Design How-To / Modify an object's borders, margins, or padding |
With bordered boxes, it may be necessary to customize expressions that use the max variable.
As explained in Size expressions for bordered boxes, the value of max is automatically adjusted by the border values. This causes unexpected results in expressions such as max-2cm"or "max/2", for example, where max is only a component of a more complex expression. Modify such expressions as follows:
LAYOUTNODE: x-Size="max/2", leftBorderWidth="2mm", leftMargin="1mm", rightBorderWidth="1.5mm", rightPadding="3mm"
Changing the expression for x-Size:
The final property values for the box are:
LAYOUTNODE: x-Size="(max-7.5mm)/2-7.5mm", leftBorderWidth="2mm", leftMargin="1mm", rightBorderWidth="1.5mm", rightPadding="3mm"