How to change the background of a Layout?
It is possible to use a custom image as a background to your Layout. You can do it while editing an online or offline Layout.
Changing the background of an online Layout
If it is not already opened in your KEdit, open the Layout for which you want to change the background:
Now it is time to change the displayed background:
- Click on the background.
- Open the "Configuration Panel" by pressing "F5" or by double-clicking on the Component or by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu. It should give you information on the current background.
- You can paint the whole background with a single color or you can choose to use an image (tiled or not).
To paint the whole background with a color:
- Click on the down arrow of the "Fill Color" icon located to the right of the image list. A dialog containing a few preset colors will appear.
- If you want an invisible background (the background will be black) select the "Invisible" button. If the preset colors contain a color that suits your needs select it. If you want a color that is not part of the preset colors choose "More Colors..."; a sophisticated color chooser will appear. It will close when you choose a color.
To use an image:- If your image is already in the list of available images, select it. If not, click on the "Add picture from file" icon located to the right of the list of available images. The "Add Background Picture..." file picker appears. Navigate to your image and choose it. Note that you navigate on the KEdit machine, not on the Kaleido. If your image is on another machine than KEdit, navigate to it and select it.
- Click on the "Open" button. The dialog will close and the name of the file you selected will appear as the selected one in the list of available images. The image will be automatically copied to your Kaleido-K2.
- If you want your image to be tiled select the "Tiled" option.
- Click on the "Apply" button located at the bottom of the dialog.
Your background should now be display the color or the image you selected.
You can assign the modified Layout to a preset. To do so using the Kaleido RCP press and hold the function key (those keys are located to the top of the device) for at least 6 seconds to associate it with the Layout. Using a keyboard connected to your Kaleido-K2 press a function key (F1 through F10) for at least 6 seconds to associate it with the Layout.
Changing the background of an offline Layout
If it is not already opened, open the Layout to modify by selecting "File" from the "Open" item of the "File..." menu or by pressing "Ctrl-F".
The following steps will guide you through the modification of the background:
- Click on the background of your Layout.
- Open the "Configuration Panel" by pressing "F5" or by double-clicking on the Component or by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu. If it is not displaying information about the background click on the background again.
- You can paint the whole background with a single color or you can choose to use an image (tiled or not).
To paint the whole background with a color:
- Click on the down arrow of the "Fill Color" icon located to the right of the image list. A dialog containing a few preset colors will appear.
- If you want an invisible background (the background will be black) select the "Invisible" button. If the preset colors contain a color that suits your needs select it. If you want a color that is not part of the preset colors choose "More Colors..."; a sophisticated color chooser will appear. It will close when you choose a color.
To use an image:- If your image is already in the list of available images, select it. If not, click on the "Add picture from file" icon located to the right of the list of available images. The "Add Background Picture..." file picker appears. Navigate to your image and choose it. If your image is on another machine than the KEdit you're working on navigate to it and select it.
- Click on the "Open" button. The dialog will close and the name of the file you selected will appear as the selected one in the list of available images. If you choose a file located on another machine, it will be automatically copied to your KEdit machine.
- If you want your image to be tiled select the "Tiled" option.
- Click on the "Apply" button located to the bottom of the dialog.
You should now see your customized background in your Layout. Save your modified Layout by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu or by pressing "Ctrl-S".
Applying the Layout to a Kaleido-K2
If you choose to display an image in the background of your Layout, the image file containing the image will need to be stored on your Kaleido-K2 in order for the Layout to be properly displayed when exported to the Kaleido-K2. Here are the steps to take in order to have the image file exported to the Kaleido-K2 along with the Layout:
- In your KEdit with the Layout to apply opened select "Apply Layout Online" from the "File" menu or press "Alt-A". The "Apply Layout Online..." dialog will appear.
- Select the destination Kaleido-K2 from the list of the detected Kaleido-K2.
- In the "Exporting data from KEdit" area select at least "Images": this means that the image files used by your Layout will be copied to your Kaleido-K2.
- Click on the "Load" button.
Your Layout and the image files are now copied on your Kaleido-K2. The Layout that is currently displayed on the selected Kaleido-K2 is the Layout you just applied. You can assign the modified Layout to a preset key of the Kaleido RCP by pressing and holding one of the 10 function keys located at the top of the device for at least 6 seconds. If you're using a keyboard instead of the Kaleido RCP, press one of the 10 function keys (F1 through F10) on your keyboard for at least 6 seconds to assign the modified Layout to a preset key.
Please note that if a Layout is using a customized image and that this image is not present on the machine (either the Kaleido-K2 or the KEdit) where the Layout is used, a default image indicating "Image Not Found" will be displayed in place of the absent image.
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