Widget

Generic term for an object in a dialog column or dialog row, including dialog controls such as radio button groups, checkboxes, editboxes, dropdowns, and comboboxes; static text objects; enabling groups; border panels; and nested dialog columns and dialog rows. For information, see dialog column, dialog row, static text, border panel, enabling group, radiobutton group, checkbox control, angle editbox, angle combobox, integer editbox, integer combobox, measurement editbox, measurement combobox, percent editbox, percent combobox, real editbox, real combobox, and text editbox.

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Methods:

getElements, toSource, toSpecifier

Objects:

Number, Object

Hierarchy:

Class: Widget

Property Listing

Property	Type	Access	Description
id	Number	readonly	The unique ID of the Widget.
index	Number	readonly	The index of the Widget within its containing object.
minWidth	Number	read/write	The width of the control. For an editbox or combobox, specifies the minimum width of the box.
parent	DialogRow EnablingGroup BorderPanel DialogColumn	readonly	The parent of the Widget (a DialogColumn, DialogRow, EnablingGroup or BorderPanel).
properties	Object	read/write	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.

Method Listing

Object getElements ()

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

String toSource ()

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the Widget.

String toSpecifier ()

Retrieves the object specifier.

Return

Widgets.anyItem()

Widgets.everyItem()

Widgets.nextItem()

Widgets.previousItem()

Widgets.itemByID()

Widgets.item()

Widgets.itemByName()

Widgets.itemByRange()

Widgets.firstItem()

Widgets.lastItem()

Widgets.middleItem()