Set Sidebar Color for ItemType

The admin can set a color that is used for the vertical sidebar in the item tear-off window, as well as the vertical stripes shown on the right of all comments in the Discussion Panel. This color helps users to identify the type of item they are looking at on the screen. For standard ItemTypes the colors are set to be like the color of the ItemType’s icon (e.g., Part is set to purple).

Figure 19. To set the sidebar color for an ItemType, do the following:

1. Login to Aras Innovator as an administrator.

2. Go to Contents --> Administration --> ItemTypes.
3. Run the search and open a secure social enabled ItemType for edit.
4. In the ItemType window, select the Client Style tab.

Figure 20. For standard ItemTypes a single PresentationConfiguration

template with default properties is listed in the Relationship grid:

• name
• Color: background-color: rgb(216, 179, 124);
• Client: JavaScript

5. Right-click the PresentationConfiguration in the Relationship grid and select View PresentationConfiguration in the context menu.

Use the following procedure to set the sidebar color for an ItemType:

1. Login to Aras Innovator as an administrator.
2. Go to Contents --> Administration --> ItemTypes. The menu shown in Figure 20 appears.

Figure 21.

1. Click Search ItemTypes. The Search Grid appears.
2. Open a secure social enabled ItemType for editing.
3. In the ItemType window, select the Client Style tab.

Figure 22.

6. Right-click an entry in the name column and select Open in the context menu. This opens the PresentationConfiguration Item tear-off window.

Figure 23.

7. Modify the values of the Style field.

• Example of RGB syntax: background-color: rgb(2126, 179, 124);
• Example of RGBA syntax: background-color: rgba(0, 116, 198, 0.6);

8. Click and to save and unclaim the items.