Kinetic Control Compendium

Rich Text Editor

Allows a user to enter text and images which could be formatted according to their preferences… Unless that preference is the color red… or purple. :thinking: Plenty of choices for blue, though!

Property Group Property Description
Basic Id Unique identifier for the control
Basic Label Text :mag_right: Sets the label within the control. Doesn’t do anything.
Behavior On Blur Click this to create an OnBlur event for the control. On Blur is triggered when the control loses focus.
Behavior On Create Click this to create an OnCreate event for the control On Create is triggered when the control is painted to the GUI.
Comments Comments Add some developer notes to the control. These are not customer-facing and are only visible in App Studio (Fig. A)
Data Key Field Indicates that a bound component is a key field. If true, the field is enabled if there is no current record, allowing the user to select an existing record or create a new one.
Data EpBinding Bind the control to a DataView.Column. Turns out you can get red text here, or any color, but it’s stuuuuupid; you just need to change the hex value. (Fig. B)
Layout Alignment Sets the alignment of the control. (Fig. C)
Layout Width Sets the specific width (pixels) for the control. (Fig. D)
Layout Height Sets the specific height (pixels) for the control. (Fig. D)
State Personalizable If true, a user can personalize this component(hide/show)
State Customizable If true, a user can customize this component in child layers
State Hidden Hides the control from view.
State Disabled Disables the control. The control will not allow editing or focus.
State Read Only Makes the control read only so that it will not allow editing. The control can still be focused.
State Auto Focus When enabled, the control is automatically focused on creation.
Advanced Show All Tools Toggle to show or hide advanced tools for the control. (Fig. E)

Figure A: Comments

Figure B: EpBinding

Figure C: Alignment

Figure D: Width and Height

Figure E: Show All Tools

1 Like