Applying Style Properties to Report Items
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Each report item has style properties that control the appearance of the item. Properties affect visual elements like borders, colors, fonts, and padding, and international elements like writing direction, language, calendar, and language. Some styles are not available to all report items. For example, font style properties apply only to text boxes and charts. You can apply the same border style and padding properties to all sides of a report item, or you can apply different styles to each side of the item.
To apply a style property, select one or more items on the report design surface and enter a value for the property in the Properties pane. For common properties like font style and borders, you can set properties by using dialog boxes.
Report Item Appearance Properties
| Style property | Description |
|---|---|
BackgroundColor |
The color of the background of the item. |
BackgroundImage |
An image to display as the background of the item. |
BorderColor |
The color of the border of the item. |
BorderStyle |
The style of the border of the tiem. |
BorderWidth |
The width of the border of the item. |
Color |
The color of the text in the item. |
FontFamily |
The name of the font to use for the text in the item. |
FontSize |
The size of the font in points. |
FontStyle |
The style of the font for the text in the item. For example, italic. |
FontWeight |
The thickness of the font for the text in the item. |
Format |
The Microsoft .NET Framework formatting string to apply to the item. For example, C for currency. |
InitialToggleState |
A boolean that indicaties, for a textbox that is being used as a toggle item, whether the toggle image initially shows as expanded or collapsed. |
LineHeight |
The height of a line of text. If not specified, the height is based on the font size. |
Padding |
The amount of space to insert between the edge of the item and the text or image in the item. |
TextAlign |
The horizontal alignment of the text in the item. For example, left, right, or center. |
TextDecoration |
Indicates a special effect to apply to the font for the text in the item. For example, underline. |
VerticalAlign |
The vertical alignment of the text in the item. For example, top, middle, or bottom. |
Visibility |
Indicates whether the item is hidden and if so, what other item is used as a toggle item to show or hide this one. |
Note
Some TextDecoration styles may not display in some environments. For example, the Overline text decoration does not display in a chart.
The FontFamily property lists all fonts that are available on the local computer. If the font that you want exists on the report server but not on the local computer, you can type the name of the font on the server. Any fonts used in a report definition must exist on the report server or client computer for the text to display properly. For example, reports rendered with the Image rendering extension require the fonts to be installed on the server. Reports rendered with the HTML rendering extension require the fonts to be installed on the client computer.Reporting Services International Properties
| Style property | Description |
|---|---|
Calendar |
The calendar to use to format dates. |
Direction |
Indicates whether text is written left-to-right or right-to-left. |
Language |
The primary language of the text. |
NumeralLanguage |
The digit format to use, based on the language property. |
NumeralVariant |
The variant of digit format to use. |
UnicodeBiDi |
The level of bidirectional embedding. |
WritingMode |
Indicates whether text is written horizontally or vertically. |
Miscellaneous Properties that Affect Appearance for Data Regions
In addition to style properties, you can set the following properties on a Tablix data region to control its appearance in a report.
| Style property | Description |
|---|---|
FixedColumnHeaders |
Keep column headers visible when scrolling through a report. |
FixedRowHeaders |
Keep row headers visible when scrolling through a report. |
LayoutDirection |
Whether to draw the Tablix grid layout from left-to-right or from right-to-left. |
OmitBorderOnPageBreak |
When a report item like a data region displays across page boundaries, whether to include a border at the bottom of the first page and top of the next page for the report item. |
RepeatColumnHeaders |
Repeat column headers on each page. |
RepeatRowHeaders |
Repeat row headers on each page. |
See Also
Concepts
Formatting Report Items
Defining the Report Layout (Reporting Services)
Other Resources
XNIB: Style Properties Dialog Box, Border and Line Tab