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Designing banners
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Banners display the following:
• date, time, and wireless service provider
• application notifications, such as the alarm indicator, missed call count indicator, unopened message count
indicator, and third-party indicators
• wireless connection indicators, such as the wireless coverage level, network coverage, Bluetooth® indicator,
Wi-Fi®
• connection indicator, and roaming indicator
• battery power indicator
• sound profile indicator
• search icon
Banners appear on the Home screen and on the Application list screen. The Home screen banner appears on the
Home screen and, depending on the theme layout, on the Lock screen. The Application list banner appears on the
Message list, Phone lists, and, depending on the theme layout, on the Lock screen. Banners display elements such
as the date and time, network connectivity, and notification icons.
You can customize banners; you can replace banner and indicator images with your own, apply custom fonts, and
customize the color scheme. You can also adjust the banner height for the Home screen banner and you can reposition
and resize elements within the banner. When you resize the banner or add and reposition elements, make sure that
you keep all elements within the banner.
For custom theme layouts, you have the option of making the banner take up the full area of the Home screen so
that you can reposition banner items anywhere on the Home screen. The banner is a transparent image and by
making it take up the full area of the Home screen, you can create a layered effect over the background image of the
Home screen.
Some images, such as those for the Alarm, Unread items, and New items, are shared between banners. You cannot
change them independently; changes you make to any of these elements for either the Home screen or Application
list screen will appear on both screens.
Change the background image for a banner
1. In the Inspector, click the Banner button.
2. Do one of the following:
• To change the background of the Home screen banner, on the Toolbar, click Show the Home Screen Banner.
• To change the background of the Application list banner, on the Toolbar, click Show the Application Banner.
3. In the preview area of the canvas, click the background image of the banner.
4. On the Quick Edit bar, in the Banner Background drop-down list, click Change Image.
5. Navigate to an image.
6. Click Open.
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