Properties and Methods
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Description
Properties define the appearance and operation of controls. They are edited in the Properties Window window of the IDE. The properties described here are common to most controls. Properties that are specific to certain controls are discussed in the documentation for that control.
| Property | Description |
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| addChild(control) | Adds control as a child of the control. Works best on controls are containers. |
| background | The color of the background of the control. Same values as color, plus transparent.* |
| borderColor | The color of the border. Defaults to gray. Can be name, #RRGGBB or rgb(R,G,B). |
| borderStyle | The appearance of the border. Defaults to solid. Can be "dotted","dashed","solid","double","groove","ridge","inset","outset". |
| borderWidth | The width, in pixels, of the border. Default is 0, for no border. |
| bottom | The bottom of the control in pixels, in pixels, percent or 'auto'. This usually just calculated automatically from top + height. |
| class | The css class to be used for the control. Settings in the class may override the values of other properties. |
| color | The color of the text. Can be a color name, value (#RRGGBB) or rgb(r,g,b) function.* |
| corners | Should the corners of the control be square or rounded? (jQuery Mobile) * |
| disabled** | The control is grayed out and will not accept input. Use .disabled=True or False to change this at runtime. Do not set in global code - should be in Sub Main() instead. |
| events | Brings up list of events. Select one to go to the code for that event. |
| fadeIn(x) | Shows widget using effect. x can be milliseconds, "fast" or "slow": Button1.fadeIn(1000) Runtime only. Not for Modal forms.
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| fadeOut(x) | Hides widget using effect. x can be milliseconds, "fast" or "slow": Button1.fadeOut("slow") Runtime only. Not for Modal forms.
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| focus() | Place the cursor in the control. Runtime: TextBox1.focus(). Like setFocus in VB. Runtime only.
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| fontFamily | The name of the font.* |
| fontSize | The text size, in pixels.* |
| fontStyle | The style of the text. Can be normal, italic or oblique.* |
| fontWeight | The thickness of the text. 100 to 900, higher values are darker. |
| height | The height of the control in pixels, in pixels, percent or 'auto'. |
| hidden* | True/False. Is the control hidden? Runtime method: Button1.hidden=True
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| hide() | Runtime method: i.e. Button1.hide() Runtime only.
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| id | The name of the control. The id is used to refer to the control in your program. It has to follow JavaScript naming conventions. First digit cannot be a number. |
| left | The left bound of the control in pixels, in pixels, percent or 'auto'. |
| margin-all | Margin to leave outside the control on all sides. |
| margin-bottom | Margin to leave outside the control on bottom. |
| margin-left | Margin to leave outside the control on left. |
| margin-right | Margin to leave outside the control on right. |
| margin-top | Margin to leave outside the control on top. |
| mini | Show the control a bit smaller, with a smaller font. jQuery Mobile. * |
| name | The name of the control. Optional: this field is used to POST data from a form. |
| padding-all | Padding inside the control between its content and all bounds. |
| padding-bottom | Padding inside the control between its content and the bottom of the control. |
| padding-left | Padding inside the control between its content and the left of the control. |
| padding-right | Padding inside the control between its content and the right of the control. |
| padding-top | Padding inside the control between its content and the top of the control. |
| right | The right side of the control in pixels, in pixels, percent or 'auto'. This usually just calculated automatically from left + width. |
| resize(left,top,width,height) | Set the size and position of a control. Values can be number of pixels, percent of screen size or "auto". Percentages should be in quotes ("50%"). Does not work for Android 2.3 and older. Runtime only. |
| show() | Runtime method: i.e. Button1.show() Runtime only.
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| slideDown(x) | Shows widget using effect. x can be milliseconds, "fast" or "slow": Button1.slideDown(1000) Runtime only.
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| slideUp(x) | Hides widget using effect. x can be milliseconds, "fast" or "slow": Button1.slideUp("fast") Runtime only.
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| style | The style of the control. Optional. Any valid HTML Style string can be used. Separate parameters with “;”. Example:
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| theme | The color theme to use. ‘a’ is white, ‘b’ is black. Other letters can be custom defined using ThemeRoller. jQuery Mobile only. |
| top | Position of the top of the control, in pixels, percent or 'auto'. |
| width | The width of the control, in pixels, percent or 'auto'. |
| Visible | Gets or sets whether control is visible. Can be True or False. |
* Not available for all controls. Not implemented on all devices.
** Not recognized by ontouch events. Check for disabled state in event code and handle there.