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

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

Tasks

Format Text in a Text Box (Report Builder and SSRS)

Add HTML into a Report (Report Builder and SSRS)

Reference

Expression Examples (Report Builder and SSRS)

Concepts

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)