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Adding a new Vertical Separator
Changing the position of a Vertical Separator
Changing the height of a Vertical Separator
Moving a Vertical Separator Forward or Backward
A Vertical Separator is a standard Mac OS X vertical line separator.
Adding a new Vertical Separator:
Choose Widget > Insert Control > Vertical Separator. If the current Edit Mode is Edit Background Layer, then the Vertical Separator will be added to the Background. Otherwise, it will be added to the current card.
Alternately, you can type ^⌘\.
A Vertical Separator can also be added using the Widgets pull-down menu in the toolbar.
Renaming a Vertical Separator:
- If the Vertical Separator 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 Separator.
- 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 Separator into the Name field.
Changing the position of a Vertical Separator:
- If the Vertical Separator 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 Separator to the desired destination.
Alternately, the location can altered using the Vertical Separator’s “Metrics” section of the Info side bar.
Changing the height of a Vertical Separator:
- If the Vertical Separator 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 Separator.
- Click and drag one the anchors in the desired direction.
Alternately, the height can altered using the Vertical Separator’s “Metrics” section of the Info sidebar.
Please note that the weight of a Vertical Separator cannot be altered.
Moving a Vertical Separator Forward or Backward:
- If the Vertical Separator 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 Separator.
- To move a Vertical Separator one position at a time, choose Widget > Bring Forward or Send Backward.
To move a Vertical Separator in front of all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Bring to Front.
To move a Vertical Separator behind all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Send to Back.
Centering a Vertical Separator:
- If the Vertical Separator 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 Separator.
- To center a Vertical Separator horizontally, choose Widget > Center Horizontally in Card or Center Horizontally in Background.
To center a Vertical Separator vertically, choose Widget > Center Vertically in Card or Center Vertically in Background.
Deleting a Vertical Separator:
- If the Vertical Separator 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 Separator.
- Press the Delete key.