Customizing Assembled Page Defaults

In this section:

Customizing Styling Defaults for Assembled Page Content
Customizing Styling Defaults for Assembled Page Filters

You can customize your default page settings to ensure consistency of your styling, as well as display of content and filters. These settings are available from the Page Defaults dialog box, shown in the following image.

There are two tabs in the Page Defaults dialog box: Filters and Content, each corresponding to the area for which the defaults can be set. You can access the Page Defaults dialog box in one of two ways:

By clicking the ellipsis icon inside the Filters tab on the sidebar, as shown in the following image.

When accessed from this location, the Page Defaults dialog box automatically displays the Filters tab.
By clicking the Edit page defaults link in the Page Setting panel, as shown in the following image.

When accessed from this location, the Page Defaults dialog box automatically displays the Content tab.

Customizing Styling Defaults for Assembled Page Content

How to:

Configure Page Content Defaults

When adding content to an assembled page, you can customize the default theme of your content on the page level. The options for the default Theme setting are as follows:

Use page default theme. Applies the current default theme to the page.
Designer 2018. Applies the Designer 2018 theme to the page.
Light. Applies the Light theme to the page.
Midnight. Applies the Midnight theme to the page.
Vivid. Applies the Vivid theme to the page.
Custom. Enables you to select a previously created custom theme and apply it to the page.
Apply to all current content. If selected, updates all content that is currently displayed on the canvas to reflect the specified theme.

Once the default theme is configured on the page level, the new content added to the page will reflect this theme, regardless whether it is added at design time or at run time using the Add Content button.

Procedure: How to Configure Page Content Defaults

Launch WebFOCUS Designer in the Assembled mode and select a page layout.
From the Page Settings pane, click the Edit page defaults link.

The Page Defaults dialog box opens.
Make your selection and click OK.
Add content to the canvas.

The content theme corresponds to the selection you made inside the Page Defaults dialog box.
To change your default theme styling, click the Page Header to invoke the Page Settings pane, and then click the Edit page defaults again.

The Page Defaults dialog box opens.
Make a different theme choice, select the Apply to all current content checkbox, and then click OK.

All existing content on the canvas is updated to reflect the new default theme. All subsequently added content will also reflect this new default theme.

Customizing Styling Defaults for Assembled Page Filters

How to:

Configure Filter Styling Defaults from the Filter Tab
Configure Filter Styling Defaults from the Filter Grid

When applying filters to an assembled page, you can customize the default styling of your filters on the page level. You can set default parameters for the following styling options:

Label Positions. Controls the position of the filter label in the relation to the control. The options are above, right, left, and no label.
Label Alignment. Controls the alignment of the filter label. The options are left, right, and center.
Label/Control Split. Controls the space ratio between the label and control inside the cell. This option is only available when the label position is set to right or left.
Control Object Width. Sets the width of the control in relation to the filter cell. The options are:
- Auto. Adjusts the width of the control automatically to accommodate the name of each value.
- Max. Fills the entire filter cell. This is the default value.
- Percentages. Set the control width to various percentages, as they relate to the filter cell.

The Filters tab of the Page Defaults dialog box is shown in the following image.

Once the default filter styling options are configured on the page level, the new controls added to the page will reflect these specifications, regardless of whether they are added at design time or at run time using the Add Content button.

Keep in mind that in cases where the filter styling is explicitly set by a user, this user setting will be retained as the original setting. For example, if a user sets a label position to right, and the page defaults setting has the filter position set to left, when this filter is removed and re-added, its label position will be again set to right. When a user applies filter defaults to existing filters or saves a particular filter style as a page default, these filters are then considered default-styled and will retain the new styling when removed and re-added.

You can configure default filter styling in one of two ways: from the Filters tab on the sidebar and directly from the filter grid.

Procedure: How to Configure Filter Styling Defaults from the Filter Tab

You can set default styling for assembled page filters before you add any filters to your page.

Launch WebFOCUS Designer in the Assembled mode and add parameterized content to the canvas.
Click the ellipses icon in the upper-right corner of the Filters tab of the sidebar, and then point to View/Edit filter defaults.

The Page Defaults dialog box opens.
Make your styling choices.
If you have any filters displayed on the canvas and want these new styling choices applied to them, select the Apply to all used filters checkbox.
Click OK.
Add some or all filters to the page.

Observe that the styling of your filters reflects the choices you just made.

Procedure: How to Configure Filter Styling Defaults from the Filter Grid

You can set default styling for assembled page filters directly from your filter grid. Using this method, you can also override the existing default styling that you configured earlier.

Launch WebFOCUS Designer in the Assembled mode and add parameterized content to the canvas.
From the Filters tab of the sidebar, right-click some of the filters, and click Add to page.

Controls to your parameters are added to the page filter toolbar.
Right-click a filter control and click View/Edit filter defaults, as shown in the following image.

The Page Defaults dialog box opens.
Make your styling choices and click OK.
From the Filters tab on the sidebar, add another filter to the page.
Notice that this new filter displays the new default styling. You can now make one of the following choices.
- Right-click the previously added filters, and click Apply default styling to match these filters to the new filter on the page.
- Right-click one of the previously added filters, and click Save filter style as default to ensure that all subsequent filters added to the page will match the styling of this filter.
  Note: If you want to quickly change all existing filters on the page to match this new default styling, open the Page Defaults again, select the Apply to all used filters checkbox, and click OK.
You can also multi-select filter controls on the page, right-click either one of them, point to View/Edit filter defaults, and change filter defaults for these items; or you can click Apply default styling to change the multi-selected items to the existing filter default. Note that the Save filter style as default option is inactive when you multi-select filter controls.

For more information on filter styling, see Styling Filter Controls in a Visualization.