Edit Area Control Attributes Window

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# Edit Area Control Attributes Window

Accessible Using

1. Double-click on the edit area control; or

2. if selected: "Control > Attributes" or by selecting 'Attributes...' from the control's context menu or

3. if selected: ENTER.

## Entries

Note
For context-sensitive help on attribute entries, select the entry so it has the focus, and press F1.

Entry in Attributes Window | Represents
--- | ---
Name | Handle name of the edit area control (may be overwritten with another name).
Array... | "Array" dialog box for defining an array of edit area controls.
String | STRING attribute value.
`...` | "Source" dialog box for determining sources of STRING attribute values.
Font | Output field where the font currently selected is displayed.
`...` | Dialog box for selecting fonts.
DIL Text | DIL-TEXT attribute value (string).
`...` | "Source" dialog box for determining sources of DIL-TEXT attribute values.
Context Menu | CONTEXT-MENU attribute value. Specifies the context menu (if any) associated with the control.
Drop Mode | DROP-MODE attribute value. Indicates whether the control can act as the target in a drag-drop operation and, if so, which types of drag-drop operation it supports.
State: |
Visible | VISIBLE attribute value.
Enabled | ENABLED attribute value.
Modifiable | MODIFIABLE attribute value. If this entry is checked, the end user may edit the text.
RTL | RTL attribute value. If this entry is checked, the dialog element direction is right-to-left.
Horizontal scroll bar | HORIZ-SCROLLABLE attribute value.
Vertical scroll bar | VERT-SCROLLABLE attribute value.
Help ID | HELP-ID attribute value.
Length | LENGTH attribute value. Specifies the maximum number of characters which can be entered into the edit area control. Each line break consumes two characters (carriage return / line feed). This applies regardless of whether the line break was explicitly entered by the user or implicitly inserted due to word wrapping.
Style: |
Framed | STYLE attribute value: creates a frame around the edit area control.
Wordwrapped | STYLE attribute value: when text exceeds the width of the edit area control, it is automatically wrapped to the next line. Note When you set the STYLE attribute value to "WORDWRAP", you cannot set the HORIZ-SCROLLABLE attribute value to "TRUE" and vice versa.
Autoscroll | STYLE attribute value: Text is vertically scrollable and is automatically scrolled upwards when the ENTER key is pressed on the last displayed line. Note This option only has an effect if the edit area control does not have a vertical scroll bar. Otherwise, the text is implicitly autoscrollable.
Rectangle: | The following four attributes decide the edit area control's x and y axis position, its height and its width on the screen. X - RECTANGLE-X attribute value. Y - RECTANGLE-Y attribute value. W - RECTANGLE-W attribute value. H - RECTANGLE-H attribute value.
Foreground color: |
Selection box | FOREGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value.
`...` | Dialog box for editing FOREGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value.
Background color: |
Selection box | BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value.
`...` | Dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value.
OK | Save settings and exit the window.
Cancel | Exit the window without saving the settings.
Help | Provides online help on the attributes window.