Text Area Edit Mode


The text area can only be edited when the Toggle Edit Mode button, text_toggle_edit_mode_button.png, in the visualization title bar has been clicked, or, when Edit Text Area has been selected from the pop-up menu.

When in edit mode, you will see a toolbar at the top of the text area where a number of options are available:

Option

Description

text_icon_cut.png

Cuts the selected object from the current position, to be pasted somewhere else.

text_icon_copy.png

Copies the selected object.

text_icon_paste.png

Pastes the selected object in the text area.

Font

Specifies the font of the text.

Size

Specifies the font size of the text.

text_icon_bold.png

Sets the selected text to boldface.

text_icon_italic.png

Sets the selected text to italics.

text_icon_underline.png

Underlines the selected text.

text_icon_color.png

Opens the Color dialog where you can specify the text color.

text_icon_left.png

Aligns the selected paragraph to the left of the text area.

text_icon_center.png

Aligns the selected paragraph to the center of the text area.

text_icon_right.png

Align the selected paragraph to the right of the text area.

text_icon_numbered.png

Creates a numbered list of the selected paragraph.

text_icon_bullet.png

Creates a bulleted list of the selected paragraph.

text_icon_noindent.png

Removes the indent characters from the selected text.

text_icon_indent.png

Indents the text of the selected paragraph.

text_icon_image.png

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.

text_icon_insertlink.png

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 a tibcospotfire link which links to a different analysis.

 

Examples:

http://www.tibco.com

mailto:person@example.com?subject=Test

tibcospotfire:server:http\://myspotfireserver/:analysis:/Data/My Analysis

text_icon_removelink.png

Removes the web link but leaves the text intact.

text_icon_background_color.png

Opens a drop-down menu where you can specify a background color to the text area.

text_icon_background_image.png

Allows you to 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.

text_icon_filter.png

Opens the Insert  Filter dialog where you can select a filter to add to the text area.

text_icon_action.png

Opens the Action Control dialog where you can insert an action link or button which applies a bookmark, switches page or runs a script, etc.

text_icon_property_control.png

Opens the Property Control dialog where you can insert input fields, drop-down lists, list boxes, etc., which can easily change the values of custom properties.

text_icon_dynamic_item.png

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, right-click on the text area and select Properties.

Tip: If you want to manually change the underlying HTML or add JavaScript code, click on the Edit HTML button, text_edit_html_i.png. 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 may 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.

See also:

How to Use the Text Area

Text Area Pop-up Menus

What is a Guided Analysis?