Style Bar

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What is the Style Bar

The Style Bar allows you to quickly and easily change a selection of basic properties of Views or objects. In order to open or close the Style Bar, either click on the little arrow next to the name of the corresponding View in GeoGebra Desktop, or click the Style Bar Button in the GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps. Please note that there are still more properties you can change using the Properties Dialog.

Style Bar Options for Views

Each View has it’s own Style Bar options. Depending on the View you select, the Style Bar displays the options most useful to this View.

The Graphics View Style Bar provides buttons to

  • show / hide the coordinate axes
  • show / hide the grid (different kinds of grids in the GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)
  • go back to default view
  • change the Point Capturing settings
  • open the Properties Dialog (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)
  • display additional Views in the GeoGebra window (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)

The 3D Graphics View Style Bar provides buttons to

  • show / hide the coordinate axes and the x-y-plane
  • show / hide a grid
  • go back to default view
  • change the Point Capturing settings
  • start / stop rotating the view automatically
  • adjust the view direction
  • choose the type of projection
  • open the Properties Dialog (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)
  • display additional Views in the GeoGebra window (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)

The Algebra View Style Bar provides buttons to

  • show / hide Auxiliary Objects
  • sort the list of objects by different criteria
  • display additional Views in the GeoGebra window (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)

The CAS View Style Bar provides buttons to

  • change the text style and color
  • display a virtual keyboard (GeoGebra Desktop)
  • display additional Views in the GeoGebra window (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)

The Spreadsheet View Style Bar provides buttons to

  • show / hide the Input Bar
  • change the text style (Bold, Italic)
  • change the text alignment (Left, Center, Right)
  • change the background color
  • change the cell borders (GeoGebra Desktop)
  • open the Properties Dialog (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)
  • display additional Views in the GeoGebra window (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)

Style Bar Options for Tools and Objects

Depending on the Tool or existing object you select, the Style Bar offers a selection of buttons to change the following properties of either the selected object(s) or the object(s) you are about to create using the selected tool:

  • point style
  • line style
  • color of object
  • color and transparency of object filling
  • color, style, and font size of text
  • background color for text boxes
  • labelling settings
  • absolute position on screen (GeoGebra Desktop)
  • display additional Views in the GeoGebra window (GeoGebra Web and Tablet Apps)
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