Select a Form Background Color

Use the Form Editor (accessed from within a Blueprint in CSM Administrator) to select a background color for the Form. Colors can come from:

• (Recommended) CSM Themes: All colors defined for the selected CSM Theme.
• System:

  Set of colors provided by your Operating System. System colors can greatly vary depending on the Operating System and browser used to view the color.

• Web:

  Set of named Web-safe colors.

• RGB colors:

  Customized Red, Green, Blue (RGB) colors.

Good to know:

• If you are using Form Themes, use a Theme color for the Form background (ex: Form background color). You can select a system, Web, or RGB color; however, if you use a non-Theme color, the background will not change to another Theme color when you apply a different Theme.
• Theme colors are defined as part of a Theme's definition. Use the Theme Manager to create a Theme.
• Colors can be solid or can contain gradients.
• Colors can be conditional (Expression-driven): For example, define an Expression to conditionally change the background color of a Form to red to indicate a surpassed threshold (ex: High priority).

To select a Form background color:

1. Open a Form in the Form Editor.
2. On the Form Editor toolbar, click the drop-down arrow on the Background Color button .
3. Select a color pattern, either:
   • Solid color: Uses one color (First Color) for the background. Click one color in the list.
   • Gradient (left-to-right or top-to-bottom, two (2) or three (3) colors): Uses a gradient between two or three colors (First Color, Second Color, Third Color). Click two/three colors in the list, and then click Select.
4. Select a background color, either:
   • Use Expression: Select this check box to use an Expression to conditionally change the color, and then select or define the condition, using either:
     • Custom Expression: Click the Custom Expression button to open the Custom Expression Builder, and then create a custom Expression specifically for this scenario.
     • Stored Expression: Click the Ellipses button to open the Expression Manager, and then select an existing stored Expression or create a new stored Expression. Stored Expressions can be reused in numerous places in CSM.
   • Color category:
     • (Recommended) Theme:

       All colors defined for the selected CSM Theme.

     • System:

       Set of colors provided by your Operating System. System colors can greatly vary depending on the Operating System and browser used to view the color.

     • Web:

       Set of named Web-safe colors.

     • Custom:

       Customized Red, Green, Blue (RGB) colors.

5. Publish the Blueprint (File>Publish Blueprint) to commit the changes, or save the Blueprint (File>Save Blueprint) to continue making other changes.