Page 182 - Xara Web Designer Premium

182 Color Handling

EDIT Opens the color editor to edit the named color (not
available for palette colors)
REPLACE COLOR This option is shown only when the selected object has
multiple component parts or multiple colors, such as a
button group.
SET FILL COLOR / SET LINE Set the fill or line color of the selected object with this
COLOR color
SET TEXT BACKGROUND Set the the color for a text background - like a
highlighter.
RENAME Rename a named color (not available for palette
colors)
DELETE Delete a named color (not available for palette colors)

If the selected object is a bitmap, you can also see SET CONTONE DARK COLOR / SET
CONTONE LIGHT COLOR OPTIONS. See Bitmap coloring (on page 272) for more information.

When clicking the “no color” swatch, the fill and line color options are replaced by: CLEAR
FILL COLOR / CLEAR LINE COLOR.

Applying fill & line colors by drag & drop

• To apply a fill color to an object (selected or unselected), drag a color from the Color
Line and drop it into the center of the shape.
• To set the line or outline color, drop it on the outline, not the center.
• To change the current fill color, drag a color into a blank space.
• To change the page background color, drag a color onto the page background.
• To change any color in a complex or multi-colored object such as a button, text panel,
graduated filled shape, etc. just drop the color anywhere on the object.

When dragging colors an indicator beside the pointer tells you what effect dropping the
color will have:

Set flat fill color (seen when you drag over an object) or the intermediary colors of
a multi-color fill (on page 274)

Set line color (seen when you drag over a line).

Set the current fill color (seen when you drag over an empty space).

Set start color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over start of fill).

Set end color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over end of fill).