Label Input Feature

Description

The label feature displays text as a label.

Properties

Feature Name: This is the name of the label feature, it can be changed from the default value.

x: This is the horizontal centre point of the label feature on the view.

y: This is the vertical centre point of the label feature on the view.

width: This is the width of the label feature.

height: This is the height of the label feature.

Orientation: This is the angle of the label feature specified in degrees.

Transparency: This a value that specified the transparency of the label feature. 0 is completely invisible and 1 is not transparent at all.

Text: The Displayed text. Using this property we can set a predefined text to the label field.

Font: Using this property we can select the available fonts to the label field. This list shows the available fonts from the local PC.

Size: Using this property we can set the font size of the label field.

Font Color: This property sets the color of the font.

Bold: Text will be bold when this property is set to true.

Italic: Text will be italicized when this property is set to true.

Align: This aligns the text inside the label field. We can align it to Left, Right, and Centre.

Show Background: If this is set, it enables the background of the label field.

Background Color: Using this property we can select the background color for the label field.

Background Outline Color: Using this property we can select the separated color for the outline of the label field.

Outline Thickness: Using this property we can set the thickness of the label field outline.

Background Radius: Using this property we can make the edges of the label field into curvy.

Multiline: If this property is set, it enables the multiline inputs.

Events

Triggers

Key Pressed

Key Pressed: This trigger listens to the event of a key being pressed. It listens for the key that is specified in the parameter key.

Parameter

Key: Character that it’s listening for

Timer

Timer: This starts a timer and executes the actions when the time is up. You can have it run multiple times by specifying the number of runs, 0 is to keep running indefinitely.

Parameter

Duration: duration of time before executing actions

Number Of Runs: Specifies the number of runs, 0 is to keep running indefinitely

Touch

Tap: This trigger executes its actions when the user taps on the label feature.

Double Tap: This trigger executes its actions when the user double taps on the label feature.

Long Press: This trigger executes its actions when the user long presses the label feature.

Pressed: This trigger executes its actions when the user has pressed down on the label feature.

Released: This trigger executes its actions when the user has pressed down and released the label feature.

Gesture

Swipe: This trigger executes its actions when the user swipes on the label feature in the direction specified.

Parameter

Swipe Type: Here you can specify the direction of swipe to listen for

Global Variable: The distance of the swipe will be stored to this variable if one is specified

Drag and Drop

Is Dropped On: This trigger executes its actions when the label feature is dragged and dropped on to another feature.

Parameter

Target: This specifies the other feature that the label feature has to be dropped on

Is Dragged Over: This trigger executes its actions when this feature is dragged over another feature.

Parameter

Target: This specifies the other feature that this feature has to be dragged over

Actions

Print: This action calls the print function of the operating system (OS) of the device, it will print this feature the way it looks when the action is executed. For this to work the printer setting must be set up properly on the OS.

Parameter

Show settings popup: The printer setting popup of the OS can be shown before printing if selected

X:This action changes the x property of the label feature to the value specified.

Parameter

x:This is the target value

Y:This action changes the y property of the label feature to the value specified.

Parameter

y:This is the target value

Width: This action changes the width property of the label feature to the value specified.

Parameter

Width: This is the target value

Height: This action changes the height property of the label feature to the value specified.

Parameter

Height: This is the target value

Rotate To: This action changes the orientation property of this feature to the value specified

Parameter

Rotation: This is the target value

X Offset: This action changes the x property of the label feature by adding the value specified.

Parameter

x:This is the value to be added to the current value

Y Offset: This action changes the y property of the label feature by adding the value specified.

Parameter

y:This is the value to be added to the current value

Width Offset: This action changes the width property of the label feature by adding the value specified.

Parameter

Width: This is the value to be added to the current value

Height Offset: This action changes the height property of the label feature by adding the value specified.

Parameter

Height: This is the value to be added to the current value

Rotate By: This action changes the orientation property of the label feature by adding the value specified

Parameter

Rotation Offset: This is the value to be added to the current value

Resize By Factor: This action changes the height and width of the label feature by multiplying it by the specified factor

Parameter

Factor: This is the value which the height and width will be multiplied by

Move To Front: This action moves the label feature to the front of all the features that are in the view. If the label feature is inside a group feature it will be moved in front of all the other features inside that group only.