The three Item States

The items may look different when certain events occur. You can therefore use a different design to emphasize the event of an item getting the focus or the event of the mouse clicking on the item.

This is implemented by applying a different value to the properties for each one of the following states:

Normal state

Specifies how the item looks when the mouse is away from the item.

See Item1 on Normal state:

Mouse Over state

Specifies how the item looks when the mouse is over the item.

See Item1 on Mouse Over State:

Mouse Click state

Specifies how the item looks when the mouse clicks on the item.

See Item1 on Mouse Click State:

Now, take a look at the Item Properties to see how the different design of each state was actually implemented:

You may have noticed that most properties keep the same value in all item states. It is therefore very useful to enter the property value only once. This is how the button can make your life easier; it copies the property value of the "Normal" state to its "Mouse Over" and "Mouse Click" states.