Display User-Defined Activities

When the checkbox Customize Colors for progress is activated you can edit the line style and color of the activated Activity regarding progress.

activity > display tab > customize colors for progress (change title to dialog name)

Ways to access

• Select an activity in a view and click the Display tab in the Object Properties pane. 

Display tab options

Note: The Customize colors for progress checkbox is disabled if the selected task is in a Gantt chart view. This makes the Line display controls (Line color, Line style) unavailable.

Shape and Gantt Display

• Shape colors - 

• Pattern - 

• Border line - 

• Hide activity line - See below

Line display

• Line color - 

• Line style - 

• Customize colors for progress - 

Shapes (two-dimensional activity drawings)

• Pattern - Select from the drop-down menu a required pattern for an Activity shape. The patterns may be customized

  • click  'Edit Style' to open the dialog Shape Editor to edit or create a user-defined shape for a chosen pattern.

• Line Style - Select from the drop-down menu a required line style for the frame line of a shape. A list of all defined line styles is stored inside the Tilos Explorer/ Library/ Graphic Library/ Vector Lines.

  • click  'Edit Style' to open the dialog Vector Line Editor to edit or create a user-defined line style.

• Progresses Color - Select from the drop-down menu a color for the background (right box) and pattern (left box) of the performed parts of the Activity

• Baseline - Select from the drop-down menu a color for the background (right box) and pattern (left box) of the baseline of the Activity

• Micro Progress - Select from the drop-down menu a required color for the background (right box) and pattern (left box) of the micro progress steps (not evaluated steps) of the Activity

Lines (one-dimensional Activity-drawings)

• Color - Select from the drop-down menu a required color to assign it to a current Activity line.

  • Hide Activity line - Enable the checkbox to hide an Activity line, e. g. to display a chosen pattern of an Activity shape without a frame.

  • Change the direction of the line - Enable the checkbox to change the direction of an Activity line.

• Line StyleSelect from the drop-down menu a required Activity line style. A list of all defined line styles is stored inside the Tilos Explorer/ Library/ Graphic Library/ Vector Lines.

  •  click  'Edit Style' to open the dialog Vector Line Editor to edit or create a user-defined Activity line style.

• Performed - Select from the drop-down menu a color for the background (right box) and pattern (left box) of the performed parts of the Activity Baseline  Select from the drop-down menu a color for the background (right box) and pattern (left box) of the baseline of the Activity

• Microprogress - Select from the drop-down menu a required color for the background (right box) and pattern (left box) of the micro progress steps (not evaluated steps) of the Activity

Pressing the  button will assign the same color to not performed and performed parts of the activated Activity and to its baseline.

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