Relevant to:
Express
This article is relevant to Express Builder users (registered after 01/01/2014).
Box, Strip and Circle
In this short tutorial we’ll discuss the different shapes that the Toolbar has under Shapes and how to use them.
Shapes
Box
The box is a powerful tool that allows you to group different elements together.
To do so simply drag any other element on top of the Box.
Once grouped the entire box can be moved, copied or pasted.
If deleted, All of the elements in the box will be deleted as well.
It’s possible to drag elements directly from the Toolbar onto the box itself.
Strip
The Stripis exactly like a Box element.
Any Strip element can be turned into a Box and vice verca by left clicking on it and selecting Screen Wide.
Circle
The Circle is exactly like a Box element with rounded corners.
The only difference is that the Circle element doesn’t not have the Screen Wide option.
Left click on the box to open it’s contextual menu.
Style - Opens the box’s design settings for borders shadows.
You can read more about it here.
Screen Wide - Fits the box to the width of the screen.
Adding a Shape
The different shape element can be found in the Tool bar under Shapes - Simply drag them to the page to add them to the page to add them.
Resizing a Shape
You can resize any element by simply dragging the orange borders around it that appear when it’s selected.
Tilting a Shape
You can tilt any element by simply clicking the “rotate me” button at the top right of the element and rotating it.
Changing the Shape’s Position
You can change the position of any element by simply clicking on it and dragging it around the page.