- autoSelect
- The autoSelect property indicates whether the text in the field
should be automatically selected when the field gets focus.
- backgroundColor
- The backgroundColor property is the name of the RGB color for
the background of the part.
- borderWidth
- The borderWidth property is the width of the border, specified
in pixels, that surrounds the part on all four sides. A width of zero
means that a border does not show.
On some platforms, the border width is limited to 1 pixel and any nonzero
value is set to 1.
- columns
- The columns property specifies the width of the part measured
in average character spaces when either the left or right edge is not
attached.
The width of the control determines the initial setting of the
columns property unless another initialized value is connected to
the property. You can modify the width of the control at run time by
connecting a value to the columns property of the part.
- converter
- The converter property is an object that manages the conversion
of other objects to and from their display format for certain visual parts,
such as a Text part.
- dragDropSpec (AbtDragDropSpec)
- The dragDropSpec property specifies the drag and drop
information for the part.
You can tear-off the dragDropSpec property to access its
properties and events. If the part has a Drag/Drop tab in
its Settings window, the drag and drop properties and events will be added to
the part once you have selected either Allow drag or Allow
drop in the part's Settings window.
The dragDropSpec property has the following properties for
specifying drag and drop information:
- canBeDragSource (Boolean)
- Specifies whether the part can be the source of a drag operation.
The source is where the drag is started.
- canBeDragTarget (Boolean)
- Specifies whether the part can be the target of a drag operation.
The target is the part under the cursor during the drag.
- defaultDragOperations (OrderedCollection)
- Specifies the following default drag operations for the array of any or
all elements, with the first elements having the highest priority:
- XmMOVE
- XmCOPY
- XmLINK
- XmILLEGAL
- defaultDropOperations (OrderedCollection)
- Specifies the following default drop operations for the array of any or
all elements, with the first elements having the highest priority:
- XmMOVE
- XmCOPY
- XmLINK
- XmILLEGAL
- dropAcceptableClassList (OrderedCollection)
- Specifies a list of classes where instances can be added to the part for a
drop operation.
The dragDropSpec property has the following drag and drop
events, which all pass a callData parameter from which it gets information
about the source, target, operation, and emphasis:
- dragChanged
- Signals to the source that the target or operation of the drag session has
changed.
- dragCompleteRequested
- Signals to the source that the drag session has completed and requests
that the source perform any necessary actions for the operation.
- dragLeave
- Signals to the target that the mouse pointer has left its bounding box
during a drag session. You may want to use this for changing the target
emphasis.
- dragOver
- Signals to the target that the mouse pointer is moving over it during a
drag session. The target must fill in the vote field of the callData
parameter with the operation acceptable with regard to the source
items. See the defaultDropOperations attribute for
acceptable vote values.
- dragSourceCancelled
- Signals to the source that the drag operation was cancelled.
- dragStartRequested
- Signals to the source that the drag session has started. The source
items, images and offsets must be filled in the respective fields of the
callData parameter.
- dragTargetCancelled
- Signals to the target that the drag operation was cancelled.
- dropped
- Signals to the target that the dragged items have been dropped and
requests that the target perform any actions necessary for the drop
operation.
- editable
- The editable property specifies whether the text in the part
can be edited.
Note: | For the Container Details parts, this attribute along with the
columns attribute determine whether the column cells are
editable. However, the various edit events (such as editCellAt:
or editSelectedCell) will edit the column, regardless of the values of these
attributes.
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- enabled
- The enabled property specifies whether or not the part is
available for selection. If true, the part's contents are
available for selection.
- fontName
- The fontName property is the name of the font to use for the
text displayed in the part.
- foregroundColor
- The foregroundColor property is the name of the RGB color for
the foreground of the part.
- framingSpec
- The framingSpec property represents the values specified for
the edge specifications of the part. The edge specifications determine
the width, height, and position of the part.
- helpFile
- The helpFile property is the name of the help file associated
with the part.
- helpKeysId
- The helpKeysId property is the ID of the keys help associated
with the part. The ID can be a string or an integer value.
The ID must exist in the help file associated with the part.
- helpTitle
- The helpTitle property is the title of the help window
associated with the part.
- helpTopicId
- The helpTopicId property is the ID of the help topic associated
with the part. The ID can be a string or an integer value.
The ID must exist in the help file associated with the part.
- maxLength
- The maxLength property specifies how long a string of data can
be in the field.
- notifyChangeOnEachKeystroke
- The notifyChangeOnEachKeystroke property specifies whether each
keystroke sends a notification that the part has changed.
For example, if you connect the notifyChangeOnEachKeystroke
property of a Text part to an action you want to occur, such as a validation
routing, then the validation would occur after each keystroke within the entry
field.
- object
- The object property is the data that the part
represents. If the part represents non-string data, use this
property; otherwise use the labelString or string
property.
For example, you can use the object property with a converter to
display the label of a button.
- partName
- The partName property specifies the name you want to use to
describe the part. For nonvisual parts, this text appears under the
icon for the part on the free-form surface.
The name of the part can consist of alphanumeric characters, and must be
different from those of all other parts on the layout surface.
If you do not specify a part name, VisualAge generates a unique name based
on the class name of the part.
- passwordCharacter
- The passwordCharacter property contains the character that
displays for every character that the user types when the part is protected by
a password.
- passwordProtect
- The passwordProtect property specifies that the part has a
password associated with it. The password character is displayed as the
user types in the field.
- reformatOnFocusChange
- The reformatOnFocusChange property specifies whether the part,
which has a converter specified, is reformatted when the focus changes.
- showHorizontalScrollBar
- The showHorizontalScrollBar property specifies whether or not
to display a horizontal scroll bar so the user can scroll horizontally through
the text. If true, a horizontal scroll bar is displayed.
- showVerticalScrollBar
- The showVerticalScrollBar property adds a vertical scroll bar
so that the user can scroll vertically through the text.
- tabGroup
- The tabGroup property specifies whether or not the part is
included as a tab stop so users can use the Tab and
Backtab keys to access the part.
- tabSpacing
- The tabSpacing property specifies the number of spaces you want
to use when the user presses the Tab key.
- traversalOn
- The traversalOn property specifies whether users can access the
part using the cursor movement keys. If the part is specified as a tab
stop by using the tabGroup property, users also can use the
Tab and Backtab keys to access the part.
- wrap
- The wrap property breaks lines of text so that text does not
extend beyond the right edge of the window. If you have horizontal
scroll bars displayed, then this property has no effect. Valid values
include:
If no value is specified, the default value is OFF.
This property is equivalent to the WRAP property of the HTML <TEXTAREA>
tag available with Netscape 2.0 extensions.