MicroStrategy ONE

Hiding and displaying the Property List

The Property List , on the left side of the interface, displays the properties of the control selected in the Layout area. The properties listed vary depending on the type of control (section, text field, image, and so on) selected. The Property List displays the settings found in both the Format Objects dialog box, which includes formatting properties such as color and borders, and the Properties dialog box, which defines the control and includes properties such as size and position.

If the Property List is not displayed, click Property List at the bottom of the accordion pane on the left. If the accordion pane is not displayed at all, select Property List from the View menu.

To hide or display the Property List

  1. Open a document. (How?)

  2. Click Property List at the bottom of the accordion pane on the left.

  3. If the accordion pane is not displayed at all, select Property List from the View menu.

If the Property List is currently hidden, it is displayed on the left side of the Document Editor; if currently displayed, it becomes concealed.

Controlling how the Property List displays

When the Property List is initially opened, a drop-down object list is displayed at the top of the Property List pane by default. It contains all the controls and sections in the document or, for multi-layout documents, the selected layout.

You can instead choose to display the objects as a hierarchical tree representing the document structure. You can choose whether to display the document structure tree on the left of the Property List or at the top of the Property List.

You can also choose to hide the object list or document structure tree, to display the properties only. In this case, to choose a different object, select the object in the Layout area.

To switch between the various methods of displaying the Property List

  1. In a document, with the Property List open (see above), click the appropriate button at the top of the Property List pane:

    • Object list

    • Document structure on left

    • Document structure on top

    • Properties only

Displaying information about properties

You can choose whether or not to display information about a property. The information, which displays at the bottom of the Property List pane, provides more detail about the selected property.

To display information about properties

  1. In a document, with the Property List open (see above), select a property and click Help at the top of the Property List pane.