Panel Properties dialog box

Select the border style. If the object is a circle or ellipse, the available border styles are None and Line.

Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border.

Select whether the object background is solid, gradient, or transparent. If you select Transparent, the object’s background is not filled in and any objects behind it show through. If you select Gradient, the object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.

Select a pattern for the object. The pattern appears on the face of the object. The pattern does not cover the object’s border or captions (if any are defined for the object). If the object’s back style is gradient, the pattern is not visible.

Select this check box to use the object’s background color for the border of the button. If this is not checked, you can assign a separate color to the border, instead of using the object’s background color.

This field displays the current pattern color for the object or state. Click it to select another color.

This field displays the current background color for the object or state. Click it to select another color. If the background style is transparent, the application does not use this background color. If the background style is gradient, click it to bring up the gradient fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill. For objects with a line style other than Solid, the background color is used for the spaces between the dots or dashes.

This field displays the border color for the object or state. Click it to select another color. If Border uses back color, is not selected, this color appears at runtime.

Select this check box if the panel’s background is to blink at runtime. The blink rate is twice per second. If you select a pattern style, the pattern also blinks.