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Button Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Button object in a navigation control.

Designer provides some properties only when you use the object in certain report types. You can get details from the Available For column in the property table.

Property Name Available For Description
General
Class Type Query Page Report Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name Query Page Report Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Text Format
Auto Fit Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to adjust the width and height of the object according to the contents.

Data type: Boolean

Bold Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to make the text bold.

Data type: Boolean

Font Face Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the font of the text. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Font Size Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the font size of the text. Type an integer value to change the size.

Data type: Integer

Horizontal Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the horizontal justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Italic Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to make the text italic.

Data type: Boolean

Strikethrough Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to add a strikethrough line to the text.

Data type: Boolean

Text Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the text in the object. Type a string to display as the object text.

Data type: String

Underline Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to underline the text.

Data type: Boolean

Vertical Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the vertical justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Word Wrap Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to wrap the text to the width.

Data type: Boolean

Color
Background Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.

Data type: String

Foreground Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the foreground color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.

Data type: String

Others
Export to CSV Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to Excel Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to HTML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to PDF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to PostScript Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to Report Result Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object when previewing the report in Page/Web Report Result and running the report in Page/Web Report Studio, or when the library component is used in JDashboard.

Data type: Boolean

Export to RTF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to Text Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Export to XML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Padding
Bottom Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the text and the bottom border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Left Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the text and the left border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Right Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the text and the right border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Top Padding Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the space between the text and the top border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Border
Border Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.

Data type: String

Border Thickness Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width of the border. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Bottom Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Left Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Right Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Shadow Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to draw two shadowed borders, beneath and to the right of the object.

Data type: Boolean

Shadow Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color of the shadow. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.

Data type: String

Top Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Pattern
Pattern Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color in which to draw a pattern to fill the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For a page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression to return a color.

Data type: String

Pattern Style Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the style of the pattern. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • none - Select if you do not want to apply a pattern to the object.
  • 50% - Select to fill the object using 50%-transparency of the specified pattern color.
  • horizontal - Select to fill the object with horizontal lines using the specified pattern color.
  • vertical - Select to fill the object with vertical lines using the specified pattern color.
  • grid- Select to fill the object with grids using the specified pattern color.
  • diagonal- Select to fill the object with diagonal lines using the specified pattern color.

Data type: String

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