Tile Components Glossary

Vizlib Tiles objects can be broken down into Components, each of them with a specific meaning.

We've put together a Glossary to help you understand what terms like layer and margin mean within the context of a tile visualization, and included an example tile format to point out where the components are located (Figure 1). Just cross-reference the numbers in the example with the glossary table.

Figure 1: Tile Components

	Component	Description
1	Background	The entire object background, can be a plain color, a gradient or an image.
2	Tile	The tile is repeated once per unique dimension value.
3	Layer	Any number of layers can be placed on a tile, choose from Text, Image, Line, Icon or Icon Bar.
4	Tile Border	The border around the tile can be activated for each side and color, width and corner radius.
5	Tile Margin	If shadows are used, each tile can have a margin (equal on all sides) placed round it.
6	Tile Shadow	Shadows are placed around each tile, with settings for color, blurring, offset, and spread.
7	Vertical Divider	A vertical divider is found between each tile, and can have different opacity, color and size.
8	Vertical Line	A vertical divider line is placed inside the divider and can be dashed, dotted or solid.
9	Horizontal Divider	A horizontal divider is found between each tile, and can have different opacity, color and size.
10	Horizontal Line	A horizontal divider line is placed inside the divider and can be dashed, dotted or solid.