Control settings
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Control settings |
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Each control type has it's own prompts. This chapter describes each control type.
Choose a control type from the droplist in the template.
Available control types:
Most controls has an Actions-tab.
Button |
The button control is a simple toolbar button. When the button is clicked, the selected action is executed.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
If you put an & in front of a character, the character will be the hotkey for this control. Pressing Alt+<hotkey> will execute the control action.
If you want a & to appear in the text, use double ampersands (&&).
Icon
An icon for the control
DisabledIcon
Icon to use when control is disabled.
If you leave this prompt empty, the toolbar will create a temporary gray scaled version of the control icon, which will be used when the control is disabled.
Tooltip
Tooltip for the control
Disable
If this option is checked, the control is initially disabled
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
CheckButton |
A checkbutton is a button that can be set to checked. If a button is checked, it will be drawn highlighted.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
If you put an & in front of a character, the character will be the hotkey for this control. Pressing Alt+<hotkey> will execute the control action.
If you want a & to appear in the text, use double ampersands (&&).
Icon
An icon for the control
DisabledIcon
Icon to use when control is disabled.
If you leave this prompt empty, the toolbar will create a temporary gray scaled version of the control icon, which will be used when the control is disabled.
Tooltip
Tooltip for the control
Disable
If this option is checked, the control is initially disabled
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Checked
If this option is checked, the control will be initially checked.
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
RadioButton |
A radiobutton is a button that can be set to checked. If a button is checked, it will be drawn highlighted.
When a radio becomes checked, it will uncheck all radios next to it, on both sides.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
If you put an & in front of a character, the character will be the hotkey for this control. Pressing Alt+<hotkey> will execute the control action.
If you want a & to appear in the text, use double ampersands (&&).
Icon
An icon for the control
DisabledIcon
Icon to use when control is disabled.
If you leave this prompt empty, the toolbar will create a temporary gray scaled version of the control icon, which will be used when the control is disabled.
Tooltip
Tooltip for the control
Disable
If this option is checked, the control is initially disabled
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Checked
If this option is checked, the control will be initially checked.
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
DropCombo |
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
Prompt
Optional text to show in front of the DropCombo.
Disable
If this option is checked, the control is initially disabled
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Readonly
Control is read-only, and can not be edited by the user.
Resize
Resize the control to maximum available width
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
Items
Text
Display text for this item
ItemID
A numeric ID to use for the item. If you leave this field empty, items will be enumerated, starting with ID=1.
You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!' (eg. !MyVariable)
Actions
DropCombo controls has no item actions
Text |
The Text control is a static control with no actions. It's only intended to add descriptive text to the toolbar.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
Separator |
The separator control draws a vertical bar.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
DropButton |
A DropButton is a button that opens a drop-list with multiple items to choose from. A drop-button can also be split into a button-area, and a drop-area.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
If you put an & in front of a character, the character will be the hotkey for this control. Pressing Alt+<hotkey> will execute the control action.
If you want a & to appear in the text, use double ampersands (&&).
Icon
An icon for the drop button.
DisabledIcon
Icon to use when control is disabled.
If you leave this prompt empty, the toolbar will create a temporary gray scaled version of the control icon, which will be used when the control is disabled.
Tooltip
Tooltip for the control
Disable
If this option is checked, the control is initially disabled
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Split
Indicates that this is a split-button. Split buttons can have actions for both the button and any drop-items.
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
Items
Text
Display text for this item. To add a separator just use a single dash/hyphen: "-"
ItemID
A numeric ID to use for the item. If you leave this field empty, items will be enumerated, starting with ID=1.
You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!' (eg. !MyVariable)
Icon
You can specify an icon for the menu items in the drop menu.
Actions
The settings for DropCombo item actions is the same as for control actions.
Entry |
The entry control provides the user a possibility to write text in the toolbar.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Text
Control visible text. You can specify a variable by prefixing it with '!'. Eg. !MyVariable
Prompt
Optional text to show in front of the DropCombo.
Disable
If this option is checked, the control is initially disabled
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Readonly
Control is read-only, and can not be edited by the user.
Resize
Resize the control to maximum available width
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
Spacer |
Spacers are invisible controls used to add space between other controls.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Resize
Resize the control to maximum available width
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
MimicButton |
A mimicbutton is a button mimicing a Clarion button. The mimicbutton can get it's text, icon and tooltip from the mimiced button. A mimicbutton also follows the enabled/disabled state of the mimiced button. When the mimicbutton is clicked, an EVENT:Accepted is posted to the mimiced button.
Name
This is a descriptive name for the control.
ID
The ID equate label for the control.
Button
The label of the button you want to mimic.
Text
If this option is checked, the MimicButton will get it's text from the button
Icon
If this option is checked, the MimicButton will get it's icon from the button
Tooltip
If this option is checked, the MimicButton will get it's tooltip from the button
Hide
If this option is checked, the control is initially hidden
Width
You can use this option to set a width for the control (in pixels).
