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Setting the properties of color palettes

Your application offers you the option of customizing color palettes.

Color palettes can be either docked or floating. Docking a color palette attaches it to the edge of the application window. Undocking a color palette pulls it away from the edge of the application window, so it floats and can be easily moved around.

With color swatches, you can set the right mouse button either to display a context menu or to set the fill color. You can also adjust the color swatch border and size.


To dock or undock a color palette

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Do the following
Dock a color palette
Click the top of the color palette border, and drag the color palette to any edge of the application window until a thin black toolbar outline appears.
Undock a color palette
Click the color palette border, and drag the color palette away from the edge of the application window.
Change the number of rows on a docked color palette
Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Setting the properties of color palettes Customization. In the Customization list of categories, click Color palette. Type a value in the Maximum palette rows when docked box.

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You can set a maximum of seven rows on a color palette.

To set the action of the right mouse button for color swatches

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Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Setting the properties of color palettes Customization.
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In the Customization list of categories, click Color palette.
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Enable one of the following check boxes:
Context menu
Set fill color

To customize color swatches

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Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Setting the properties of color palettes Customization.
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In the Customization list of categories, click Color palette.
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Enable or disable any of the following check boxes:
Wide borders
Large swatches

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You can also display color names in the color swatches by clicking the Options flyout button Photo Paint pgx flyout arrow Setting the properties of color palettes at the top of a color palette and clicking Show color names.

Setting the properties of color palettes