Properties Panel

The Properties panel displays the properties of the currently selected item.

Print Layout Items List

The Print Layout Items List appears at the top of the panel. The list contains the names of all items in the print layout. Print Layout Items can be selected either by selecting the item in the layout, or by selecting the item in the Print Layout Items List.

Properties

All print layout items (i.e., controls, bands, print layout) have properties. All properties appear in the Properties panel. By default, all properties are organized by groups. You can set how properties are organized by clicking either the Group Properties or Alphabetize Properties buttons. The Search button allows you to search for a particular property.

When grouped, properties are grouped by function. Below is a description of all the property groups:

Not all property groups will appear for all print layout items.

Actions: Group of commonly used properties and actions for the item. These properties are aggregated at the top of the Properties panel, but also appear in their respective property groups. Changes made to the properties that appear in this panel are reflected in their respective property group.
Styles: Group of properties that define the styles applied to the item.
Appearance: Group of properties for configuring the appearance of an item, such as background color or text formatting. See Inherit Settings from the Band or Report for more information on how bands and controls can share Appearance property settings.
Behavior: These properties enable an item and its contents to resize or reformat at run time.
Data: Group of properties that allow you to configure the content or value of an item.
Design: For most print layout items, this heading consists solely of the item's name. At the print layout level, this group of properties sets the Snap Grid Size, whether the Watermark draws, and what Language is being used to display the text in the print layout items.
Layout: Group of properties that determine the size and location of the item in the print layout.
Navigation: Together, these properties allow you to map print layout elements' hierarchy in a bookmark list or table of contents.
Printing: Supports right-to-left writing systems.

For a description of the properties available for each item, see the following references: