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Selecting Custom Colors

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You can customize the templates by selecting colors (or images, where applicable) for the following areas:

Note: Depending on the template and the items selected to be included in the view, certain items may not appear on the Custom Colors window.

The following image shows the Custom Colors window containing color choices for Banner, Control, Domain, Page Tabs, and Content Block.

The color areas vary for each template (for example, Background 1).

For details, see:

When you select the colors and/or wallpaper for your Dashboard banner, you can also select that these customizations be inherited by the HTML Report Assistant and Graph Assistant (when used from the Dashboard view).

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Procedure: How to Customize the Look of the HTML Report and Graph Assistant in Dashboard
  1. From the View Builder, click Colors.
  2. Select the colors and/or wallpaper.

    Background color 1 is the top area, background color 2 is the main body area of the tool.

  3. Click the Report Assistant and Graph Assistant inherit banner colors check box.
  4. Click Preview.
  5. Click Save.

Note: For changes in this window to be effective, you must click Preview and Save before you exit this window.

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Procedure: How to Choose Custom Colors for a Template
  1. From the View Builder, click Colors. The Custom Colors window opens.
  2. Click the colored rectangle adjacent to the area for which you want to select the color.

    The Color Palette window opens as shown in the following image.

  3. Click a color from the palette or enter a hex value in the area provided. The hex value is not case sensitive. You are not limited to the colors that appear in the Color Palette window; you can use any color you want by entering the hex value.
  4. Click Done to close the Color Palette window and save changes. Click Close to close the Color Palette window without saving changes.

    You return to the Custom Colors window.

  5. Click Preview to see how the colors display.
  6. Click Save to save changes.
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Reference: Banner Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for the banner:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Background 1

The area that does not contain a logo or links for templates 2, 3, 4, and 5. In templates 1 and 6, it is the area behind the links.

Background 2

In template 1 it is the narrow bar above "Your Company LOGO". The area behind the links in templates 2, 3, and 4. In templates 5 and 6, it is the narrow bar at the bottom of the banner.

Background 3

In templates 1 and 3 it is the narrow bar below "Your Company LOGO". In template 2 it is the bar beneath background area 1. The logo area in templates 3, 4, and 5. This is not applicable in template 6.

Background 4

In template 1, the area behind "Your Company LOGO". In template 3, the line between "Your Company LOGO" and the link bar. This is not applicable for templates 2, 4, 5, and 6.

Background 5

In template 3, the line between "Your Company LOGO" and the message of the day. This is not applicable for templates 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.

Link

The text color for links in the banner and for the optional welcome message.

Hover

The text color for links when the cursor is positioned over the link.
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Reference: Toolbar Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for the toolbar:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Background

The color of the toolbar at the top of the Domain Tree, Role Tree, and content blocks.

Text

The content block name.
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Reference: Domain Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for the domain:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Background

The background color behind the Domain Tree. This is also the background color for the Domain Tree that opens when a user selects the Tree link in the banner.

Text

The color of the text in the Domain Tree, including folder names.

Link

The color of domain items such as links and reports.

Visited Link

The color of domain items such as links and reports after being accessed.

Hover

The text color for domain items such as links and reports when the cursor is positioned over the item.
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Reference: Page Tabs Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for page tabs:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Selected Tab Background

The background color for the selected page tabs.

Unselected Tab Background

The background color for the unselected page tabs.

Note: When default round corner tabs are used, the background color is the same for both selected and unselected tabs.

Selected Tab Text

The text color for the selected page tab.

Unselected Tab Text

The text color for the unselected page tabs.
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Reference: Content Block Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for content blocks:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Background

The background color behind List and Folder blocks and Output blocks if the block is empty. It is also the background color for the Dashboard login page when accessed from a public or group view.

Link

The color of links displayed in List and Folder blocks.

Visited Link

The text color for links in a List block after being accessed.

Hover

The text color for links in a List block when the cursor is positioned over the link.

Text

Folder names in a Folder block.

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Reference: Message Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for the message:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Background

The background color for the Message of the Day block.

Text

The color of the Message of the Day text.
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Reference: Toolbar 1 and Toolbar 2 Custom Color Areas

The following table describes the color areas for toolbar 1 and toolbar 2:

Custom Color Area

Designates...

Background 1

The area behind the text.

Background 2

The tool bar item outline.

Background 3

The tool bar background (area behind the items in the tool bar).

Link

The text color of links in the tool bar.

Visited Link

The text color for links in the tool bar after being accessed.

Hover

The text color for links in the tool bar when the cursor is positioned over the link.
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Procedure: How to Create a Wallpaper Effect in a Template
  1. From the View Builder, click Colors. The Custom Colors window opens.

    You can add a wallpaper effect in templates 2, 4, and 5.

  2. Enter the location of the image in the space provided or click Browse to search for the image. Note that the image must be a GIF, JPG, or BMP file.

    If the image is smaller than the banner area, it is repeated to fill the area.

    Note: Dragging and dropping items, including images, is not supported in Dashboard.

  3. Click the Click to Set Wallpaper check box only if you are changing the image or removing the image.
  4. Click Preview to view how the image displays. The Preview window must be updated before exiting the Custom Colors window or your changes will not be saved.

    The selected image file is copied to the WebFOCUS directory for access while running Dashboard. If the image file is modified in its original location you will need to reinsert the image from Dashboard; it will not be automatically updated.

    The name of the image will not display when you re-enter the View Builder.

  5. Click Save to save changes.
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Procedure: How to Display Square Corner Page Tabs in All Views
  1. In the WebFOCUS76\worp\conf directory, open the bid-config.xml file in a text editor.
  2. Edit the following variable to change it from the default setting for round corner page tabs: 
    <internal-var name="tabStyle" value="0"/>

    to the following setting for square corner page tabs:

    <internal-var name="tabStyle" value="1"/>

Note: After making changes to the bid-config.xml file, use the WebFOCUS Console to clear memory cache, or restart the application. Until this is done, the change is not effective.

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