1 Introduction
The text widget displays a text which can contain parameters if necessary. Every attribute is replaced with the value of this attribute. For example, you can show a greeting message to a user by placing a text widget in a data view and adding parameters to it.
If you start typing in any empty container, Studio Pro will automatically generate a text widget to display your text.
2 Properties
An example of text properties is represented in the image below:
Text properties consist of the following sections:
2.1 Common Section
For more information on properties in this section, see the Common Section section in Properties Common in the Page Editor.
2.2 Design Properties Section
The Design Properties allow you to change spacing and alignment of the widget and hide it on phone, tablet, or desktop, if needed. Design properties may vary depending on the type of the widget. For example, for the text widget you can change its font weight, color, alignment, and letter case.
2.3 General Section
2.3.1 Caption
Caption defines a text that will be shown. The caption can contain parameters that are written between braces, for example, {1}.
For more information on using parameters, see the [Parameters]() section below.
2.3.2 Parameters
Parameters are attributes the value of which will be displayed. To view Parameters, do one of the following:
Double-click the Caption setting in properties
Double-click the text widget on the page and click Edit in the General section > Caption:
Parameters have the following settings:
Index – an identification number of a parameter
Attribute (path) – an attribute a value of which will be displayed
Format – a format in which an attribute value will be displayed
2.3.2.1 Adding New Parameters
To use parameters, do the following:
Place the Text widget must be placed in a context of an entity, as in, inside a data widget.
Double-click the Caption setting in the text widget properties.
In the Edit Caption dialog box > Parameters section click New:
In the Edit Template Parameter dialog box, click Select, choose an attribute and confirm your choice.
In the Caption setting, write the text you would like to display and type Index of the parameter you would like to include. In the example below, to include a full name of your customer and a number of unread messages, you need to use indexes {1} for the FullName attribute, and {2} for the NrOfUnread attribute:
2.3.2.2 Performing Other Actions on Parameters
In addition to adding new parameters, you can perform the following actions on parameters:
Delete – to delete a parameter click Delete or press Delete on your keyboard
Edit – double-click a parameter to edit it or click Edit
Move up – to move a parameter up in the list of parameters and also to change its index, click Move up
Move down – to move a parameter down in the list of parameters and also to change its index, click Move down
2.3.3 Render Mode
The render mode determines how the text will be displayed.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Text (default) | The text will be rendered inline with the previous/next texts on a page (<span> tag in HTML). |
| Paragraph | The text will be rendered as a separate paragraph (<p> tag in HTML). |
| Heading 1 - Heading 6 | The text will be rendered as a selected heading (for example, <h1> tag in HTML). Heading 1 is the largest type of heading, Heading 6 is the smallest one. |
2.4 Visibility Section
Visibility determines whether a widget is displayed to the end-user as part of the page.
For more information on properties of this section, see the Visibility Section section in Properties Common in the Page Editor.