Specifying proportional or fixed width for items in a selector

You can control the sizing behavior of the selector items with the Make all items the same width property. The items are the buttons or check boxes, for example, of a selector.

By default, items are sized proportionally, which means that the width of each item is proportional to the length of the text inside the item. This allows the complete text of each item to be displayed, with little wasted space. To use the same width for all the items, specify a fixed item size.

In the example below, the width of the selector items (the links above the Grid/Graph) are sized proportionally; Northwest is longer than (All), for example. This is the default behavior.

Example of specifying proportional or fixed width for items in a selector

If the Make all items the same width property is selected, the width of each selector item is the same size as the others, as shown below. In this case, the (All) item has extra space, while Northwest is cut off, displaying as Northwe instead.

Example of specifying proportional or fixed width for items in a selector

To specify proportional width or fixed width for selector items

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Right-click the selector to modify and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog opens.

  3. From the left, choose Layout.

  4. Do one of the following:

  5. Click OK to apply the changes.