Customizing AuctionPrime

Auction Prime will let you do a lot of things to customize the content, appearance, and layout of the Item List.

Content :



1. Go to the "Settings" tab, and select "List Columns" from the list at the left.
2. You'll see a list of the possible information that can be displayed on the Item List. Simply check or uncheck items as you desire.
3. Click the 'Item List" tab. You'll see that your new content selections are already in place.
For these Settings to show up in your next session of AuctionPrime, you must save them using the "Save Custom List Layout' menu item under the "Settings" menu.

Width :
You can resize the "Items of Interest" window by putting your cursor at the edge of the window. When you see the double arrow cursor, just left click and drag to resize the window. The Item List will resize along with the window. This setting will automatically be remembered for your next AuctionPrime session.

Item List layout
Column Widths

To resize a column in the Item List, place the cursor at the right hand line of the column heading. A double arrow cursor will appear. Left click and drag to resize the column.

Column Order
You can rearrange the order of the Item List columns :
1.Click once in the column heading to select the column.
2. Click again in the column heading, and hold down the mouse button, you'll see red arrows appear at the left of the column heading.
3. Drag the column heading to your desired new position. You'll see the red arrows move to show you where the column is about to be moved to. When its in the right place, just release the mouse button.

Non-Scrolling columns (Split views)
At the bottom left of the Item List (just left of the horizontal scroll bar), you'll notice a thick, vertical black line. When you place the cursor over this line, the cursor will change into a double headed arrow.
Click and drag using this cursor, and you can split the Item List into two sections, separated by a thick, dark line..
Once you have two sections, you can then resize the columns to adjust them to your taste.

The most useful application of this feature is to make your Item Name stay in view while you scroll the rest of the information in the list :
1. Use the Split cursor (as described above), to pull the 'split line' to the right, until its as wide as you'd like your Item Name column to be.
2. Size your Item Name column until it matches up with the Split Line.
3. Now you have a horizontal scroll bar only under the rest of the List columns. When you scroll the list horizontally, the Item Name will stay in view.

Saving your Customized Layout :
When you are satisfied with the way your Item List looks, be sure to use "Save Custom List Layout", under the "Settings" menu, to save your custom layout

If you have saved a Custom Layout, AuctionPrime will automatically use it in future sessions.

Customized colors :

By default, AuctionPrime color codes lines in the Item List based on Item Status. You control this by selecting "List Colors/Fonts" on the "Settings" tab.

First, you can completely turn off the color coded lines by unchecking "Yes, I want color coded rows in the Item List".

If you wish to use color coding, you can completely customize the colors used. Again, using the "List Colors/Fonts" selection on the "Settings" tab, you'll see a sample of what the color coding currently looks like. To change one of them, just click on it, and then click on "Background Color", 'Foreground Color", or "Font" in the list to the right. A dialog box will appear that lets you make your change.

The changes you make are in effect for the current session only, unless you save them.

When you are happy with your changes, click the "Save Custom Color Settings" button. Now your custom settings will automatically appear the next time you run AuctionPrime. They are already in use for the current session as you make the changes.

If you are making color changes and decide you don't like them and want to start over, then under the "Settings" menu, select "Load Default Colors/Fonts".

AuctionPrime remembers whether you are currently using Custom Colors or the Default Colors. Each time you run AuctionPrime, it will use your last color settings. You switch back and forth with menu selections from the "Settings" menu.