MicroStrategy ONE

Using a transparent or opaque backstyle

The backstyle governs whether the background of the control is transparent or opaque.

  • A transparent backstyle allows you to see what is behind the control.

  • An opaque backstyle covers what is behind the control. It also allows the fill color of the control to be seen.

In the document sample below, the text field labeled Transparent has the backstyle set to transparent, while the other two text fields use the opaque backstyle. As described above, the transparent backstyle allows the gray background to show through, while opaque covers up the background with the fill color of the text field.

The difference between the two text fields that use the opaque backstyle lies in the way the backstyle setting is changed. For the text field labeled Opaque, the backstyle setting was set to opaque, so the default background color (white) displays. For the "Fill" text field, the background color was changed from the default of white. This automatically changes the backstyle to opaque.

You can apply a backstyle to the following types of controls:

  • Grid/Graphs: The backstyle applies to any part of the Grid/Graph container that is not covered by the grid or graph report displayed inside the Grid/Graph container. For example, the background of the Grid/Graph container in the following sample is a dark gray. Because the Grid/Graph container is longer than the grid report inside it, the bottom of the Grid/Graph is dark gray.

    The background of a Grid/Graph is visible when the Grid/Graph container is larger than the report displayed inside it. This occurs when all of the following conditions are met:

    • The Grid/Graph is displayed as a grid report.

    • The Height mode and Width mode are set to Fixed, not Fit to contents. This allows the specified Height and Width settings to be used. (For steps to size a Grid/Graph, see Sizing controls.)

    The background of a Grid/Graph can be formatted as a single color, a gradient, or as transparent, to allow what is behind the selector to show through.

  • HTML containers using HTML tags: For an HTML container using a URL (iFrame), the backstyle is overwritten by the website displayed by the URL.

  • Panel stacks, title bars, and panels

  • Rectangles and rounded rectangles

  • Selectors

  • Text fields

To apply a transparent or opaque backstyle

  1. In MicroStrategy Web, open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Add one of the controls listed above.

  3. Right-click the control and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

  4. From the left, select Color and Lines.

  5. In the object list at the top of the dialog box, select the part of the control to format.

  6. In the Fill area, from the Color drop-down list, select No Color.

  7. Click OK to apply your changes and return to the document.