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From KickApps Documentation
The text input component enables you to let the user enter text, which can then be used to trigger a search, send a message, or fill out a form to be sent to a web service.
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Properties
Properties are configurable aspects of a component that let you customize the way it looks and how it works by changing their values in its configuration panel in the App Studio. You can also use JavaScript to change widget properties after the widget loads on a page using the setComponentProperty() method method of the Widget JavaScript API. Finally, you can use widget property values in Actions using our bracket literal syntax. For a listing of all properties on KickApps components, see our Properties Reference.
- Text Padding
- Controls the amount of negative space, or padding, around the text
- Vertical Scrollbar
- Auto (only show the scrollbar when text exceeds available area), On, or Off
- Horizontal Scrollbar
- Auto (only show the scrollbar when text exceeds available area), On, or Off
- Scrollbar Color
- Color of the movable scroll bar within the scroll track
- Scrollbar Track Color
- Color of the scrollbar track
- Word Wrap
- When a line of text is longer than the width of the component, insert a line break before the first word that runs past the right edge of the component.
- Display as password
- Replace input characters with black dots.
Content
- Enter default or helper text, or
- Obtain default or helper text from another component
Background & Border
The scrubber component is used in conjunction with the video and audio players to change positions in the video or audio track that's currently playing.
Properties
- Layout
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Handle Dimensions
- Width
- Height
Background & Border
The play progress bar, load progress bar, handle, and background elements of the scrubber can all be styled individually, with the following options:
- Icon URL
- Enter the URL to an image file in .jpg, .gif, or .png format, or click Browse to open the App Studio Assets window. You can select an image from your App Studio Assets by double-clicking on its icon, or upload a new image by clicking Add. Your selected image will be centered horizontally and vertically within the selected component.
Layout
There are two types of containers: the widget canvas itself (background of the entire widget) is considered a container, and you can also create containers that enclose components within your widget. Like any standard component, containers that you create can be moved around the stage, resized, and styled. The most powerful feature of Containers, though, is their ability to fix the positions of their constituent components via layout constraints, which we'll cover below. To create a container, select multiple components, right-click, and select "Group in new container".
You can configure a container's background color, opacity, border color, border thickness, corner radius, and background image in its Properties panel:
You can also mask content in a container by selecting the Mask Content checkbox at the bottom of the panel above. With masking enabled, components that belong to the container but fall outside its bounds will be hidden. To indicate this, when you're editing a container that has masking enabled in Design mode, and then add a component outside the bounds of the container you're in, that component will be translucent:
Masking is useful for situations in which you want to animate a component into a container after it loads initially.
Layout Constraints
Layout constraints let you anchor components a certain distance away from the sides and axes of their containers. Components with layout constraints enabled maintain their offset distances when their containers are resized. To set layout constraints, double click on your container, then single click on a component within it. The Layout Constraints panel will appear:
The checkboxes along the top side of the square in the Layout Constraints panel can be used to anchor the selected component to the left, vertical center, and right sides of its container. The checkboxes along the left side of the square can be used to anchor the selected component to the top, horizontal center, and bottom sides of its container.
When you select a checkbox, a text input field appears across the box from it. The number in this field represents the offset distance, in pixels, from the selected side of the container. For example, this is what it looks like when you anchor to the left side:
If you then resize this container, the component maintains its distance from the left side:
Similarly, you can anchor a component to the top of its container, and it will maintain its distance from the top when its container is resized:
You can also anchor components to the horizontal and vertical center lines of their containers. This component is anchored to the horizontal center of its container. It maintains its distance from the horizontal center when its container is resized.
This component is anchored to the vertical center of its container. It maintains its distance from the vertical center when its container is resized.
Components anchored to opposite sides of their containers expand and contract to maintain their offsets. Below is a component anchored to both the left and right sides of its container. Note how it expands to maintain its distances from the left and right sides.
