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Palette

The palette consists of three categories of HTML page elements, accessed by tabs at the bottom of the window.

The window that appears when you click a given tab is called a palette page. The default palette pages are locked, which means they cannot be deleted and components cannot be removed from them or added to them. You can add your own unlocked pages to the palette.

The following items are described on this page:

Related Topics
Form page

 Form
HTML form container

PushButton
HTML form Submit or Reset button

TextField
HTML form text field

Text Area
HTML form text field, multiple lines

List Box
HTML form list box

Drop-Down List
HTML form drop-down selector list

Radio Button Group
HTML form radio-button

CheckBox
HTML form checkbox


HTML page

 Data-Bound Link
Hypertext link

Image
HTML image

Data-Bound Image Link
HTML image that serves as a hypertext link

DropDownLink
Hyperlinked combo-box navigation widget

Link Target
Named hypertext target

Horizontal Line
Horizontal rule (<hr>)

Label
Data-bound label

Table
HTML table

Tile
Data-bound repeating container

List
Data-bound list


JavaScript page

 Date Display
Display current or last-modified date

Dated Image
HTML image with expiration date

Rollover Image Link
HTML image that changes when mouse rolls over it

Auto-redirect
Automatic page redirection

New Window Link
Hypertext link that opens a new window

Mail Link
mailto: hypertext link

Scrolling Banner
Scrolling message in browser status bar

Custom Script
Custom script


Customizing the Palette
The palette can be customized in the following ways. A palette page is accessed by tabs at the bottom of the window.

Customization
Action to take
Create a new palette page
Right-click the palette and choose New Page. Name the new page.
Delete a palette page
Right-click the palette and choose Delete Page. Confirm the page deletion.
Reorder pages
Left-drag tabs to the desired location.
Reordering components on a page
Left-dag components to the desired order.
Moving components between palette pages
Left-drag components to the tab of an unlocked page to move the component to that page. Alternatively, right-click the component and choose Cut, select the page where you want to copy the component, and then right-click the page and choose Paste. You cannot copy components to locked pages (HTML, Form, JavaScript) but you can copy from them.
Copying components between palette pages
Ctrl+drag components with the left mouse button to the tab of an unlocked page to copy the component to that page. Alternatively, right-click the component and choose Copy, select the page where you want to copy the component, and then right-click the page and choose Paste. You cannot move components to or from locked pages (HTML, Form, JavaScript) but you can copy from them.
Renaming palette pages
Click the page you wish to rename with the right mouse button and choose Properties. Rename the page. You can rename locked pages.
Viewing and editing component properties
Right-click the component and choose Properties. Component properties can be changed on locked pages. Alternatively, you can copy the component onto an HTML page or template and edit its properties with the Properties Window, although you can not then copy the component back onto a locked palette page. You can, however, copy it to an unlocked palette page.
Deleting components
Right-click the component you wish to delete and choose Delete Item. Confirm the component deletion.

 

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