Placeholder Properties Dialog Box, General (Report Builder and SSRS)

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Use the Placeholder Properties dialog box to change the value, ToolTip, and markup options of a placeholder in a text box.

Options

Label
Type a label for the placeholder. The label is displayed on the design surface only.

Value
Type the value of the text box. This should be a field expression, other expression, or a label. Click the Expression (fx) button to edit the expression.

Tooltip
Type text or an expression that evaluates to a ToolTip. Click the Expression (fx) button to edit the expression. The ToolTip appears when the user pauses the pointer over the item in the rendered report.

Markup type
Select an option to indicate how the placeholder is rendered.

  • Plain Text Display the placeholder as simple text. HTML is treated as literal text.

  • HTML Display the placeholder as HTML. If the expression value of the placeholder contains valid HTML tags, these tags are rendered as HTML.

See Also

Format Text in a Text Box (Report Builder and SSRS)
Add HTML into a Report (Report Builder and SSRS)
Expression Examples (Report Builder and SSRS)
Text Boxes (Report Builder and SSRS)
Formatting Report Items (Report Builder and SSRS)
Formatting Text and Placeholders (Report Builder and SSRS)
Importing HTML into a Report (Report Builder and SSRS)