About Px Properties

You can use Px Properties to facilitate graphic view design in the Px Editor view. Px Properties are entities based on a Px file markup convention that provides stylesheet-like control for properties in a Px file.

You specify Px properties using a Px Properties palette and a widget’s context-sensitive popup menu to “link” properties to Px objects in the appropriate object properties field. The following figure shows an example of two Px properties that are defined in the Px Properties palette.



Figure 16.   Px Properties palette with two defined properties

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Px Properties can set values for widget properties such as font family, font size, color, background image, and others. After you create a property, you link the property to one or more specific widget properties. This gives you a single source for setting all linked property values on a page. You can use these to easily theme and update your graphics (colors, font types, font sizes, etc.) on a single Px view, as needed.

Use the PxEditor Sidebar icon (located on the main menu bar) to display or hide the Px Properties palette in the Px Editor side bar pane.

 

NOTE: Px properties are not “globally” applicable; they work only on the local Px page where they are defined. However, you can copy and paste the content of the <properties> xml elements from one Px file to another using the Text File Editor view.
 


Figure 17.   Select the Px Properties palette from the Px Editor Side Bars option menu

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