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Changing the position of a Triangle
Changing the action and sound of a Triangle
Changing the fill style and color(s) of a Triangle
Changing the stroke color of a Triangle
Changing the stroke thickness of a Triangle
Displaying the Triangle’s name inside of it
Changing the font, font size, or font color of the name of a Triangle
Changing the font style of the name of a Triangle
Choose Widget > Insert Shape > Triangle. If the current Edit Mode is Edit Background Layer, then the Triangle will be added to the Background. Otherwise, it will be added to the current card.
Alternately, you can type ^⌥⌘T.
A Triangle can also be added using the Widgets pull-down menu in the toolbar.
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- 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 Triangle into the Name field.
Changing the position of a Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle to the desired destination.
Alternately, the location can altered using the Triangle’s “Metrics” section of the Info side bar.
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Click and drag one the anchors in the desired direction.
Alternately, the width and height can altered using the Triangle’s “Metrics” section of the Info sidebar.
Changing the action and sound of a Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- 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 fill style and color(s) of a Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- In the “Fill” section of the Info sidebar, choose the fill style using the “Style” pop up. Possible styles include: None, Color, and Gradient.
- If the chosen style is either Color or Gradient, then change the fill color (or colors if Gradient is chosen) by clicking on the well under “Style” pop up.
Changing the stroke color of a Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- 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 Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- Click and drag the “Thickness” slider to the desired thickness (in points).
Displaying the Triangle’s name inside of it:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- In the “Text” section of the Info sidebar, click the “Display name in shape” check box if it is not already checked.
Changing the font, font size, or font color of the name of a Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- If the name of the Triangle is not displayed inside the Triangle, then tell the Triangle to display its name by following the instructions in the section Displaying the Triangle’s name inside of it.
- Choose Format > Font > Show Fonts.
Alternately, you can type ⌘T to show the Font Panel - Make the desired changes in the Font Panel.
Changing the font style of the name of a Triangle:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
- If the name of the Triangle is not displayed inside the Triangle, then tell the Triangle to display its name by following the instructions in the section Displaying the Triangle’s name inside of it.
- Choose Format > Font > <Bold or Italic or Underline>.
Moving a Triangle Forward or Backward:
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- To move a Triangle one position at a time, choose Widget > Bring Forward or Send Backward.
To move a Triangle in front of all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Bring to Front.
To move a Triangle behind all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Send to Back.
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- To center a Triangle horizontally, choose Widget > Center Horizontally in Card or Center Horizontally in Background.
To center a Triangle vertically, choose Widget > Center Vertically in Card or Center Vertically in Background.
- If the Triangle 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 Triangle.
- Press the Delete key.