Note: This tab is only available for certain types of objects. For pictures, changes to the fill affect only the transparent parts of the picture.
You can use the Fill tab to specify with what the object should be filled.
First, select the desired type of fill in the dropdown list Fill type. You can then make various settings for each fill type.
The following fill types and settings are available:
Tip: You can also apply some of these options directly on the object-specific ribbon tab via the command Fill color in the group Format.
▪No fill
| If you select the first fill type in the list, the object is not filled and thus remains transparent. |
▪Solid color
| This fill type fills the object with a uniform color shade. Select the desired color in the list Colors. |
| Tip: Color lists only offer a few standard colors, but you can always compose your own colors. To do so, click on More colors and then proceed as described in Document properties, Colors tab. |
| If desired, you can also use the option Transparency to change the transparency of the fill. You can enter any value between 0% (no transparency) and 100% (full transparency). If, for example, you set the transparency value to 25, the fill will have 25% transparency. |
▪Pattern
| This fill type fills the object with a pattern. In the list Patterns, select the type of pattern and then set the desired color for the foreground and background. |
| If desired, you can also use the option Transparency to change the transparency of the fill. You can enter any value between 0% (no transparency) and 100% (full transparency). |
▪Picture
| This fill type fills the object with a picture file. You can use the Open button to determine the picture file which you want to use for the fill. The most recently used picture files are displayed in the list Pictures and can be selected there by clicking on them with the mouse. |
| Rotate with object: If you enable this option, the picture will also be rotated whenever you rotate the object to be filled. |
| Mirror type: This option allows you to mirror the picture horizontally or vertically. |
| Transparency: If desired, you can use this option to change the transparency of the fill. You can enter any value between 0% (no transparency) and 100% (full transparency). |
| Tile as texture: If this option is enabled, the picture is repeated in the object like a tile pattern. |
| You can then use the settings in the Tile options section to change the size and position of the tiles: X scale and Y scale change the size (in percent), while X offset and Y offset change the position. The option Alignment can be used to determine to which edge of the object the tiles should be aligned. |
| If the option Tile as texture is disabled, only Offsets (relative to the edges of the object) can be set for the picture. |
| Save: You can use this button to export the currently selected picture, thus save a copy of it under any name on your hard disk. |
▪Linear gradient, Rectangular gradient, etc.
| The bottom five fill types are different types of color gradients. First, select the desired type of gradient in the dropdown list Fill type and then select one of the subtypes in the list Variants. |
| In the Options section, you can specify the appearance of the gradient even more precisely: |
| X offset and Y offset enable you to move the center of the gradient. The Angle option allows you to set the angle of rotation. |
Tip: You can also change these settings by using the mouse to move or rotate the cross-hair displayed in the Sample field.
| If you enable the option Double gradient, for example, a black-white gradient will become a black-white-black gradient. |
| In the Colors section, you can change the colors for the gradient as follows: |
| To change a color, first click on one of the small triangles below the bar representing the gradient. The left triangle stands for the initial color, while the right triangle stands for the final color: |
| Then select the desired color from the dropdown list Color below. |
| You can use the option Transparency to change the transparency of the selected color if desired. You can enter any value between 0% (no transparency) and 100% (full transparency). |
| Additional colors can be added to the gradient by double-clicking on the desired position in the bar and selecting a color. In the same way, namely by double-clicking on the triangle, additional colors can also be deleted from the gradient. |
