Properties and Methods

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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. For Android 2.3 and older, use ctrl.style.width. 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.
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. IDE and runtime.
width The width of the control, in pixels. For Android 2.3 and older, use ctrl.style.width. 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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