This page is for application designers who want to know how to use style settings.
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Overview
The components
on a screen have properties for applying styles
which affect their
look and feel. For example, you can add a background
colour or set how a button reacts when the mouse passes over it. Styles can be applied using a shared style
which is reusable and provides a consistent look and feel
To change an aspect of styling, you only need to change the style in one place, in the shared style. All components that use the style are automatically updated.
If you change a shared style, remember to test that it looks correct for all components.on individual components. This is object-level styling. It is useful to use this when you are experimenting with styles or you
across your application, or it can be applied to a single component if you want to apply a one-off style
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To use an object-level style on multiple components, you have to set the style properties for each component.
You can
combine both
shared styles and object-level styling on the same
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Where to Apply Styles
Every component has a property tab with the sections:
- Shared Styles - lists any global-level shared styles that apply to the component
- Styles - set common formatting options for the component
- CSS Properties - lists specific styles, defined using a CSS tag and its value.
See Component Reference Information for details.
Creating Shared Styles
Sharing Styles
To use the style in a component:
component.
A component can have multiple shared styles and CSS properties. PhixFlow applies the formats in the order they appear in the property tab list.
Style Order
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PhixFlow applies styles using the principle of cascading style sheets (CSS). A component can have styles from one, some or all of the following settings:
- Shared Styles - global
CSS Properties - object
- Style Settings - object
- Conditional Formatting - global
- Position Settings - object
PhixFlow applies styles in
the above order.
If a different style is applied to the same aspect of a component, the later settings override the earlier settings
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For example, the style for a button border is set to:
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You can configure a shared style
to have a condition that must be true for the style to be applied
using a formatting rule; see Applying Formatting Rules and Formatting Rule properties. For example, you can hide an "Update" button until the user had made a change to the data.
Formatting rules require an expression for the condition logic, which must be true for the style to be applied; see Expressions and
Where Styles are Applied
Every component has a Style Properties tab with the sections:
- Shared Styles (Recommended) - a global-level shared style that can be applied to multiple components to give your application a consistent look and feel. To change an aspect of styling, you only need to change the style in one place, the shared style. All components that use the style are automatically updated when the style is updated. It is recommended that all styles be applied using a shared style where possible.
- Styles Settings - set common formatting options for the component. This includes position settings, which fix where a component should appear and what size it should be. This is object-level styling. It is useful to use this when you are experimenting with styles or you want to apply a one-off style to a component.
- CSS Properties - a set of specific styles, defined using CSS tags and their associated values. This is object-level styling.
- Formatting Rules - apply a shared style when the conditions of a rule are satisfied. Formatting Rules are applied at the object-level.
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Creating Shared Styles
In the PhixFlow repository, navigate to Styles and click
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- Save your style.
Apply a Shared Style
To use the style in a component:
- Open the properties of the component you wish to apply the style to.
- Click on the
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- Click
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- PhixFlow adds the style to the list of shared styles that apply to the component.