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Changing popover settings

Use the Popover Setup dialog box to change popover settings.

To change settings for a popover:

1.	If the Popover Setup dialog box is not open in Layout mode, do one of the following:

•	If the popover is closed: Double-click the popover button or select the popover button and choose Format menu > Display Popover, then double-click the popover.

•	If the popover is open: Double-click the popover or select the popover and choose Format menu > Popover Setup.

2.	Do one or more of the following.

 

To	Do this
Change the title of the popover	Type a title, with or without double quotation marks. To specify a title based on a calculation, click (Windows) or Specify (OS X) and define the calculation. See Specify Calculation dialog box.
Show or Hide the title bar (and the title)	Select or clear Show title bar. Showing or hiding the title bar does not change the position of the objects on the popover.
Change the direction in which the popover opens on the layout	• Click Left , Right , Above , or Below .  • Or, place the arrow pointer on the popover’s title bar area (even if the title bar is hidden) and drag the popover to a new direction.
Assign one or more script triggers to the popover (if you want a script to run when you open or exit the popover)	Click Set Script Triggers and choose one or more script triggers. See Setting up script triggers and Creating scripts to automate tasks.

3.	To close the Popover Setup dialog box, click outside the dialog box or click its close button.

Notes

•	By default, popovers open to the right of a popover button, unless there isn’t enough room on the layout for the popover to display.

•	You can change the appearance of popover buttons and popovers independently of one another. See Formatting popover buttons and popovers.

•	To change the appearance of fields and other layout objects on a popover, select the objects on the popover, then use the Inspector to make your changes. See Selecting and working with objects on popovers.

Related topics 

Adding a popover

Copying, duplicating, and deleting popovers

Moving and resizing popovers