Styles

Click the plus sign in front of each Theme to see all the styles for that Theme. The figure below shows the styles available in the Green theme. When the Green theme is in use, the Visual Components (and free-form text) can be assign any of these look-and-feel definitions.

To set a Style for a Visual Component:

1. Double-click the component on the page, or right-click and choose Properties.

The component Properties pane opens.

2. One of the properties listed is the Style Name. Click the down-arrow button beside the property to open a drop-down list of the available styles, and select the required style from the list - .
3. Click Apply or Apply and Close to apply the change.
4. On completion, save the changes.

Figure 1 - Applying a style for a Visual Component

Each style has its own set of properties as appropriate for the style’s requirements. Below is the properties pane for the page title style - . As this style is a “Text” component, it requires a number of font properties.

Figure 2 - Style properties

When you change a setting, Forsta Plus provides an instant preview of the style so that you can see how the change affects the style. Also, when making changes to a style, each alteration (setting) is listed below the preview so that you can see which settings have been set for that style (go to Visual Components for more information).

Viewing Stylesheet Contents

You can view all the styles for a theme on one sheet.

Right-click on a Theme and choose View Stylesheet Contents.

Forsta Plus will then list all the styles for that Theme - . This can be useful if you want to quickly find the definitions of all styles, typically for use outside this theme.

Figure 3 - Viewing the Stylesheet Contents