Map graph: Object group

The properties in this group specify the layout in the map object. This group contains the following properties:

Specify where to anchor an object in the display.

The anchor property is applied only when the dimensions of the display are modified, either by editing Background Properties or resizing the window in Layout mode. Select None, or one or more following options:

None	Object not anchored. This is the default.
Top	Anchor top of object at top of display.
Left	Anchor left side of object at left of display.
Bottom	Anchor bottom of object at bottom of display.
Right	Anchor right side of object at right of display.

When a display is resized, the number of pixels between an anchored object and the specified location remain constant. If an object is anchored on opposite sides (that is Top and Bottom or Left and Right), the object will be stretched to fill the available space.

Specify the docking location of an object in the display. Select from the following options:

None	Object is not docked. This is the default.
Top	Dock object at top of display.
Left	Dock object at left of display.
Bottom	Dock object at bottom of display.
Right	Dock object at right of display.
Fill	Dock object in available space remaining in the display after all docked objects are positioned.

If the dimensions of the display are modified, either by editing Background Properties or resizing the window in Layout mode, the properties (objX, objY, objWidth and objHeight) of docked objects will automatically adapt to match the new size of the display.

When multiple objects are docked to the same side of the display, the first object is docked against the side of the display, the next object is docked against the edge of the first object, and so on.

When objects are docked to multiple sides of the display, the order in which objects were added to the display controls docking position. For example, the first object added to the display is docked at the Top and the second object is docked at the Left. Consequently, the first object will fill the entire width of the display and the second object will fill the left side of the display from the bottom of the first object to the bottom of the display.

Objects in a display have the dock property set to Fill, are laid out across a grid in the available space remaining after all docked objects are positioned. By default, the grid has one row and as many columns as there are objects in the display. You can modify the grid in the Background Properties dialog. Once an object is docked, there are some limitations on how that object can be modified.

Docked objects cannot be resized using the objWidth or objHeight properties. To resize you must drag on the resize handle.

Docked objects can only be resized toward the center of the display (for example, if an object is docked at the Top, only its height can be increased by dragging down towards the center of the display).

Docked objects cannot be moved using Align. Non-docked objects can be aligned against a docked object, but a docked object will not move to align against another object.

Set height of the object in pixels.

Name given to facilitate object management through the Object List dialog. Select Tools > Object List