Styles Editor

The styles editor lets you customize and add default styles for the design elements listed in About Styles.
Element Description Notes
Name The name of the style. Read-only for system-provided styles; editable for custom styles.
Description An area for an optional description of the style. Applies to all styles.
Foreground/Text Specifies the color for text in an annotation, transition, or form control, or for an annotation border.

Click the down arrow to select a standard color; click More Colors to specify a custom RGB value; click Default to restore the default color.

  • Applies to all styles except print form, state form, transition form, header, footer, and left/right sidebar styles.
  • Can use an SBM theme value (form-related styles only).
Background 1 Specifies the background color for annotations, forms, or form components.

Click the down arrow to select a standard color; click More Colors to specify a custom RGB value; click Default to restore the default color.

  • Applies to all styles.
  • Can use an SBM theme value (form-related styles only).
Background 2 Specifies a secondary color. For expander containers, detail controls, and print sections, the second color is used in the header; for tabs, the second color is used to differentiate between selected and unselected tabs.
  • Applies to tab and expander containers and print form sections.
  • Can use an SBM theme value.
Corner Radius Specifies a corner radius to containers and detail controls. For print form sections, you must apply a background color for the radius to be visible on the form. For panels, the corner radius is visible when you apply a background image or the background color is different than the panel color.

To use this option, the Enable HTML5 features check box must be selected. Refer to Form Options.

  • Applies to tab and expander containers and print form sections.
  • Can use an SBM theme value.
Line style, Line width Specifies the style and line width (in pixels) for an annotation border or transition arrow. Applies to all styles except form-related styles.
Font Specifies the text styling. Click the browse button to modify the text font, size, and other attributes.
  • Applies to all styles except application workflow, print form, state form, transition form, header, footer, and left/right sidebar styles.
  • Can use an SBM theme value (form-related styles only).
Image Specifies an image to use as the background for an annotation or form style. Select an existing image or select Add to import an image. Applies to annotation, expander, print form, print form section, state form, tab, transition form, header, footer, left/right sidebar, and swimlane styles.
Row color, Alternate row color, Highlighted row color, Selected row color Specifies the color for various rows in a grid-style widget. The alternate row color can differ from the row color so contiguous rows can be better identified. A highlighted row is the row over which the mouse pointer is hovering, and selected rows are the rows that are currently selected in the grid.

Click the down arrow to select a standard color; click More Colors to specify a custom RGB value; click Default to restore the default color.

  • Applies to the grid style.
  • Can use an SBM theme value.

Related Topics

Context Menu Options for Columns

Using the Editor Pane