Setting the color and font of map objects

You can set the color and font of active map objects.

About this task

To specify color, you have the following options:
  • Click Color picker to select a color.
  • Type a permitted color name. Permitted entries are as follows:
    • black
    • blue
    • cyan
    • darkGray
    • green
    • lightGray
    • magenta
    • orange
    • pink
    • red
    • white
    • yellow
  • Type the RGB hexadecimal value of a color (for example #FFFFCC).
Restriction: You cannot set the color of the following objects:
  • Active buttons
  • Active icons
  • Inactive icons
  • Active lines
You cannot set fonts for the following objects:
  • Inactive icons
  • Active lines
  • Inactive lines

To configure the color and font of a map object:

Procedure

  1. Open the Java™ Map Editor with the map you want to modify.
  2. On the map, right-click the required object and click Properties.
  3. Click Colors & Font.
  4. For inactive buttons:
    1. In the Color field, specify the required color.
    2. To make the button translucent, select the Transparent check box.
      For example, you might want to display only the text on the button, and no background.
      Tip: If you create a translucent button that is the full size of the map and then place objects on top of it, the background behind the objects becomes clickable. You can make part of a .gif file clickable by drawing a translucent rectangle button over the required part of the .gif file.
    3. To change the appearance of the legend, select a font, a font size, and font color.
  5. For active buttons: To change the appearance of the legend, select a font, a font size, font color, and font style.
  6. For monitor boxes:
    1. In the Foreground field and Background field, specify the required color.
    2. To change the appearance of the label, select a font, a font size, and font style.
  7. For active icons: To change the appearance of the label, select a font, a font size, font color, and font style.
  8. For inactive lines: In the color field, specify the required color.
  9. For text:
    1. Select a font, a font size, font style, justification, and font color.
    2. To rotate the text, in the Rotation field, type the required value in degrees.
      The text rotates counter clockwise by the specified angle.
  10. To save the settings, click OK.
  11. To resynchronize the Java Map Editor with the Web GUI server, click Server > Resync.