You can use the Layout options in the Properties and Formatting dialog box to format the layout of controls in your document. For example, you can specify the width and height of a control, or how to display content that overflows the boundaries of a document. Some options are only available for certain types of controls.
You can change the following options:
Position: Determine the positioning of the control in the document.
Left: Determine the distance between the left edge of the control and the left border of the section.
Top: Determine the distance between the top edge of the control and the top of the section.
Locked: Determine whether the control is locked in its current position in the document. If this option is selected, the control cannot be moved or resized. This check box is cleared by default.
Size: Determine the width, height, and other size options for the control.
Width: Determine the width of the control. This option is not available for document sections.
Fixed at: Specify the width of the control when it is displayed in the document.
Fit to contents: Automatically size the control to fit its contents.
Height: Determine the height of the control. This option is not available for document sections.
Fixed at: Specify the height of the control when it is displayed in the document.
Fit to contents: Automatically size the control to fit its contents.
Content Overflow: Determine how to display the content in a panel stack when the content is larger than the dimensions of the panel stack. This option is only available for panel stacks.
Clip: Displays only the contents that can fit within the size of the panel stack.
Scroll (default): Displays a scroll bar to allow the user to view all of the contents. The scroll bar is displayed for Express Mode, Flash Mode, and Interactive Mode in Web, and when the document is exported to Flash. When the document is exported to Excel, the full panel stack is always displayed.
Text overflow (HTML): Determine how to display the text when it is larger than the dimensions of the text field. This option is available only for text fields. The options are:
Clip (default): Displays only the text that can fit within the size of the text field.
Scroll: Displays a scroll bar to allow a user to view all of the text. The scroll bar is displayed for Express Mode and Interactive Mode in MicroStrategy Web, and when the document is exported to HTML. The text field is clipped in other display modes or export formats. The scroll bar is most useful when the height of a text field is set to a fixed value.
Title Height: Determine the height of the control's title bar. Enter a number of inches in the Fixed at __ Inches field.
Grid: The options in the Grid category are available only for Grid/Graphs.
Data source: Determine the dataset report to use to populate the selected Grid/Graph.
Shortcut: Determine whether or not to link the Grid/Graph to the dataset report as a shortcut. If this check box is selected, any changes made to the original report are automatically passed to the Grid/Graph in the document. This check box is cleared by default.
View: Determine the mode in which the Grid/Graph is displayed once the document is executed. You can select either Grid View, Graph View, or Grid and Graph View.
Grid Overflow (HTML) (only available for Grid View, or Grid and Graph View): Determine how to display the selected grid in Interactive, Editable, Express, or Flash Mode if the Grid/Graph overflows beyond the boundaries of the document. The options are:
Clip: Crops the grid to fit the document's size.
Scroll (default): Displays a scroll bar that enables the user to see the entire grid even if the grid is larger than the document.
Grid Overflow (PDF & Excel) (only available for Grid View, or Grid and Graph View): Determine how to display the selected grid if it overflows beyond the boundaries of the document, when the document is printed or exported to PDF or Excel. The options are:
Clip (default): Crops the grid to fit the document's size.
Fit to grid contents: Automatically resizes the grid so that all data is visible.
Graph Overflow (PDF) (only available for Graph View): Determine the behavior of the selected graph if it overflows beyond the boundaries of the document, when the documented is printed or exported to PDF or Excel. The options are:
None (default): Crops the graph to fit the document's size.
Vertical: Displays overflowed content, including other grids or graphs, below the selected graph.
Horizontal: Displays overflowed content, including other grids or graphs, to the right of the selected graph.
Spacing (only available for Graph View): Determine the space inserted between the graph and overflowed content. This option is only available if the Graph Overflow option is set to Vertical or Horizontal. The default value is .5 inches.
Quick Switch (only available for Grid View and Graph View): Determines whether a user can switch between viewing the data in a Grid/Graph as a grid or a graph by clicking a button in Editable, Interactive, Express Mode, or Flash Mode. This check box is cleared by default.
Grid Position (only available for Grid and Graph View): Determine where the grid report is displayed in relation to the graph report for Grid/Graphs displayed in Grid and Graph View. The options are:
Top: Displays the grid above the graph.
Bottom (default): Displays the grid below the graph.
Left : Displays the grid to the left of the graph.
Right: Displays the grid to the right of the graph.
Grid Area (only available for Grid and Graph View): Determine the percentage of the Grid/Graph covered by the grid report; the remaining area is used by the graph report. The default value is 50%.
Selector: The options in the Selector category are available only for selectors.
DHTML Style: Determine which style to use to display the selector in Editable, Interactive, and Express Mode. For example images of each selector style, see Defining a selector. The options are:
Drop-down
Slider
Listbox
Button Bar
Radio Button
Link Bar
Check Boxes
Flash Style: Determine the style in which the selector is displayed in Flash Mode. The options are:
Automatic: Displays the selector using the same style specified in the DHTML Style option above.
Date Selection: Displays the selector as a Date Selection widget.
Fish Eye: Displays the selector as a Fish Eye widget.
Orientation: Determine whether the items in the selector are displayed in a horizontal or vertical layout.
Allow multiple selections: Determine whether users can select multiple items in the selector. This allows users to display data for several items in the selector at once, and specify which items are displayed in the target of the selector.
Change Selection on Mouse Over (Flash Only): Determine whether users can select an item by hovering the cursor over the item in the selector to select it.
Make all items the same width: Determine whether all items in the selector are displayed using equal widths.
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