Edit text area toolbar

The text area can only be edited when Edit Text Area has been clicked on the title bar, or, when Edit Text Area has been selected from the pop-up menu.

Note: Text areas must be authored in the installed client.

At the top of the opened Edit Text Area dialog, you will see a toolbar where a number of options are available:


Option	Description
	Cuts the selected object from the current position, to be pasted somewhere else.
	Copies the selected object.
	Pastes the selected object in the text area.
Font	Specifies the font of the text.
Size	Specifies the font size of the text.
	Sets the selected text to boldface.
	Sets the selected text to italics
	Underlines the selected text.
	Opens the Color dialog where you can specify the text color.
	Aligns the selected paragraph to the left of the text area.
	Aligns the selected paragraph to the center of the text area.
	Align the selected paragraph to the right of the text area.
	Creates a numbered list of the selected paragraph.
	Creates a bulleted list of the selected paragraph.
	Removes the indent characters from the selected text.
	Indents the text of the selected paragraph.
	Opens a dialog where you can browse to locate an image to insert. Including images can be very costly to memory, so it is recommended to keep images small.
	Opens the Insert Web Link dialog where you can type or paste the link to any website which might be of interest for the analysis. You can also use this button to add a `mailto` link opening a new message in your standard email client, or use the Spotfire protocol handler to add a link to another analysis in the library. Examples: http://example.com mailto:person@example.com?subject=Test spotfire:server:https%3A//myspotfireserver/:analysis:84396295-4e71-2752-806b-ed80277af86e
	Removes the web link but leaves the text intact.
	Opens a drop-down menu where you can specify a background color for the text area.
	Lets you specify a background image for the text area. Click Browse for Background Image to select the image and click Background Image Settings to change the positioning settings. Tip: Use your favorite image editor to make the image look the way you want it before adding it to the text area.
	Opens a dialog so you can select a filter to add to the text area.
	Lets you insert an action link, button, or image, which applies a bookmark, switches page, exports a report to PDF, runs a script, etc. See also Adding actions to a text area.
	Lets you add a property control such as an input field, a drop-down list, a list box, and so on, for easily changing the value of a custom property. See also Adding a property control to a text area.
	Allows you to insert a dynamic item (a sparkline , a calculated value, an icon, or a bullet graph) into the text area.

To change the name of the text area, or to show or hide the title bar, go to the visualization properties.

Tip: If you want to manually change the underlying HTML or add JavaScript code, click the Edit HTML button,

. However, if you edit the HTML for a text area directly it is recommended to continue using this method for any further editing of the text area. This is because the standard WYSIWYG editor might add or remove changes to the HTML that you have not expected, depending on its PerformHtmlSanitation preference setting. The HTML sanitizer is switched on (true) by default. The Edit HTML dialog will provide you with some information regarding unsupported elements which you will only see in this mode. See also Supported HTML in the Text Area.