Control Panel

Click on

Options in the function bar below the main menu and select Project Options - Control Panel on the left.

Background

For Background you can select any background color for the control panel pages instead of the standard pattern, by clicking on Color. Following this, select the corresponding background color by clicking into the color field.

Details on color selection.

For color specification color spaces RGB and HSB are available for selection. Grab one of the small squares in the corners with the mouse and drag it to choose the corresponding color. Field Old / New color allows you to compare the new color to the old one. Clicking on old color causes it to be displayed in the corresponding object, if live update is supported by the object. This way, a before/after comparison can be made.
Selection of colors is particularly easy via the pipette. Click the pipette and the mouse pointer takes the form of a pipette. Use it to click the corresponding color on the screen or somewhere in the program window.

If you want to use your own standard colors for a project or want to use a particular color several times, you can define a Custom color. This is how you proceed:

Select a color so that it becomes visible in field Old / New color on the right.
Hold the Ctrl key pressed and click one of the squares in field Custom to save the corresponding color.
All colors saved under Custom can be directly selected by clicking them. This selection of colors will also be available when the dialog is opened again.

Field size

For Field size you can define the size of a field, i.e. the size of a control panel field. The default size is 88 x 66 pixels. The default setting can be resumed by clicking Default.

For Bitmaps you can enable or disable display of buttons. This function can also be activated by right-clicking a free area in the Control Panel. See also Using individual buttons.

Header

You can specify a global header for all pages, which may contain text, page numbers, date and time.

In the field below you can enter the applicable text. Add the current page number in the text by entering %P. Date and time can be added likewise. See

Syntax for date and time display format. Click

to select the text orientation.

The following format characters produce the following information:

%a ...for weekdays, abbreviated, e.g. Fr for Friday

%A ...for weekdays, e.g. Friday

%b ...for month, abbreviated, e.g. Jul for July

%B ...for month, e.g. July

%c ...for date and time in local format, e.g. 23.07.2004 11:09:58

%d ...for the day of a month as a decimal figure (01 - 31)

%H ...for hours in 24-hour format (00 – 23)

%I ...for hours in 12-hour format (00 – 12)

%j ...for the day of a year as a decimal figure (001 - 366)

%m ...for the month as a decimal figure (01 - 12)

%M ...for the minute as a decimal figure (00 - 59)

%p ...for marking mornings/afternoons in accordance with local format, e.g. A.M. / P.M.

%S ...for seconds as a decimal figure (00 - 59)

%U ...for the calendar week as a decimal figure, with Sunday being the first weekday (00 - 53)

%w ...for weekdays as a decimal figure (0 – 6, Sunday is 0)

%W ...for the calendar week as a decimal figure, with Monday being the first weekday (00 - 53)

%x ...for the date in local format, e.g. 24.07.2004

%X ...for the time in local format, e.g. 11:37:49

%y ..for the year without century as a decimal figure (00 – 99), e.g. 04

%Y ...for the year including century as a decimal figure, e.g. 2004

%Z ...for the time zone (only possible if the time zone is known by the system), e.g. Western European Standard Time

%% ...for display of the percent sign in the text

The additional character # allows you to enter the date in extended form, examples:

%#x ...for Friday, 23 July 2004

%#c ...for Friday, 23 July 2004 11:52:08

This option is not available for all date formats.

Full screen settings

Full screen settings allow display of the Control Panel including buttons on the entire screen without any margin, which is particularly interesting for touch panels.