Properties and Methods

Description

Properties define the appearance and operation of controls. They are edited in the Property Editor 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
background	The color of the background of the control. Same values as color, plus transparent.*
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.*
disabled**	The control is grayed out and will not accept input. Use .disabled=True or False to change this at runtime.
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
hide()	Runtime method: i.e. Button1.hide
id	The name of the control. The id is used to refer to the control in your program.
left	The left bound of the control in pixels, in pixels, percent or 'auto'.
name	The name of the control. Optional: this field is used to POST data from a form.
resize(left,top,width,height)	Set the size and position of a control. Does not work for PictureBox and some other controls, or for Android 2.3 and older.
show()	Runtime method: i.e. Button1.show
style	The style of the control. Optional. Any valid HTML Style string can be used. Separate parameters with “;”. Example: color:blue; text-align:center;
theme	The color theme to use. ‘a’ is black, ‘b’ is blue, ‘c’ is normal. Other letters can be custom defined. 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. For iOS6, use ctrl.style.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.

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