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Changing the position of a Vertical Line
Changing the action and sound of a Vertical Line
Changing the stroke color of a Vertical Line
Changing the stroke thickness of a Vertical Line
Choose Widget > Insert Shape > Vertical Line. If the current Edit Mode is Edit Background Layer, then the Vertical Line will be added to the Background. Otherwise, it will be added to the current card.
Alternately, you can type ^⌥⌘\
A Vertical Line can also be added using the Widgets pull-down menu in the toolbar.
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- In the “General” section of the Info sidebar, type the new name of the Vertical Line into the Name field.
Changing the position of a Vertical Line:
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click and drag the Vertical Line to the desired destination.
Alternately, the location can altered using the Vertical Line’s “Metrics” section of the Info side bar.
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- Click and drag one the anchors in the desired direction.
Alternately, the width and height can altered using the Vertical Line’s “Metrics” section of the Info sidebar.
Changing the action and sound of a Vertical Line:
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- In the “Action” section of the Info sidebar, choose the action type using the “Type” pop up.
- To complement the the action with a sound, choose a system sound using the “Sound” pop up.
Changing the stroke color of a Vertical Line:
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- In the “Stroke” section of the Info sidebar, click on the “Color” color well to open the Colors panel.
- Using the Color panel, choose the desired color.
Changing the stroke thickness of a Vertical Line:
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- Click and drag the “Thickness” slider to the desired thickness (in points).
Moving a Vertical Line Forward or Backward:
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- To move a Vertical Line one position at a time, choose Widget > Bring Forward or Send Backward.
To move a Vertical Line in front of all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Bring to Front.
To move a Vertical Line behind all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Send to Back.
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- To center a Vertical Line horizontally, choose Widget > Center Horizontally in Card or Center Horizontally in Background.
To center a Vertical Line vertically, choose Widget > Center Vertically in Card or Center Vertically in Background.
- If the Vertical Line is located in the Background, then change the Edit Mode to Edit Background Layer. Otherwise, change the Edit Mode to Edit Card Layer. (See Changing the Edit Mode of a stack for more information regarding Edit Modes.)
- Click on the Vertical Line.
- Press the Delete key.