skip to main content
Maps > Glossaries > JViews Diagrammer Glossary > P
 
P
palette
A set of items from which to select, typically used in a graphical application. Examples are a color palette for assigning a color to a graphic object, an object palette for building a composite graphic object.
pan
To pan is to move a display such as a diagram or map within a GUI window or pane, in this case, the Diagram pane. The purpose of panning is to control which portion of the diagram or map is visible.
pattern-matching
(CSS) The process of analyzing a selector to find the model objects to which the style rule applies.
polyline drawing
A drawing where each link is drawn as a polygonal chain.
project
The combination of a style sheet and a data source, identified in a project file ( .idpr file) in XML format.
property
(CSS) A named characteristic of a graphic object to which you can assign values.
pseudo-class
(CSS) A CSS construct in a selector. A pseudo-class is a word preceded by a colon (:). It represents a state given by the execution context and not by the underlying data model nor by the structure of the document.
pseudo-element
(CSS) A CSS construct in a selector. A pseudo-element is a word preceded by a colon (:). It represents a state given by the structure of the document and not by the underlying data model nor by the execution context.

Copyright © 2018, Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.