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About Card Name Fields

Adding a new Card Name Field

Renaming a Card Name Field

Changing the position of a Card Name Field

Changing the width of a Card Name Field

Displaying a Card Name Field as a form

Moving a Card Name Field Forward or Backward

Centering a Card Name Field

Deleting a Card Name Field

About Card Name Fields:

A Card Name Field is a special type of text field that displays the name of the current card. Editing the text of a Card Name Field will also change the name of the current card. Card Name Fields can be displayed as a form.

Adding a new Card Name Field:

Choose Widget > Insert Text Box > Card Name Field. If the current Edit Mode is Edit Background Layer, then the Card Name Field will be added to the Background. Otherwise, it will be added to the current card.

Alternately, you can type ^⌘D.

A Card Name Field can also be added using the Widgets pull-down menu in the toolbar.
Widgets Pull Down

Renaming a Card Name Field:

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click on the Card Name Field.
  3. Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
    Widgets Button
  4. In the “General” section of the Info sidebar, type the new name of the Card Name Field into the Name field.
    Rename

Changing the position of a Card Name Field:

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click and drag the Card Name Field to the desired destination.

    Alternately, the location can altered using the Card Name Field’s “Metrics” section of the Info side bar.

Changing the width of a Card Name Field:

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click on the Card Name Field.
  3. Click and drag one the anchors in the desired direction.
    Anchors

    Alternately, the width can altered using the Card Name Field’s “Metrics” section of the Info sidebar.

    Please note that the height of a Card Name Field cannot be altered.

Displaying a Card Name Field as a form:

Display as Form Explanation

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click on the Card Name Field.
  3. Click the “Widget” button on top right of the Info sidebar.
    Widgets Button
  4. In the “Appearance” section of the Info sidebar, click the “Display as form” check box if it is not already checked.
    Display as Form

Moving a Card Name Field Forward or Backward:

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click on the Card Name Field.
  3. To move a Card Name Field one position at a time, choose Widget > Bring Forward or Send Backward.

    To move a Card Name Field in front of all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Bring to Front.

    To move a Card Name Field behind all other widgets in a card or the background, choose Widget > Send to Back.

Centering a Card Name Field:

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click on the Card Name Field.
  3. To center a Card Name Field horizontally, choose Widget > Center Horizontally in Card or Center Horizontally in Background.

    To center a Card Name Field vertically, choose Widget > Center Vertically in Card or Center Vertically in Background.

Deleting a Card Name Field:

  1. If the Card Name Field 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.)
  2. Click on the Card Name Field.
  3. Press the Delete key.