Control Styles dialog box—Option descriptions

General tab of Control Styles dialog box

Option	Description
Item name	Display name (either the title or RefName) of the item that is associated with the control. READ-ONLY
Caption	Caption for the control. Limit: 4000 characters.
Inherit all styles	When selected, all control styles are inherited from the study-level styles or the form-level styles, if they are defined. This setting does not affect the caption. The caption that you specify appears, regardless of whether you selected Inherit all styles.

Option

Description

Item name

Display name (either the title or RefName) of the item that is associated with the control.

READ-ONLY

Caption

Caption for the control.

Limit: 4000 characters.

Inherit all styles

When selected, all control styles are inherited from the study-level styles or the form-level styles, if they are defined.

This setting does not affect the caption. The caption that you specify appears, regardless of whether you selected Inherit all styles.

Note: Click Apply to save your changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply/Next to apply your changes (if you made any) and advance to the next control.

The options that are available depend on the type of control that is selected in the Layout tab.

Basic Styles tab of Control Styles dialog box

Option	Description
Caption alignment	(Available for all controls.) Align the caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
Textbox size	(Available for controls on text, float, and integer items.) Width—Width of the text box, in characters. Height (Available for text items only)—Height of the text box, in lines.
Control orientation	(Available for compound items.) Align the controls of the compound item either horizontally or vertically.

Option

Description

Caption alignment

(Available for all controls.)

Align the caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.

Textbox size

(Available for controls on text, float, and integer items.)

Width—Width of the text box, in characters.
Height (Available for text items only)—Height of the text box, in lines.

Control orientation

(Available for compound items.)

Align the controls of the compound item either horizontally or vertically.

Note: The Inherit checkbox is available for each option. When Inherit is selected, the value for the option is inherited from the study-level styles or, if it is used, the form-level styles. To override the study-level or form-level styles, deselect Inherit, and provide a different value.

Note: Click Apply to save your changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply/Next to apply your changes (if you made any) and advance to the next control.

The following options are available when you select a Date Time item in the Layout tab.

Date Time Settings tab of Control Styles dialog box

Option	Description
Visible fields	Select the fields to set as visible for the date time item.
Year range	Select the year range for the date time item.

Note: The Inherit checkbox is available for each option. When Inherit is selected, the value for the option is inherited from the study-level styles or, if it is used, the form-level styles. To override the study-level or form-level styles, deselect Inherit, and provide a different value.

Note: Click Apply to save your changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply/Next to apply your changes (if you made any) and advance to the next control.

The Control Type tab appears when a control is:

A float, integer, or text item with a codelist.
A float or integer item with units.

For other controls, this tab is hidden.

Control Type tab of Control Styles dialog box

Option	Description
Unit control type	For a float or integer item with units—Format the units as either radio buttons or pulldowns. For a float, integer, or text item with a codelist—Format the controls for the codelist items as either radio buttons or pulldowns.

Note: The Inherit checkbox is available for each option. When Inherit is selected, the value for the option is inherited from the study-level styles or, if it is used, the form-level styles. To override the study-level or form-level styles, deselect Inherit, and provide a different value.

Note: Click Apply to save your changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply/Next to apply your changes (if you made any) and advance to the next control.

Advanced tab of Control Styles dialog box

Option	Description
Display Override	You can override the item's Display Override value for the control only. Inherit—Use the item's Display Override value. Read only—Make the control read only. (In the InForm software, corresponds to the Hidden value of the Display Override property of an item.) Hidden—Make the control hidden. (In the InForm software, corresponds to the Read-Only value of the Display Override property of an item.)
Character set restriction	(Available for text items without codelists.) Unrestricted (Default)—Do not restrict the entry of values in text fields without codelists. ASCII Only—In release 5.0 and later of the InForm application, restrict the entry of values in text fields without codelists to the complete ASCII character set (byte range 0 to 127). Items with restricted values are marked with a star («) in the Annotated Study Book.

Option

Description

Display Override

You can override the item's Display Override value for the control only.

Inherit—Use the item's Display Override value.
Read only—Make the control read only. (In the InForm software, corresponds to the Hidden value of the Display Override property of an item.)
Hidden—Make the control hidden. (In the InForm software, corresponds to the Read-Only value of the Display Override property of an item.)

Character set restriction

(Available for text items without codelists.)

Unrestricted (Default)—Do not restrict the entry of values in text fields without codelists.
ASCII Only—In release 5.0 and later of the InForm application, restrict the entry of values in text fields without codelists to the complete ASCII character set (byte range 0 to 127). Items with restricted values are marked with a star («) in the Annotated Study Book.

Note: Click Apply to save your changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply/Next to apply your changes (if you made any) and advance to the next control.