The
following sections explain how to get a web part into editing mode.
These sections discuss some of the common settings you can modify for a
web part in each mode, such as modifying the web part’s title, its
display settings, and the web part’s position on the page.
To modify a web part of any kind, switch the page to editing mode. Then select the web part whose properties you
want to edit by hovering your mouse over the web part and selecting the
check box that appears at the top-right corner of the web part (on the
title row). Doing so should reveal the Web Part Tools ribbon, with a
tab called Options, as shown in Figure 1.
This
tab has the Web Part Properties button at the top left. Clicking this
button opens the tool pane for the web part. Different web parts have
different tool panes with different settings, but all of them have some
basic settings that you can modify.
Modify a Web Part’s Title
To modify a web part’s title, expand the Appearance section in the web part’s tool pane (refer to Figure 1).
The first option in the Appearance section is the title of the web
part. Simply type in the title you want and click OK to save it.
Modify a Web Part’s Title Bar and Border Settings
To modify whether a web part
displays the title bar and whether it displays a border line around its
contents, expand the Appearance section in the web part’s tool pane and
scroll down to the Chrome Type selection (refer to Figure 2).
Chrome Type can be set to one of these options:
None—
The web part does not display a title bar or border. This is typical
for Image Viewer web parts, where you want the picture to appear
without a title bar above it and without a border around it, as if it
is part of the page and not in a web part (see Figure 2).
Title and Border— The web part displays the title bar and a border around the content (see Figure 3).
Title Only— The web part displays the title bar without a border around the content (see Figure 4).
Border Only— The web part does not display the title bar but does display a border around the content (see Figure 5).
Modify or Remove the Link for the Web Part’s Title
In
some web parts, you want the title to be a link that the users can
click. To set that link or remove it (some web parts have a link by
default), expand the Advanced section in the web part’s tool pane and
scroll down to the Title URL box. In this box, type the link that you
want for the web part’s title or clear the box to remove the link.
Move a Web Part in a Page
To move an existing web part
in a page, switch the page to editing mode (see “How to Edit the
Content of a Page” earlier in this chapter), and then just drag and
drop the title of the web part to the location where you want it to
appear. To do so, just hover the mouse cursor over the web part’s
title; then hold down the left mouse button and, without releasing it,
move the mouse cursor to the place where you want the title—either in
the same web part zone or in another, or to a different location in the
text (if you are editing the contents of a publishing page or a wiki
page).
The location of your mouse
cursor is displayed by the title of the web part you are moving. When
you are hovering the mouse cursor over a web part zone, the place in
that zone where the web part will be added is signified by a bold line
above or below or between the existing web parts already in that zone
(see Figure 5). When you have the mouse cursor where you want the web part to be, you release the mouse button.
