Property Summary | |
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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 Sets the font name, style, and size of an element. |
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 | |
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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 |
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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. |
Returns String |
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. NOTE: Use the same value(s) and order of attribute(s) from the element design time property "borderType". |
Parameters spec – the border attributes |
Returns String |
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" var b = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.setBorder('LineBorder,1,#ccffcc'); |
enabled |
Gets or sets the enabled state of a specified field, also known as "grayed". 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 Boolean |
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. |
Returns String |
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 |
Sets the font name, style, and size of an element. font name - the name of the font family. |
Parameters spec – the font name, style, size |
Returns String |
Sampleforms.customer.elements.customer_id.setFont('Tahoma,1,11'); |
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 String |
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 Boolean |
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 Boolean |
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 |
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getAbsoluteFormLocationY |
Number getAbsoluteFormLocationY () |
Returns the absolute form (designed) Y location. |
Returns Number – The y location of the form in pixels. |
Samplevar 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. |
Samplevar 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. |
Sampleforms.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. |
Samplevar et = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.getElementType(); |
getHeight |
Number getHeight () |
Returns the height of the current element. //returns the width (w) and height (h) //sets the new size //sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height |
Returns Number – The height of the element in pixels. |
Samplevar 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 //sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location |
Returns Number – The x location of the element in pixels. |
Samplevar 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 //sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location |
Returns Number – The y location of the element in pixels. |
Samplevar 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. |
Samplevar 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) //sets the new size //sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height |
Returns Number – The width of the element in pixels. |
Samplevar 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 |
Sampleforms.customer.elements.customer_id.putClientProperty('ToolTipText','some text'); |