This appendix details each of the different kinds of editor for CSS values that you use in Layout Master's editors.
Various properties take color values. Regardless of the property, you use color chooser to edit the color values. For more on possible color values see Appendix One.
To choose the way in which you want to specify color
1. click the popup menu to the right of the window item and choose a keyword color value, or or .
Choosing a keyword value gives the property that value.
2. if you chose either or , enter a RGB or hexadecimal value in the field
You can also specify the color using the color picker.
To use the color picker
1. click the color field next to the popup menu.
The color picker opens.
2. use the color picker to choose the color you want, using any available color mode. Click
The hexadecimal value of the color you chose now appears in the # field, and the color appears in the color field.
Lengths are any numerical values in CSS other than percentages. Almost always they have units (such as pixels and ems), and for the purposes of page layout, only z-index takes a length value without a unit. All length values in Layout Master are specified using a length chooser.
To specify a length value using the length chooser.
1. choose the units for specifying the relevant value using the popup menu to the right of the field for editing the value (currently, px and % are supported)
2. enter the value for the property
3. if you want a negative value for a property (only possible if this is permissible in CSS), choose "-" in the popup menu to the left of the field for editing the value. If no sign is specified, this is the same as choosing "+"
Often, a length can also be specified as a percentage.
To specify a percentage value for a property, where permissible by the CSS specification
1. enter the value for the property
2. choose % in the popup menu at the right of the chooser
3. where permissible, negative values can be specified using the popup menu at the left of the chooser
To specify a url value using the URL chooser
1. directly entering a url in the field labeled url
or
2. choosing in the popup menu to the right of that field, then locating the file of that image in the open dialog box which opens
