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.* |
| sontSize | 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. IDE and runtime. |
| hidden | True/False. Is the control hidden? * |
| 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. IDE and runtime. |
| name | The name of the control. Optional: this field is used to POST data from a form. |
| 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. IDE and runtime. |
| width | The width of the control, in pixels. IDE and runtime. |
| Visible | Gets or sets whether control is visible. Can be True or False. |
- Not available for all controls. Not implemented on all devices.
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