Edit o
bject properties

Applies to:
Properties window overview (all objects)

An edit object is an editable text field. It is used as address bar for web objects, as well as for standard text input and processing (in combination with actions).

Detailed reference about the Edit object including descriptions of all properties and possible choices: Edit object

 

The following gives you a quick overview about this window and what you can do. Please refer to Edit object in the Reference for full details and usage of each property.

 

General
Here you give the Edit object a name, assign a Role, which defines the functionality of the edit object, and you decide if the object is visible in design mode or not.

Graphic
Define the position on the user interface and the graphical appearance of the selected edit object here.

Alignment
Give the edit object a reference point on the user interface (i.e. MainDialog), where to align itself when the size of the application is changed.

Font
Clicking the font box invokes a dialog to set the edit object's font properties. There you can determine the font's name, type, color and size.

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