Styles

1. Styles in Pixso

Pixso contains styles below:

• Color styles: Filling color and stroke color.
• Text styles: Font, font size, row height and spacing.
• Effect styles: Inner shadow, outside shadow, Gaussian blur and background blur.
• Layout grid styles: Row, column and grid.

Every time you change the style properties, for instance, switch the text color from red to blue, Pixso will apply this change to all objects that use this style.

2. Create Style

2.1 Color Style

Color styles can be used in filling styles, stroke styles and text. You can also create color styles for images and gradients.

Steps to create color styles:

1. Choose an object to create styles.
2. On the right-side panel, click the style icon beside the property you want to save.
3. Click the + icon on the Color style panel.
4. Name the style and click Create.

Note: When creating a style for the gradient, the color, gradient direction and angle will all be saved in the created style.

2.2 Text Style

You may frequently set different text properties in design, so the text styles can boost your efficiency. You can apply text styles to the whole text layer or just to a part of text in the layer.

The steps to create text styles are the same as that of creating color styles.

1. Select the text with the style you want.
2. Click the style icon on the Text panel.
3. Click the + icon on the Text style panel.
4. Name the style and click Create.

Note: You can not set the text alignment via text styles. That’s to say, you need to set the alignment for each text block individually.

2.3 Effect Style

You can also set effect styles like shadow and blur. To save these settings for future use,

1. Select the object you want to apply these effects.
2. If the selected object has no effect style, you need to add it.
3. On the Effect panel, click the style icon.
4. Click the + icon on the Effect style panel.
5. Name the style and click Create Style.

Pixso sets different icons for different shadow styles, with which you can quickly tell the style type.

2.4 Layout Grid

You can also create styles for layout grids. The steps are as below.

1. Create or select a frame on the canvas.
2. Add the layout grid to the frame on the right side panel.
3. Set properties for the layout grid as you want.
4. Click the style icon in the Layout grid section.
5. Click the + icon to create a new style.
6. Name the style and click Create.

3. Apply Style

3.1 Apply Styles to Objects

You can use any local styles, or shared styles that have been published to the team library.

1. Select the object to apply the style.

2. On the right side panel, click the style icon beside the property you want to update.

3. On the style menu, you’ll see all the local styles and shared styles from team library.

Sorting of the style panel:

• By alphabetical order of team names
• By alphabetical order of file names
• By creating time order (individual style)

4. Search and choose the style you want to apply to the object.

3.2 Switch Between Styles

You can switch styles on the right side panel.

1. Choose the object you want to update the style.
2. Choose other styles on the right side panel.
3. Search for the target style and apply it.

3.3 Remove Style

When you remove the style from an object, the object will retain current properties.

1. Select the object to remove the style from.
2. Hover your mouse on the style on the right side panel.
3. Click the Remove style icon.
4. Then you can change the style of the target object. These changes will not be applied to the style you removed.

4. Manage and Share Style

4.1 View Styles

Local styles are these saved in the current file. When you select nothing on the canvas, you can access local styles from the right side panel or from the style selector. If you want to view other published styles, you can open the corresponding style selector.

1. From the right side panel

After creating styles in the file, you can view them on the right side panel, while you need to select nothing on the canvas at the very beginning. Then,

• Click the blank space on the canvas.
• Press Esc to unselect

Pixso groups all local styles by type: text, color, effect, layout grid.

2. From style selector

Click the style icon beside the target property to open the style selector. You can then view all usable styles of that property. The default sorting of styles is:

• By alphabetical order of team names
• By alphabetical order of file names
• By the same order as how they are displayed on the right side panel

4.2 Manage Styles

If you want to change the style, you need to edit the style in the original file.

4.3 Edit Style

• Open the right side panel and the style selector.
• Hover your mouse on the target style, then select and right-click it to open the edit panel.

4.4 Delete Style

Select the style on the panel, right-click on it to delete. All the objects with this style will retain the current properties but remove the style.

4.5 Share Styles

If you want to use created styles in other files, you need to publish them to the team resource library. You can do this individually or publish them together with components.

4.6 Publish Style

1. Open the Component panel on the left side and click the team resource library icon. You can also use the shortcut keys:

• macOS：⌥ Option+3
• Windows：Alt+3

2. Under Current file section, click the Publish button.

3. You’ll see a list of all components and styles. You can also check the progress of updates. If necessary, you can add description of changes.

4. Click Publish button again to share these styles. When all changes are published, all members using this library will get the update prompt. In this way, all layers with these styles will be updated to the latest version.

4.7 Use Styles from the Team Library

When you enable the team resource library, anyone with the editor permission of the file can access these styles and components.

• View all styles in the library using the style selector.
• Use any styles shared with you.
• Edit styles in the file that you have editor permission.