The primary ways to customize the styles of individual views:

  • Applying style sheets to a specific view.
  • Managing style properties for a specific view via the View Style dialog.

Changing the styles for an individual view via the View Style dialog overwrites both predefined and custom model-based style sheets; the modifications persist even after updating applied style sheets. To reset, see the Resetting changes made in the View Style dialog procedure. 

Applying style sheets to a specific view

Managing style properties for a specific view via the View Style dialog

Opening the View Style dialog

To open the View Style dialog


  • Right-click the selected view. In the shortcut menu, click View Style.

Modifying an individual view's style

To modify an individual view's style


  1. Select the view(s) whose styles you want to modify and open the View Style dialog.
  2. Locate the property you want to modify and change its value to the needed one in the Value column.
  3. Click Close.

Resetting changes made in the View Style dialog

While changing the styles for an individual view via the View Style dialog overwrites both predefined and custom model-based style sheets, you can easily undo them following the procedure below.

To reset changes made in the View Style dialog


  1. Open the View Style dialog.
  2. Locate the property you want to reset to the style of the currently applied style sheet. Its check box in the Default column is deselected.
  3. Select the check box in the Default column for the needed property.
  4. Click Close.

The View Style dialog

The table below lists the style properties available for modification and their descriptions. 

Modifying a view style property changes its Default value to false.

Currently, other view style properties displayed in the dialog besides the Use Gradient Fill are not functional.

NameValue optionsDescription
Main
Use Gradient Filltrue/false

Specify whether a gradient should be used for the Fill Color and Content Fill Color symbol style properties.

Show Line Jumps OnNone
Horizontal Line
Vertical Line

Specify whether line jumps should be used for intersecting lines (e.g., paths).

  • None - line jumps are not used.
  • Horizontal Line - line jumps are used only on horizontal lines (default).
  • Vertical Line - line jumps are used only on vertical lines.