Description

A Page Panel Control is a specialised titled box container as shown in the example below. It has three page level texts – page header text, page information text, page trailer text – and these texts and any child controls are displayed in a tabular layout. Child controls are displayed in the content area between the information text and trailer text and are laid out according to the selected layout configured for the control. If more than one Page Panel Control is added to a page, they will share the same texts.

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If required, a Page Panel Control can be added automatically when a new page is created – see the Page Editor tab of Designer Preferences.

See also Group Panel Control which is very similar, but does not have the restriction of sharing the same page-level texts.

See also Titled Panel Control which is a similar container control and offers a single title text and borders with curved corners.

Properties

Style Tab - Styling Assistant

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Width	Sets the width to one of the following: · A specific value e.g. 300px · The minimum value: this results in the Page Panel Control being just as wide as it needs to be to accommodate its content Note that this setting will be ignored if the parent container layout specifies a horizontal cell alignment of fill (this applies to Horizontal Box, Vertical Box and Column layouts). This is equivalent to specifying 100% above. *Warning: when a specific value is set, any padding, border or margins will be in addition* to the specified value and can cause the Page Panel Control to “break out” of its parent space. See also: hints and tips, understanding width.	width	Character	Yes	Yes	As per CSS width property Child: equivalent to minimum
Background	Sets the background for the entire Page Panel Control. See background properties.
Border	Specifies a border for the entire Page Panel Control. See border properties.
Margin	Margin is the space between a control and its neighbours. See margin properties.
Header:	Following properties apply to the header text
Text	Header text properties: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Background	Header text background properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Border	Border properties for the header text box. See border properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Padding	Padding is the space between the text and the border. See padding and margin properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Alignment	Sets horizontal alignment for the header text.	headerProperties .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Information:	Following properties apply to the information text
Text	Information text properties: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Background	Information text background properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Border	Border properties for the information text box. See border properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Padding	Padding is the space between the text and the border. See padding and margin properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Alignment	Sets horizontal alignment for the information text.	infoProperties .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Contents:	Following properties apply to the content area where child controls are shown as configured by the layout type property.
Height	Sets the height of the content area	contentHeight				As per CSS height property
Text	Sets the text properties for any child controls: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	contentText
Padding	Padding is the space between the content and its border. See padding and margin properties.	contentPadding
Trailer:	Following properties apply to the trailer text
Text	Trailer text properties: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Background	Trailer text background properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Border	Border properties for the trailer text box. See border properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Padding	Padding is the space between the text and the border. See padding and margin properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Alignment	Sets horizontal alignment for the trailer text.	trailerProperties .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Advanced Properties:
Group panel style	CSS class and inline style applied to the table used to contain page texts and content. See Advanced Properties below.	cssClass style	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Header text style	CSS class and inline style applied to the header text. See Advanced Properties below.	headerClass headerStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Info text style	CSS class and inline style applied to the information text. See Advanced Properties below.	infoClass infoStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Content style	CSS class and inline style applied to the content area. See Advanced Properties below.	contentClass contentStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Trailer text style	CSS class and inline style applied to the trailer text. See Advanced Properties below.	trailerClass trailerStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter

Html Element Properties Tab

This allows you to add element properties to the root element of the Control – see Html Element Properties for more information.

Layout Tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Layout type	Defines the layout used to lay out all child controls in the content area.	layout	Character	Yes	No
Layout properties	Shown when a layout type is specified. Click to display the styling assistant for the selected layout.

Texts Tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Header Text	Header text			No	No
Info Text	Information text			No	No
Trailer Text	Trailer text			No	No

¹ See accessing control properties from scripts

Examples of setting properties via API based language:

controls.PAGEPANEL1.width = "1000px";

controls.PAGEPANEL1.backgroundColor = "#FFFFCC";

controls.PAGEPANEL1.headerProperties.textBold = "Bold";

controls.PAGEPANEL1.headerProperties.hAlign = "Left";

controls.PAGEPANEL1.contentText.textColor = "black";

controls.PAGEPANEL1.trailerProperties.backgroundColor = "#F0F0F0";

controls.PAGEPANEL1.cssClass = "class1";

Examples of setting properties via FPL:

set PAGEPANEL1.width = '1000px';

set PAGEPANEL1.backgroundColor = '#FFFFCC';

set PAGEPANEL1.headerProperties.textBold = 'Bold';

set PAGEPANEL1.headerProperties.hAlign = 'Left';

set PAGEPANEL1.contentText.textColor = 'black';

set PAGEPANEL1.trailerProperties.backgroundColor = '#F0F0F0';

set PAGEPANEL1.cssClass = 'class1';

Advanced Properties

A Page Control has three texts – header text, information text, trailer text – and these texts and any child controls are displayed in a tabular layout. Child controls are displayed in the content area between the information text and trailer text and are laid out according to the selected layout configured for the control.

The diagram below shows the advanced properties available:

Hints and Tips

Consider using a Group Panel Control instead of this control; a Group Panel Control provides the same functionality but without the restriction of sharing page level texts. Page Panel Control was introduced to aid in the migration of forms from Ebase versions prior to Version 4.0.

Control overflows to the right

The Page Control seems to break out of the parent control space. This problem typically occurs when a left margin has been configured for the Page Panel Control. Click here for solutions to this problem.

Right Click Menu Actions

Click here for right-click menu actions available to all controls.

There are no specific right click actions for this control.

Appearance in Outline View

A Page Panel Control is shown with the control name in brackets:

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