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Formatting popover buttons and popovers

You can format the appearance of popover buttons — including the border, fill, and label — and popovers — including the border, title, and content area (the area in which objects are placed).

Note  Your formatting changes are saved on this layout only. To save changes as a style that can be applied to other popover buttons or popovers, see Creating and working with styles for layout objects, parts, and the layout background. Or, to save changes to a theme, see Saving a layout theme.

To format a popover button:

1.	In Layout mode, select the popover button.

2.	Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.

3.	Do one or more the following.

 

To	Do this
Change the line style, color, and fill attributes of the popover button	Choose the line style, color, and fill options in the Graphic area. See Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background.
Change the format of the popover button’s label	Select the popover button’s label, then:  • Choose options in the Text area.  • Or, use the text options in the formatting bar. If you don’t see the formatting bar, click Formatting in the layout bar. See Formatting text.
Add shadows to the popover button	In the Advanced Graphic area, select Outer Shadow, Inner Shadow, or both. Then click to change effects for the shadow. See Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.
Change the padding of the popover button	In the Advanced Graphic area, for Padding, specify values (in points) for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. See Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.

To format a popover:

You format the popover and the popover content area separately.

1.	In Layout mode, select the popover.

2.	Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.

3.	Choose Popover or Popover: Content from the object type drop-down list (at the top of the Appearance tab), then do one or more of the following.

To	Do this
Change the line style or color of the popover’s border or the border of the popover’s content area	Choose line style or color options in the Graphic area. See Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background.
Change the appearance of the popover’s background or the background of the popover’s content area	Choose a fill in the Graphic area. See Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background. Tip  You can create a custom border for a popover by specifying different fills for the popover and its content area.
Add an outer shadow to the popover	In the Advanced Graphic area, select Outer Shadow. Then click to change effects for the shadow. See Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.
Add an inner shadow to the popover’s content area	In the Advanced Graphic area, select Inner Shadow. Then click to change effects for the shadow.
Change the padding between the boundary of the popover and the boundary of the popover’s content area	In the Advanced Graphic area, for Padding, specify values. Note  Changing the top padding of a popover increases or decreases the height of the popover title area. See Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.
Change the appearance of the popover’s title	If the Popover Setup dialog box is not open, double-click the popover or select the popover and choose Format menu > Popover Setup, then:  • Choose options in the Text or Paragraph area.  • Or, use the text options in the formatting bar. If you don’t see the formatting bar, click Formatting in the layout bar. See Formatting text.

Notes

•	You can’t format a locked object. See Protecting objects from change.

•	You can format the appearance of a popover button to be conditional (for example, format a popover button to remain hidden when a certain condition is met). See Defining conditional formatting for layout objects and Hiding or showing layout objects.