Component

The following are details about options of this category. See the dialog.

Insert component with static/relative/absolute position in flow layout report

Specifies the default method with which to place components:

• static
  If selected, the component will be positioned at the location in which it was inserted.
• relative
  If selected, the component will be positioned at an offset to the position in which it was inserted. The offset is determined by the X and Y coordinate property values.
• absolute
  If selected, the component will be located at the position specified by dragging and dropping or by setting its X and Y coordinate property values.

See the Position property for more information.

Insert field name label with field

If checked, fields will be inserted with their default name labels.

Insert group name label with group

If checked, groups will be inserted with their default name labels.

Customize group indent

Specifies whether to customize the indent of groups created via the report wizard. If checked, enter the indent of the groups in the combo box. The input value of indent should be between 0 and 4 inches.

By default, when you create groups in a report in the report wizard, the groups will be indented according to the width of the group fields. You can check this option to customize indent of the groups as required.

Qualify Group/Sort field by connection

By default, any field added to the catalog in JReport can be used to group and sort. However, you can specify here whether or not a field can be used to group or sort.

Horizontal Gap of Crosstab

Specifies the horizontal gap between two parts of a crosstab, which is split according to the page settings.

Vertical Gap of Crosstab

Specifies the vertical gap between two parts of a crosstab, which is split according to the page settings.

Use vertical group header to detail panel in table

Specifies whether to place the group header(s) in a table vertically to the detail panel when you create a new table or insert new group(s) in a table. By default, the group headers are horizontally placed.

Display abbreviations for panel labels of banded object and table

Specifies whether to display abbreviations for the panel labels of banded object and table in the design area.

Align summaries vertically

Specifies whether to make summaries aligned vertically, which are created via the report wizard and have the same summary function.

Report Style Group

Specifies the default selected style for the four types of components when creating/inserting them via the report/component creation wizard: table, crosstab, chart, and banded object. However, when inserting them into a table or banded object which can bind style, the default selected style type will be Inherit Style instead of the value specified by this option.

All CSS styles in the <install_root>\style directory are available in the drop-down list.

Only CSS styles available in the style list

Specifies whether to display only the CSS styles in the style list.

Restore Defaults

Restores values of all options to be the default ones.