Set Up Gantt Chart Text Panels

Use the Gantt Chart Settings dialog to define general Gantt chart settings.

Ways to access

  • Click the Control Panel icon on the toolbar.

  • Right-click in the working area, select Gantt Chart, and click the Text Panel tab.

Options

General

Several options are possible:

  • Show text panel - An enabled standard setting. If you deactivate this option the complete text panel will be hidden.

If the Gantt chart cell lays in a glued cell the text panel is always visible.

  • Width - Input field, it shows the complete width of the visible part of the text panel. This value can be changed user-defined.

  • Font - Press the button to change the standard basic font settings of font types and colors. See also the separated group element 'Header'.

  • Show numbering column - An enabled standard setting. If you deactivate this option the process numbering of the text panel will be hidden.

  • Show text panel On the left of the Gantt chart area - An enabled standard setting. If you activate this option the will be shown on the right side of the Gantt chart.

  • Hide date zone - An disabled standard setting. If you activate this option the time axis is hidden.

  • Summary Activity rows in bold font - An enabled standard setting. If you deactivate this option the summary Activity rows the summary Activities will be shown in regular font.

  • Control text panel by cell system - An inactive but enabled standard setting.

Header

Element group within the 'Text panel' to edit the appearance settings of the Gantt chart Header.

  • Font - Press the button to change the standard basic font settings of font types and colors.

  • Background - Drop-down menu of the user-colors palette to set user-defined Gantt chart background color.

Vertical lines

Element group within the 'Text panel' to edit the vertical lines appearance settings of the Gantt chart. Optionally this element group might me disabled by the item 'show'.

  • Style - Choose a line style from the drop-down menu to change the lines from the text panel.

  • Width - Input field, it indicates the width of the lines from the text panel. Zero (0) is the standard setting. This value can be changed user-defined.

  • Color - Drop-down menu to set user-defined colors for the vertical lines.

Columns

The following column headers of the Gantt chart are set as standard elements of the Text panel:

  • Barline title

  • ID (index)

  • Start date

  • End date

The column headers can be edited user-defined.

  • Add a column - Click the icon 'Add column' or if you want to delete a column select it and click the icon 'Remove column'.

  • Edit columns - Select the required column and click at the icon . For further details change to the help topic Gantt Column Setup.

  • Duplicate a column - Click the icon .

  • Change the order of the columns - Use the icons Line up and Line down .