Paragraph Text

Paragraph text is used to replicate a textarea control in most standard UI’s. Paragraph text, unlike other input controls, is not evaluated.

Paragraph Text Settings

General Settings

Accessible Name

The visual label that appears on the button.

This value must be a meaningful label for the control. In addition, there must be a visible label in the underlying screen shot that matches this name.

Width/Height/Top/Left

Controls the size of the control and position of the control on the screen.

Tip

With the control selected and focused in the Editing Canvas, you can press the right, left, up or down arrows to nudge the control one pixel in the direction pressed.

Holding the control key while pressing one of the arrows will resize the control in the direction pressed by one pixel.

Holding shift will cause the nudge or resize to scale by 10 pixels instead of 1.

Content

Font

Font Family

Type of font used. Available options are Sans Serif, Serif and Console.

Font Size

The font size in pixels. Values can be between 10 and 18 pixels.

Font Weight

Either normal weight or bold

Font Style

Either normal or italic font.

Font Color

The hex color of the font. Clicking the swatch for the color will open a color picker dialog allowing you to choose the color visually.

Box

Background Color

Sets the background color of the control. Clicking the swatch for the color will open a color picker dialog allowing you to choose the color visually.

Border Style

Sets the type of border used on the control. Options for this setting are Solid (normal),  Inset or Outset (chiseled 3D appearance), dotted, dashed or none to remove the border entirely.

Border Width

The pixel width of the border. Note that the 3D styles will be nearly invisible unless the width is set to 2 or greater.

Border Radius

Allows the borders on the control to be rounded by the value specified. A value of 0 will create square corners.

Border Color

The color of the border. Using a 3D style disables this option (as the effect determines the color). Clicking the swatch for the color will open a color picker dialog allowing you to choose the color visually.