AbstractDropDown Properties
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activateAccessKey
Activates access keys.
Both users and administrators can personalize this property.
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displayAsText
Specifies whether the (ToolBar)DropDownBy(Index/Key) element is to look like a pure text field when the focus is not set on it. When the mouse pointer is moved over the UI element, the UI element is highlighted. When the UI element is clicked on, it behaves like a normal (ToolBar)DropDownBy(Index/Key) element, and the user can make a selection from the dropdown list.
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explanation
Help text displayed when the help mode is activated.
More information: Explanation Property
This property can be personalized by administrators.
The explanation iproperty is only displayed if a Label exists for the corresponding UI element.
Note the following exception :
The explanation property of an AbstractTableColumn is always displayed. If the UI element appears in a Table, and therefore has no Label, then use a AbstractTableColumn.explanation as a replacement for an explanation for the respective UI element (for example, InputField).
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labelFor
ID of the UI element you want to label.
You can use a Label for the following UI elements:
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BreadCrumb
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Caption
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CheckBox and CheckBoxGroup
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DropDownByKey and DropDownByIndex
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FileDownload and FileUpload
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FormattedTextEdit and FormattedTextView
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Image
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InputField
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ItemListBox
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LinkToAction and LinkToUrl
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ProgressIndicator
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RadioButton, RadioButtonGroupByIndex, and RadioButtonGroupByKey
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Table
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TextEdit and TextView
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ThresholdSlider
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TransparentContainer
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TriStateCheckBox
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readOnly
Determines whether the user can change the selection in the dropdown list box, or whether th selection can only be displayed and read.
This property can be personalized by administrators. In personalization, this property can be assigned the value: true
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state
Error status of the interface element. Read the note about the required asterisk for a Label in FormLayout under Truncating Contents in the FormLayout.
This property can be personalized by administrators.
Value
Description
Can Be Set Using Personalization
normal
Normal status of the interface element
No
required
The value must be entered
Yes
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textDirection
Text or writing direction.
This enables labels of interface elements to be read in languages that have an RTL writing direction, such as Arabic or Hebrew, as opposed to LTR for languages like English.
This property can be personalized by administrators.
Value
Description
Can be Set Using Personalization
INHERIT
The text direction is inherited from the parent element. Therefore, the text direction is identical to that of the parent element.
Yes
LTR
Left to right text direction
Yes
RTL
Right to left text direction
Yes
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width
Width of the UI element.
More information: Methods and Properties - General Information.
This property can be personalized by administrators.