The dialog appears when you right-click a parameter field and select Properties from the shortcut menu. It helps you to modify the properties of the parameter field and contains the following tabs:
OK
Applies the settings and closes this dialog.
Cancel
Cancels the settings and closes this dialog.
Help
Displays this help document.
This tab shows some general information of the parameter field. See the tab.
Name
Specifies the display name of the parameter field, which will be shown on the shortcut menu of the parameter field.
Width
Specifies the width of the parameter field.
Format
Specifies the data format of the parameter field.
Height
Specifies the height of the parameter field.
Top Padding
Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its top border.
Bottom Padding
Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its bottom border.
Left Padding
Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its left border.
Right Padding
Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its right border.
Background
Specifies the background color of the parameter field.
To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, input Transparent in the text box.
Foreground
Specifies the foreground color of the parameter field.
To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB.
This tab shows the font-related information of the parameter field. You can modify all the font settings in this tab. See the tab.
Font
Specifies the font face of the parameter field text.
Size
Specifies the font size of the parameter field text.
Horizontal Alignment
Specifies the horizontal alignment mode of the text in the parameter field.
Vertical Alignment
Specifies the vertical alignment mode of the text in the parameter field.
Bold
Specifies whether to make the object text bold or not.
Underline
Specifies whether the field text will be underlined or not.
Strikethrough
Specifies whether or not to attach a strikeout line to the parameter field text.
Italic
Specifies whether to make the field text italic or not.
Autofit
Specifies whether or not to automatically adjust the width of the parameter field.
Word Wrap
Specifies whether or not to wrap the text to the parameter field width.
Ignore HTML Tag
If this option is unchecked, JReport will parse HTML tag elements in the field value while the report is to be saved as an HTML file; or the field value will appear in the HTML file the same as that in Web Report Studio (HTML tag elements in the field value, if any, will not be parsed).
This tab shows information about borders of the parameter field. You can modify all the border settings in this tab. See the tab.
Color
Specifies the border color.
Width
Specifies the border width.
Top Line
Specifies the style of the top border line.
Bottom Line
Specifies the style of the bottom border line.
Left Line
Specifies the style of the left border line.
Right Line
Specifies the style of the right border line.
Shadow
Specifies whether the borders will have a shadow effect or not.
Shadow Color
Specifies the color of the border shadow.
