StaticText

Description

A text label that the user cannot change.

Properties

active readonly Always false. This element cannot have input focus.
alignment readonly The alignment style for this element. If defined, this value overrides the alignChildren setting for the parent container.
bounds readonly The boundaries of the element, in parent-relative coordinates.
characters readonly A number of characters for which to reserve space when calculating the preferred size of the element.
children readonly An array of child elements.
enabled readonly True if this element is enabled.
graphics readonly The graphics object that can be used to customize the element’s appearance, in response to the?onDraw()?event.
helpTip readonly The help text that is displayed when the mouse hovers over the element.
indent readonly The number of pixels to indent the element during automatic layout.
justify readonly The text justification style.
location readonly The upper left corner of this element relative to its parent.
maximumSize readonly The maximum height and width to which the element can be resized.
minimumSize readonly The minimum height and width to which the element can be resized.
parent readonly The parent element.
preferredSize readonly The preferred size, used by layout managers to determine the best size for each element.
properties readonly An object that contains one or more creation properties of the container (properties used only when the element is created).
shortcutKey readonly The key sequence that invokes the?onShortcutKey()?callback for this element (in Windows only).
size readonly The current dimensions of this element.
text readonly The text to display, a localizable string.
type readonly The element type, “statictext”.
visible readonly True if this element is shown, false if it is hidden.
window readonly The window that this element belongs to.
windowBounds readonly The bounds of this element relative to the top-level parent window.

Methods

addEventListener readonly Registers an event handler for a particular type of event occuring in this element.
dispatchEvent readonly Simulates the occurrence of an event in this target.
hide readonly Hides this element.
notify readonly Sends a notification message, simulating the specified user interaction event.
removeEventListener readonly Unregisters an event handler for a particular type of event occuring in this element.
show readonly Shows this element.

Events

onDraw readonly An event-handler callback function, called when the window is about to be drawn.
onShortcutKey readonly An event-handler callback function, called when the element’s shortcutKey sequence is typed in the active window.