Styling
In this area of the style inspector you can define where the elements are positioned on a screen.
If the movable option is unchecked, the object cannot be moved on the canvas with the mouse. If an element is nested, the values are relative to the parent's bounds.
Note
Positioning with Top and Left is only possible in Free Layout.
The size of screens, widgets and basic elements can be set in the style inspector or style bar. The size can either be set manually or defined automatically. Width and height can be set separately. Three size modes exist in Antetype.
Types
You can set the size of the element directly by resizing it on the canvas or enter the desired value in the style inspector.
If set to stretch, the element automatically adapts to the available space of its parent container.
If set to shrink, the element automatically adapts to the size of its content. This setting also respects the text of an element.
Additional Properties
Regardless of the type, a minimum and maximum size can be set.
Note
Resizing with handles on the canvas applies to all states. If you want to change the size only for a specific state, use the Style Inspector.
The layout of the screen or basic elements can be set in the style inspector or style bar.
It defines how the element's content is arranged and reacts if the element is resized. Four different layout modes exist in Antetype. In addition, you can set the horizontal and vertical alignment to left, center or right and top, center or bottom.
Types
The nested elements can be moved freely on the canvas or you can specify the position in the Style Inspector using Top and Left.
The elements are layered above each other. You can change the order by drag and drop in the screen inspector or by pressing the Front/Back buttons in the toolbar.
The elements are placed side-by-side. You can change the position by drag and drop in the screen inspector or on the canvas.
The elements are placed one below the other. You can change the position by drag and drop in the screen inspector or on the canvas.
Note
If wrapping is enabled, the elements that don't fit in a row or column, move to the next row or column. Wrapping is only available in horizontal or vertical flow layout.
If activated in the style inspector, the element floats, independent of the parent container's layout. Only the padding of the parent container is taken into account. You can specify where the floating element should be located. If set to shrink, the parent container respects the size of the floated element. Additionally, you can enable fixed positioning, which ignores its parent container and aligns itself to the screen.
When arranging elements using smart guides or if an element is arranged by layout specifications, margins define the distance of an object to another object on the same hierarchical level and to the outlines of its parent container. You can define the margin value for each side of an object by opening the margin section in the style inspector or style bar.
Padding defines the distance of nested elements to the outline of the parent container. You can define the padding value for each side of an object individually by opening the padding section in the style inspector or style bar.
Note
Margin has no effect on cells inside a Free Layout Container. Padding has no effect on Free Layout Containers.
The breakpoints menu is located in the bottom right corner of the main window inside the Status Bar. By default, no breakpoints are defined. From the menu you can choose "Edit Breakpoints…" to open the breakpoint editor window.
You can add breakpoints by clicking the + sign. By default the current size of the canvas is used when a new breakpoint is created.
You can choose predefined breakpoints from the menu or create custom breakpoints. Breakpoints can be added, removed and edited at any time.
After adding breakpoints, new states are available for each widget. You can turn on the states in the style inspector to make specific settings for each breakpoint. The states can be activated by choosing breakpoints from the breakpoints menu or resizing the screen.
This setting of the Style inspector allows you to show and hide elements. You can toggle between visible, hidden, and collapsed.
You can also use the display pop-over from the style bar.
Types
Just makes the element invisible, but the element still affects the layout.
Shows the element.
Removes the element completely, the layout is not affected.
Additional Properties
In addition, the opacity of the element can be changed. All nested elements are also affected by the opacity setting.
You can specify the painting order within a container. Elements with a higher z-index show up above other elements with a lower z-index.
A nested element can not paint above something if the parent element has a lower z-index. (If a nested element has a higher z-index than the parent element, it has no effect. It is limited by the z-index of the parent element.)
Blurs the element.
Rotates the element.
A selection of different blend modes.
The corner radius can be defined for each corner of a rectangle by opening the rounded corners section in the style inspector or style bar.
Border size, color and type can be defined for each side of a rectangle or circle by opening the border section in the style inspector or style bar.
You can choose between solid, dotted or dashed border.
For circles, only one border can be defined. If you want a circle with different Borders you can use a Rectangle with Rounded Corners.
Tip
To define a semi-transparent border color use the opacity slider of the color picker.
The background style of a cell can be chosen in the style inspector or via the fill button in the style bar.
Types
Defines the background color of an element. Click the color well and choose the color from the color picker. Alternatively select a saved color from the list.
For more Information regarding colors see Color Management.
Tip
To define a semi-transparent background color use the opacity slider of the color picker.
With the gradient editor you can define complex gradients with multiple color stops. To create a color stop, click in the color stop area. To delete a color stop, select it and press the backspace key. The stop position can either be changed by dragging or by entering the value in the "Stop Position" field. Values between 0 and 100 are possible. The angle of a linear gradient can be adjusted by entering the value in the "Angle" entry field or by turning the circular slider.
A radial gradient can be displayed if the switch is turned on.
To reverse the gradient, press the button on top of the gradient well.
Attention
Color management for gradients is currently not supported.
Images that have been added to the project can be used as background image for the selected element.
Images can either be displayed scaled, in their original size or tiled horizontally or vertically. If Original is selected, the image is shown in its normal size and its alignment can be specified. If the cell size can be changed manually, the "Original Size" button sets the cell size to the dimensions of the image. If the image is scaled, the image proportions can be kept by checking the "Proportional scale" option.
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Adding Images
Images can be added to the project by clicking the + sign or dragging it to the resource inspector. In addition, images can be dragged from the Finder or web browser to the canvas or pasted from another application. Antetype accepts pixel and vector formats like: PNG, JPEG, GIF, SVG.
This section describes the handling of nested elements.
Layout Options:
- Free
- Stacked
- Horizontal Flow
- Vertical Flow
For all layouts, except Free, the horizontal and vertical alignment of the content elements can be specified.
This setting defines whether the content is visible or hidden if it is located outside the parent container’s bounds.
Clip Content is automatically turned on if Scrolling is enabled.
Tip
Clip Content should be turned off, if an inner element has a shadow, that should also be visible outside the parent.
This setting defines whether an element is selectable on the canvas by clicking the element with the mouse.
Tip
Turn mouse selection off, if an element does not need to be selected frequently.
This setting defines whether elements can be nested within the selected element.
This option is only available for widgets. It defines whether the nested cells are stored in the widget or not. More information is available in the widget section.
Any element can have a drop or inner shadow. In addition, shadow can be applied to text. To activate a shadow, select the “Active” checkbox in the respective area in the style inspector. You can then change the shadow settings.
You may also use the style bar to edit shadows.
Text can be entered by double-clicking a cell or by entering text in the style inspector’s text box.
Text styles can also be accessed from the style bar if a cell that contains text is selected.
Note
Entering text on the canvas changes the text for all states. If you want individual text per state, use the Style inspector.
Text can be aligned, independent from the alignment of nested elements.
With the line height property, you can define the space between two lines of text. It is also useful to vertically align a text exactly in a cell. You can specify an exact value or a multiple of the current font size.
By default, text doesn't wrap if it reaches the element's bounds. You can turn wrapping on in the style inspector. In addition the width of the text cell must be set to stretch.
Tip
If you enable word-wrapping and set the cell to shrink vertically, the bounds of the cell adapt to the length of the text content.