify the pixel width and color of the border: none, solid, dashed, or dotted.

Padding

Defines the padding for the margin around the outside of the action layout.

Padding

Specify the width of the padding in pixels. Clear the Apply same padding on all sides check box if you want to specify a different amount of padding, in pixels, for Top, Left, Right, and Bottom.

Background

Applies to the background of the action layout.

Use default background for this grid format

Select to use the default background specified in the Default text area on the General tab.

Use mixin Select to use a mixin to define the appearance of the background. Mixin displays the name and a preview of the currently selected mixin. Click the menu icon to select a different mixin from the list.
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 the gear icon 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 the Gear icon 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 cannot 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 the Delete icon to remove an additional style.
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