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Property Summary
String bgcolor
Gets or sets the background color of a field.
String border
Gets or sets the border attribute(s) of a specified element.
Boolean enabled
Gets or sets the enabled state of a specified field, also known as "grayed".
String fgcolor
Gets or sets the foreground color of a field.
String font
Gets or sets the font name, style, and size of an element.
String format
Gets or sets the display formatting of an element for number and text values; does not affect the actual value stored in the database column.
String toolTipText
Gets or sets the tool tip text of an element; text displays when the mouse cursor hovers over an element.
Boolean transparent
Gets or sets the transparency of an element; true - transparent; false - not transparent.
Boolean visible
Gets or sets the visibility of an element; true - visible; false - not visible; ! - the visibility state is inverted (the opposite).



Method Summary
Number getAbsoluteFormLocationY()
Returns the absolute form (designed) Y location.
Object getClientProperty(key)
Gets the specified client property for the element based on a key.
String getDataProviderID()
Get the data provider this UI element (display) is showing.
String getElementType()
Returns the type of a specified element.
Number getHeight()
Returns the height of the current element.
Number getLocationX()
Returns the x location of the current element.
Number getLocationY()
Returns the y location of the current element.
String getName()
Returns the name of an element.
Number getWidth()
Returns the width of the current element.
void putClientProperty(key, value)
Sets the value for the specified element client property key.



Property Details

bgcolor

Gets or sets the background color of a field. The color has to be set using the hexadecimal RGB value as used in HTML.
It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.

Returns

Sample

//sets the background color of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";
//gets the background color of the field
var c = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.bgcolor;
 

border

Gets or sets the border attribute(s) of a specified element.

The border attributes:

borderType - EmptyBorder, EtchedBorder, BevelBorder, LineBorder, TitleBorder, MatteBorder, SpecialMatteBorder.
size - (numeric value) for: bottom, left, right, top.
color - (hexadecimal value) for: bottom, left, right, top.
dash pattern - (numeric value) for selected side(s).
rounding radius - (numeric value) for selected side(s).

It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.

NOTE: Use the same value(s) and order of attribute(s) from the element design time property "borderType".

Returns

Sample

//sets the border type to "LineBorder"
//sets a 1 px line width for the bottom and left side of the border
//sets the hexadecimal color of the border to "#ccffcc"
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.border = 'LineBorder,1,#ccffcc';
 

enabled

Gets or sets the enabled state of a specified field, also known as "grayed".
true - enabled; false - not enabled; ! - the enabled state is inverted (the opposite).

NOTE: A disabled element cannot be selected by clicking the element (or by pressing the TAB key even if this option is supported by the operating system).

NOTE: A label or button element will not disable if the "displayType" design time property for a field is set to HTML_AREA.

NOTE: The disabled "grayed" color is dependent on the LAF set in the Servoy Client Application Preferences. For more information see Preferences: Look And Feel in the Servoy Developer User's Guide.

Returns

Sample

//gets the enabled state of the field
var currState = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.enabled;

//sets the enabled state of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.enabled = !currentState;
 

fgcolor

Gets or sets the foreground color of a field. The color has to be set using the hexadecimal RGB value as used in HTML.
It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.

Returns

Sample

//sets the foreground color of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.fgcolor = "#000000";

//gets the foreground color of the field
var c = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.fgcolor;
 

font

Gets or sets the font name, style, and size of an element.

font name - the name of the font family.
style - the type of the font. (plain = 0; bold = 1; italic = 2; bold-italic = 3).
size - the size of the font (in points).

It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.

Returns

Sample

forms.customer.elements.customer_id.font = 'Tahoma,1,11';
 

format

Gets or sets the display formatting of an element for number and text values; does not affect the actual value stored in the database column.

There are different options for the different dataprovider types that are assigned to this field.
For Integer fields, there is a display and an edit format, using http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html and the max (string) length can be set.
For Text/String fields, there are options to force uppercase,lowercase or only numbers. Or a mask can be set that restrict the input the pattern chars can be found here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.html
A mask can have a placehoder (what is shown when there is no data) and if the data must be stored raw (without literals of the mask). A max text length can also be set to force
the max text length input, this doesn't work on mask because that max length is controlled with the mask.
For Date fields a display and edit format can be set by using a pattern from here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html, you can also say this must behave like a mask (the edit format)
A mask only works with when the edit format is exactly that mask (1 char is 1 number/char), because for example MM then only 2 numbers are allowed MMM that displays the month as a string is not supported as a mask.
Some examples are "dd-MM-yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy", etc.
The format property is also used to set the UI Converter, this means that you can convert the value object to something else before it gets set into the field, this can also result in a type change of the data.
So a string in scripting/db is converted to a integer in the ui, then you have to set an integer format.
It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set, otherwise null.