The component below is anchored to both the top and bottom sides of its container. It contracts when its container is resized.
Events
Standard Events
- Click
- Component hidden
- Component loaded
- Component shown
- Double click
- Mouse down
- Mouse up
- Roll out
- Roll over
Actions
Standard Actions
- Drag/Stop Drag
- Set depth
- Show/Hide
- Tween Blur
- Tween Color
- Tween Drop Shadow
- Tween Glow
- Tween Property
- Update Property
- For a listing of all properties on KickApps components, see our Properties Reference.
Fonts
- Font
- Choose the typeface you'd like to use.
- Use embedded font
- Embedded fonts are literally embedded into your widget, which means that your text will be visible to anyone who views your widget in the selected typeface with the properties you've set. Un-checking "Use embedded font" enables you to pick a font from your machine. When other people view your widget, they will see your text in the same font if they have that font on their machines; otherwise the widget will pick the closest approximation to this font from the embedded fonts and will render your text in this closest approximation. If you need to use characters that are not included in the English language, you'll need to de-select "Use embedded fonts".
- Font style
- Bold
- Italic
- Underline
- Font color
- Font size
- 6pt - 28pt
- Alignment
- Left
- Right
- Center
Layout
There are two types of containers: the widget canvas itself (background of the entire widget) is considered a container, and you can also create containers that enclose components within your widget. Like any standard component, containers that you create can be moved around the stage, resized, and styled. The most powerful feature of Containers, though, is their ability to fix the positions of their constituent components via layout constraints, which we'll cover below. To create a container, select multiple components, right-click, and select "Group in new container".
You can configure a container's background color, opacity, border color, border thickness, corner radius, and background image in its Properties panel:
You can also mask content in a container by selecting the Mask Content checkbox at the bottom of the panel above. With masking enabled, components that belong to the container but fall outside its bounds will be hidden. To indicate this, when you're editing a container that has masking enabled in Design mode, and then add a component outside the bounds of the container you're in, that component will be translucent:
Masking is useful for situations in which you want to animate a component into a container after it loads initially.
Layout Constraints
Layout constraints let you anchor components a certain distance away from the sides and axes of their containers. Components with layout constraints enabled maintain their offset distances when their containers are resized. To set layout constraints, double click on your container, then single click on a component within it. The Layout Constraints panel will appear:
The checkboxes along the top side of the square in the Layout Constraints panel can be used to anchor the selected component to the left, vertical center, and right sides of its container. The checkboxes along the left side of the square can be used to anchor the selected component to the top, horizontal center, and bottom sides of its container.
When you select a checkbox, a text input field appears across the box from it. The number in this field represents the offset distance, in pixels, from the selected side of the container. For example, this is what it looks like when you anchor to the left side:
If you then resize this container, the component maintains its distance from the left side:
Similarly, you can anchor a component to the top of its container, and it will maintain its distance from the top when its container is resized:
You can also anchor components to the horizontal and vertical center lines of their containers. This component is anchored to the horizontal center of its container. It maintains its distance from the horizontal center when its container is resized.
This component is anchored to the vertical center of its container. It maintains its distance from the vertical center when its container is resized.
Components anchored to opposite sides of their containers expand and contract to maintain their offsets. Below is a component anchored to both the left and right sides of its container. Note how it expands to maintain its distances from the left and right sides.
The component below is anchored to both the top and bottom sides of its container. It contracts when its container is resized.
Events
Standard Events
- Click
- Component hidden
- Component loaded
- Component shown
- Double click
- Mouse down
- Mouse up
- Roll out
- Roll over
Text Input Events
- Keyboard Enter
- Value Changed
Actions
Standard Actions
- Drag/Stop Drag
- Set depth
- Show/Hide
- Tween Blur
- Tween Color
- Tween Drop Shadow
- Tween Glow
- Tween Property
- Update Property
- For a listing of all properties on KickApps components, see our Properties Reference.
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