This page describes features, codes or syntax whose use is now DEPRECATED, i.e. not advised either for new or continued pre-existing use.
Deprecated aspects of Tinderbox may be supported on a legacy basis but the latter support can not be presumed to be indefinite. Therefore you should update your active TBX documents to latest practice as soon as practical.
Legacy use
Swatches are discontinued in favour of showing the first (if any) of a notes defined flags ($Flags), as described here. Swatches can not be used in current Tinderbox. This feature and its associated system attribute are now essentially non-functional.
Outlines can show a square colour swatch, including border and pattern information, in the area reserved for the link widget between the note's icon and its badge. Because of the swatch's positioning, when a note with a swatch is selected, the link widget temporarily replaces the swatch.
The main aim of this feature is to allow the display of progress using the 'bar' and 'vbar' patterns that display a progress bar in map note icons.
Swatches are activated via the $OutlineColorSwatch attribute.
This feature can be toggled on/off via the Appearance Inspector's Outline tab.
See also—notes linking to here: