Button Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Button Properties dialog box to update the properties of a button. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a button in a navigation control and select Properties from the shortcut menu.

The dialog box properties vary with the button type:

Button
Select if you want to display the button as a normal button.
Image Button
Select if you want to display the button as an image.

Button Properties

When you selected Button as the button type, you see the following options.

Button Properties dialog - Button

Button Label

Specifies the properties of the button label.

Text
Specifies the text of the label.
Font
Specifies the font face of the text.
Font Style
Specifies the font style of the text.
Font Size
Specifies the font size of the text.
Align
Specifies the alignment way of the label in the button.
Font Color
Specifies the font color of the text.

Border

Specifies the properties of the button border.

Color
Specifies the border color.
Thickness
Specifies the border width.
Top Line
Specifies the style of the top border line.
Bottom Line
Specifies the style of the bottom border line.
Left Line
Specifies the style of the left border line.
Right Line
Specifies the style of the right border line.

Button Body

Specifies the properties of the button body.

Background
Specifies the background color of the button body.
To change the color, select the color indicator to select a color from the color palette. You can select More Colors in the color palette to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can select a color within a wider range. You can also type a color string in the format #RRGGBB directly in the text box. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
Width
Specifies the width of the button.
Height
Specifies the height of the button.

Preview

Displays a preview of the button according to the button properties.

Image Button Properties

When you selected Button Image as the button type, you see the following options.

Button Properties dialog - Image Button

Image From

Specifies the source of the image file.

Local File
Specifies to use an image from the local file system.
- File Name
  Specifies the path and name of the image file. You can select the Browse button to locate the image file.
Web URL
Specifies to use an image via URL.
- Image URL
  Specifies the URL of the image file. Logi Report will record the latest 10 entered URLs in the drop-down list.
If your Logi Report Server is in an intranet, to access the image via URL, you need to add the parameters -Dhttp.proxyHost=XXX -Dhttp.proxyPort=XX to the server's startup file JRServer.bat in <install_root>\bin.
Library
Specifies to use an existing image.
- My Images
  The My Images folder is a virtual location where Logi Report Server stores the images that have once been inserted into reports. Select the one you want to use.