The canvas is the drawing area, where all your designs can be viewed, with seven pre-divided sections for the various components of a report. Let’s have a brief explanation and usages of each:
- The top-most (Header) part of the whole report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears only once at the start of the report.
- The top-most (Header) part of each page of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears only once at the start of each page.
Details
- The top-most (Header) part of each detail area of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears at the head of each details area and can either appear at the start of the details area on each page (if the report data spans multiple pages) OR can appear only once at the very beginning of the details area.
- The top-most (Header) part of each detail area of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears at the head of each details area and can either appear at the start of the details area on each page (if the report data spans multiple pages) OR can appear only once at the very beginning of the details area.
- The bottom-most (Footer) part of each detail area of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears at the end of each details area and can either appear at the end of the details area on each page (if the report data spans multiple pages) OR can appear only once at the very end of the details area.
- This section does NOT appear by default, unless you have used SQL grouping for your report. It can be added through the Report Wizard or by clicking on the Add Group button in the Report Menu Tooltip Bar.
- It contains the data headers (labels) for your grouped table’s fields. It is the top-most (Header) part of each grouped table’s detail area of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears at the head of each details area and can either appear at the start of the details area on each page (if the report data spans multiple pages) OR can appear only once at the very beginning of the details area.
- This section does NOT appear by default, unless you have used SQL grouping for your report. It can be added through the Report Wizard or by clicking on the Add Group button in the Report Menu Tooltip Bar.
- It contains the footers (custom designs and/or fields) under your grouped table. It is the bottom-most (Footer) part of each grouped table’s detail area of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears at the end of each details area and can either appear at the end of the details area on each page (if the report data spans multiple pages) OR can appear only once at the very end of the details area.
- The bottom-most (Footer) part of each page of the report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears only once at the end of each page.
- The bottom-most (Footer) part of the whole report.
- This means that the content inside this section appears only once at the end of the report.
Hovering, Clicking and Right-Clicking events on the Canvas are controlled by Quickappz and hence, have custom functions. They are as follows:
- Each element on the Canvas, except Charts, has visible borders for their respective containers. The borders are dotted (----) black lines.
- When you Hover over an element, the border changes to an orange-black gradient colour, with full lines.
- When you Click on an element, the border changes to bright blue (cyan) colour, with full lines. This also opens the Attributes pane for the selected element on the right pane.
- Multiple elements within a section can be selected at once for bulk operations, by drawing over the desired elements.
- All selected elements get a dark bluish purple border, while the primary selected element has a cyan border. The primary selected element can be used as the pivot for the following Right-Click operations:
Align
Top - all the selected elements get top-aligned, i.e. all the elements have the same top position as the primary selected element.Middle - all the selected elements get middle-aligned, i.e. all the elements have the same middle position as the primary selected element. Bottom - all the selected elements get bottom-aligned, i.e. all the elements have the same bottom position as the primary selected element.Left - all the selected elements get left-aligned, i.e. all the elements have the same left position as the primary selected element.
Center - all the selected elements get centre-aligned, i.e. all the elements have the same centre position as the primary selected elementRight - all the selected elements get right-aligned, i.e. all the elements have the same right position as the primary selected element
Make Same
Size - all the selected elements become the same size, as the primary selected element.Font - all the selected elements have the same font, as the primary selected element. Height - all the selected elements have the same height, as the primary selected element.Width - all the selected elements have the same width, as the primary selected element.
Transpose
- just like transposing a matrix, where all the elements of the row become elements of the column and vice-versa
Justify
- all the selected elements get justified, i.e they are separated by equal spaces, either vertically or horizontally
When a single element or multiple elements is/are selected, the Right-Click has the following operations as well:
Move To Back - the element(s) can be moved behind, i.e. the z-index is decreased.Move To Front - the element(s) can be moved forward, i.e. the z-index is increasedCut - the element(s), except fields from Tables, can be cut and removed from the CanvasCopy - the element(s), except fields from Tables, can be copied and duplicated somewhere else on the CanvasPaste - the cut/copied element(s) can be pasted on the desired position on the Canvas
When an empty space on the Canvas is Right-Clicked, the following operations are shown:
Paste - the cut/copied element(s) can be pasted on the desired position on the CanvasInsert summary - add aggregated data to Details Header or Details Footer. Clicking on this opens the Insert summary window, with the following options:
Fields to Summarise - select the field against which you’d like to apply aggregated methodsCalculate Summary - select one of the listed aggregate methods (Sum, Average, Minimum, Maximum and Count) Summary Location - select the section under which you want to show the summarised field (Details Header or Details Footer).