Pivot Control Properties

The Pivot Control Properties window allows the user to customize numerous aspects of the selected item. Selecting the item either on-screen or through the Pivot Control Explorer will give the user access to that item's properties.

The properties available to each are listed below.

Pivot Control Properties

Pivot Control Properties Window

Common

  • (Name) - Unique string identifier for this object.

  • Title - Title for the Pivot Control. Unlike the Name property, the tile does not have to be unique.

  • Description - Description for the Pivot Control. The description typically appears as a tooltip for the object.

Common - Style

  • Opacity - The percentage of opacity for the Pivot Control. You can select 0, 25, 50, 75, or 100, or type a number from 0 to 100.0makes the map completely transparent or invisible;100makes the map appear solid. Decreasing the map's opacity highlights objects that are on it.

  • Effect - Visual effects (3D-edge, shadow, glow, blur) applied to the object.

  • Foreground - Foreground color, gradient, or pattern of this object.

  • Background - Background color, gradient, or pattern of this object.

  • BorderBrush -

  • BorderThickness -

Content

  • Text- Specifies the text content.
  • Items- Accesses the collection used to generate the content of the pivot control.

Measurements

  • Angle - The current angle of rotation for the object.

  • Left - Horizontal position of top-left corner of the object.

  • Top - Vertical position of top-left corner of the object.

  • Width - Width of the object.

  • Height - Height of the object.

  • Padding -The amount of space surrounding the content of the object.

Text

  • FontFamily - Specifies the name of the font to render text.

  • FontSize -Specifies the size of the font used to render text.

  • FontStyle - Specifies the style of the font used to render text (e.g. italic).

  • FontWeight - Specifies the thickness of the font used to render text (e.g. bold).

  • TextDecorations- Specifies the visual ornamentations added to text (underline, strikethrough).

  • TextAlignment - Specifies the horizontal alignment of the text.

Pivot Item Properties

Pivot Item Properties Window

Measurements

  • HorizontalAlignment - Indicates where an element should be displayed on the horizontal axis relative to its parent element.

  • VerticalAlignment - Indicates where an element should be displayed on the vertical axis relative to its parent element.

  • RuntimeStretch - Defines how the text of this object will be stretched when the object's text changes during runtime mode.

Title Properties

Tile Properties Window

Layer Properties

Layer Properties Window

Declutter

  • HideWhenZoomLessThan - The zoom factor below which the layer will be hidden during runtime.

  • HideWhenZoomMoreThan - The zoom factor above which the layer will be hidden during runtime.

  • HideWhenSecurityDenied - Specifies if security should be used to determine the visibility of this layer during runtime.

  • ReleaseDataWhenHidden - Set true to automatically release or request runtime data for the contents of this Layer based on this Layer's visibility.

See also:

Pivot Control

Controls Ribbon in GraphWorX 2D