Returns

Sample

//sets the display formatting of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.format = '###';

//gets the display formatting of the field
var format = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.format;
 

toolTipText

Gets or sets the tool tip text of an element; text displays when the mouse cursor hovers over an element.

NOTE: HTML should be used for multi-line tooltips; you can also use any valid HTML tags to format tooltip text.

Returns

Sample

//gets the tooltip text of the element
var toolTip = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.toolTipText;

//sets the tooltip text of the element
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.toolTipText = "New tip";
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.toolTipText = "<html>This includes <b>bolded text</b> and <font color='blue'>BLUE</font> text as well.";
 

transparent

Gets or sets the transparency of an element; true - transparent; false - not transparent.

NOTE: transparency can be inverted using ! operator: elements.elementName.transparent = !elements.elementName.transparent;

NOTE: transparency will be mostly used for background color, a transparent element will receive the background of the element "beneath" it, a non transparent one will use its own background color

Returns

Sample

//gets the transparency of the element
var currentState = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.transparent;

//sets the transparency of the element
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.transparent = !currentState;
 

visible

Gets or sets the visibility of an element; true - visible; false - not visible; ! - the visibility state is inverted (the opposite).

NOTE: The visibility of an element is not persistent; the state of visibility only applies to the current user in his/her current session.

Returns

Sample

//sets the element as visible
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.visible = true;

//gets the visibility of the element
var currentState = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.visible;

//sets the element as not visible when the current state is visible
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.visible = !currentState;
 



Method Details

getAbsoluteFormLocationY

Number getAbsoluteFormLocationY ()
Returns the absolute form (designed) Y location.

Returns

Number - The y location of the form in pixels.

Sample

var absolute_y = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getAbsoluteFormLocationY();
 

getClientProperty

Object getClientProperty (key)

Gets the specified client property for the element based on a key.

NOTE: Depending on the operating system, a user interface property name may be available.

Parameters

{Object} key - user interface key (depends on operating system)

Returns

Object - The value of the property for specified key.

Sample

var property = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getClientProperty('ToolTipText');
 

getDataProviderID

String getDataProviderID ()
Get the data provider this UI element (display) is showing.

Returns

String - The data provider as String.

Sample

forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getDataProviderID();
 

getElementType

String getElementType ()
Returns the type of a specified element.

Returns

String - The display type of the element as String.

Sample

var et = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getElementType();
 

getHeight

Number getHeight ()

Returns the height of the current element.
NOTE: getHeight() can be used with getWidth() to set the size of an element using the setSize function. For example:

//returns the width (w) and height (h)
var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth();
var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight();

//sets the new size
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w,h);

//sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);

Returns

Number - The height of the element in pixels.

Sample

var ht = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getHeight();
 

getLocationX

Number getLocationX ()

Returns the x location of the current element.

NOTE: getLocationX() can be used with getLocationY() to set the location of an element using the setLocation function. For Example:

//returns the X and Y coordinates
var x = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationX();
var y = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationY();

//sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setLocation(x+10,y+10);

Returns

Number - The x location of the element in pixels.

Sample

var x = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getLocationX();
 

getLocationY

Number getLocationY ()

Returns the y location of the current element.

NOTE: getLocationY() can be used with getLocationX() to set the location of an element using the setLocation function. For Example:

//returns the X and Y coordinates
var x = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationX();
var y = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationY();

//sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setLocation(x+10,y+10);

Returns

Number - The y location of the element in pixels.

Sample

var y =  forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getLocationY();
 

getName

String getName ()
Returns the name of an element. (may be null as well)

Returns

String - The name of the element.

Sample

var name = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getName();
 

getWidth

Number getWidth ()

Returns the width of the current element.

NOTE: getWidth() can be used with getHeight() to set the size of an element using the setSize function. For Example:

//returns the width (w) and height (h)
var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth();
var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight();

//sets the new size
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w,h);

//sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);

Returns

Number - The width of the element in pixels.

Sample

var w = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getWidth();
 

putClientProperty

void putClientProperty (key, value)

Sets the value for the specified element client property key.

NOTE: Depending on the operating system, a user interface property name may be available.

Parameters

{Object} key - user interface key (depends on operating system)
{Object} value - a predefined value for the key

Returns

void

Sample

forms.customer.elements.customer_id.putClientProperty('ToolTipText','some text');
 



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