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Kanban Diagram Options - Appearance
Using the 'Appearance' page, you can set the Kanban diagram appearance options, such as the line and font colors and use of the Hand Drawn mode.
Objects on a Kanban diagram are, by default, drawn using the Info View style.
This style displays an icon on the top right corner of the element, representing the element type, with a triangular icon to the left of it representing the priority - red for High priority, and yellow for Medium priority. No icon shows for Low priority. The Priority, as for various other element properties, is also represented by a line of text in the body of the element. You can specify which properties are shown by selecting the appropriate checkbox from the list at the bottom of the 'Appearance' page.
Access
Ribbon |
Construct > Resource Management > Kanban > (options to generate and/or open a Kanban diagram) or Start > Collaborate > My Kanban (displays personal default Kanban diagram) Then Design > Diagram > Manage > Kanban > Appearance (on an open Kanban diagram) |
Context Menu |
On a Kanban diagram, double-click on a lane > Appearance On a diagram, right-click on background | Kanban > Appearance |
Appearance Options
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Line Color |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the color in which to display lane borders. This color does not apply to sub lane borders, which are automatically set to a pale or dark color to contrast with the lane fill color. If the color you require is not shown, click on the More colors button and either select from a wider range of standard colors or define a custom color. The border style is automatically set to the 'chiseled' effect to give the appearance of 3D blocks on a background, the color of the background being the line color. The effect is more obvious if you set the line to a pale color and not black. |
Standard Colors Create Custom Colors |
Font Color |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the color in which to display the text in the Kanban lane and sub lane headings. If the color you require is not shown, click on the and either select from a wider range of standard colors or define a custom color. |
Create Custom Colors Standard Colors |
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Click on this button to display the 'Font' dialog, through which you define the font and the style, size and effects of the text in the Kanban lane and sub lane headings. If you also change the text color here, it overrides the setting of the 'Font Color' field. |
Set Element Font |
Title Color |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the color to use across the lane heading cells (separate from the fill colors you can apply individually to each of the lanes themselves). If the color you require is not shown, click on the and either select from a wider range of standard colors or define a custom color. |
Standard Colors Create Custom Colors |
Overfilled Color |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the color with which to fill a lane heading cell if the lane contains more than the maximum number of elements. You set the maximum number of elements when you define the lanes to work with, in the 'Lanes' page. If the color you require is not shown, click on the More colors button and either select from a wider range of standard colors or define a custom color. |
Create Custom Colors Standard Colors |
Underfill Color |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the color with which to fill a lane heading cell if the column contains fewer than the maximum number of elements, in other words there is available capacity. You set the maximum number of elements when you define the lanes to work with, in the 'Lanes' page. If the color you require is not shown, click on the and either select from a wider range of standard colors or define a custom color. |
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Line Width |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the line width of the Kanban lane borders - either 1 (thinnest), 2 or 3 (thickest). |
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Vertical Spacing |
Set this to 'Small', 'Medium' or 'Large' to define the degree of vertical separation between elements in a Kanban lane. |
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Hide Names |
Select this checkbox to hide the lane names and the column heading cells. |
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Bold Font |
Select this checkbox to display the lane headings in bold (if their font definition does not already set them to bold). |
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Hand Drawn |
Select this checkbox to display the Kanban lanes and the elements on the diagram in 'Hand-drawn' mode. |
Configure Diagram Display |
Enable Overfill Highlight |
Select this checkbox to apply the 'overfilled' color to the lane header cell if it contains more elements than the defined maximum number (see New). |
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Enable Underfill Highlight |
Select this checkbox to apply the 'underfilled' color to the lane header cell if the lane contains fewer elements than the defined maximum number; that is, if it has any spare capacity. |
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Highlight Hierarchies |
Select this checkbox to highlight elements on the Kanban diagram that are part of the same hierarchy, by drawing a colored rectangle behind each element. If there are elements from two or more hierarchies on the same diagram, each hierarchy is represented by background rectangles of a different color to the others. In this illustration, Class 1 and Class 2 are both in one hierarchy, and Class 5 and Class 6 are both in a second hierarchy.
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Use Kanban drawing style |
Select this option if you want to apply the Kanban style to the elements on this Kanban diagram. Also, select the checkbox against each element property or characteristic to be shown in the elements:
The property checkboxes are directly linked to the 'Use Kanban drawing style' option. If you do not select the option, the element on the Kanban diagram has a more basic appearance with no properties shown other than the author and element names.
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Native Element drawing style |
Select this option to render the elements on the Kanban diagram in their native, rectangular notation style, displaying any compartments the elements might have. The Resources compartment is particularly useful for Kanban elements, if compartments are to be shown. This compartment lists allocated resources, including those that are 100% complete. Note that the element width is limited by the width of the lane the element is in, so features in compartments might be shown truncated. |
Notes
- All elements added to a Kanban diagram initially have the same height and spacing, but the height can change as displayable information is added to an element
- In a Kanban diagram, the normal element appearance option is not operational; only the Kanban appearance options take effect