### Parameter Field Properties dialog

The dialog appears when you right-click a parameter field and select Properties from the shortcut menu. It helps you to modify the properties of the parameter field and contains the following tabs:

- General tab
- Font tab
- Border tab

OK

Applies the settings and closes this dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes this dialog.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

#### General tab

This tab shows some general information of the parameter field. See the tab.

Name

Specifies the display name of the parameter field, which will be shown on the shortcut menu of the parameter field.

Show NLS Value

Specifies to show the translated name of the display name of the parameter field in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it.

If checked, this option takes effect only when the display name of the parameter field is not modified.

Width

Specifies the width of the parameter field.

Format

Specifies the data format of the parameter field.

Height

Specifies the height of the parameter field.

Top Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its top border.

Bottom Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its bottom border.

Left Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its left border.

Right Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter field and its right border.

Background

Specifies the background color of the parameter field.

To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, input Transparent in the text box.

Foreground

Specifies the foreground color of the parameter field.

To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB.

#### Font tab

This tab shows the font-related information of the parameter field. You can modify all the font settings in this tab. See the tab.

Font

Specifies the font face of the parameter field text.

Size

Specifies the font size of the parameter field text.

Horizontal Alignment

Specifies the horizontal alignment mode of the text in the parameter field.

Vertical Alignment

Specifies the vertical alignment mode of the text in the parameter field.

Bold

Specifies whether to make the object text bold or not.

Underline

Specifies whether the field text will be underlined or not.

Strikethrough

Specifies whether or not to attach a strikeout line to the parameter field text.

Italic

Specifies whether to make the field text italic or not.

Autofit

Specifies whether or not to automatically adjust the width of the parameter field.

Word Wrap

Specifies whether or not to wrap the text to the parameter field width.

Ignore HTML Tag

If this option is unchecked, JReport will parse HTML tag elements in the field value while the report is to be saved as an HTML file; or the field value will appear in the HTML file the same as that in Web Report Studio (HTML tag elements in the field value, if any, will not be parsed).

#### Border tab

This tab shows information about borders of the parameter field. You can modify all the border settings in this tab. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the border color.

Width

Specifies the border width.

Top Line

Specifies the style of the top border line.

Bottom Line

Specifies the style of the bottom border line.

Left Line

Specifies the style of the left border line.

Right Line

Specifies the style of the right border line.

Shadow

Specifies whether the borders will have a shadow effect or not.

Shadow Color

Specifies the color of the border shadow.