Adding Interactive Controls: Information panel

Controls are used to manage data displayed by information panel objects and allows for changing the selected dimension elements or information panel parameters.

Controls

Filter Panel

NOTE. When working with information panels in the view mode, the operations of showing/hiding the filter panel and changing selection are available in controls.

To show the controls panel, click the Show Filters button on the toolbar.

To hide the controls panel, release the Hide Filters button on the toolbar.

Panel display settings are saved when the information panel is saved.

Available Operations

To add a control:

In the working area:

Select the Control visualizer type in the drop-down menu of the Insert button on the toolbar and click the slide cell.
Click the slide cell and select the Control visualizer type in the drop-down menu.

Click the Add Filter button in the filter panel title.

To set up the control, use the control setup panel.

To edit the control:

Open the side panel, then select the control in the working area or on the filter panel.
Select the Edit item in the context menu of the control selected on the control filter panel.

The control setup panel opens. The panel is hidden by default.

To delete the control located in the working area:

Select the control. To delete several controls, select them while holding down the CTRL key.

Execute one of the operations:

Select the Delete item in the drop-down menu of the Actions button on the popup settings panel.
Press the DELETE key.

After confirming the operation the selected control is deleted.

To delete the control located on the filter panel, select the Delete item in the control's context menu. The control will be deleted from the filter panel.

The controls located in the working area and the filter panel are published while the entire slide is published. When a single visualizer is published, the filter panel is not published.

The controls located in the working area are exported while the entire slide is exported. The filter panel is not exported during export of single visualizers or the entire slide.

When working with controls one can move them between the information panel working area and the filter panel.

To move the control from the working area to the filter panel:

Select the control.
Hover the cursor on the control border. The mouse cursor changes to hand icon.

Hold down the main mouse button and move the control to the filter panel.

To move the control from the filter panel to the working area:

Hover the cursor on the control. The mouse cursor changes to hand icon.
Hold down the main mouse button and move the control to the working area.

To reorder controls in the list, on the filter panel drag the control to the required position.

To set up the filter panel, use the side panel.

To show the panel:

Click the Settings button on the toolbar and click the filter panel.
Select the Set Up Panel item in the context menu of the filter panel.

The side panel opens. The panel is hidden by default.

To hide the side panel, release the Settings button on the toolbar.

The following settings are available:

Title. The Filters name is shown by default. To rename the filter panel title, enter new title text and set text parameters:

Font. Select one of the available fonts in the drop-down list.
Font Size. Set the required font size. Size is set in points, it can be entered manually or using the keyboard. The range of available values: [6; 36].
Font Color. Select font color in the drop-down palette. One can select standard and custom colors. The palette contains only standard colors by default.

To create a custom color:

Click the Add Color button. The advanced color palette opens.
Select a color in the advanced color palette, use color picker to select color on a browser page, or set color code in the RGB or HEX format.

After executing the operations the custom color is created and added to the palette.

To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

NOTE. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the a palette is 23.

Font Style. Select font style in the button's drop-down menu:

B. Bold.
I. Italic.
U. Underline.

When the button is pressed, the corresponding font style is used. Several styles can be used simultaneously, for example, pressed B and I buttons result in bold italic font style.

To reset the current settings and restore the default style, click the Reset button.

Layout. In the drop-down menu select the layout option for the filter panel: to the right or left of the slide. The Right option is set by default.
Formatting. In the drop-down palette select the required background color of the filter panel.

To set a custom color:

Click the Add Color button in the standard color palette and select the color in the advanced color palette.
Select a color in the advanced color palette, use color picker to select color, or set color code in the RGB or HEX format.

After executing the operations the custom color is added to the palette.

NOTE. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the a palette is 23.

To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

To reset the current settings of filter panel background and restore the default style, click the Default Color button.

Working with Controls

Working with controls is identical to working with dimension controls on the Dimension Filter panel.

When the selection in the control or controlling dimension changes, the selection by this dimension also changes in the visualizers selected as controlled by this control.