Lets you enter a value into the field or select a value from the dropdown list.
| Object specific | |
| $allowcopy | If true,when the field is active and disabled,the user can set focus to the field,select text with mouse or select all,and copy to clipboard.Note that the field does not generate click events when it is active,disabled and $allowcopy is kTrue |
| $animateui | If the library preference $animateui is true, all objects that support $animateui will animate aspects of their interface. The object property only applies when the library preference is false. |
| $autocorrectspelling | If true,and the user types a separator (e.g. space or comma) when no text is selected,the control replaces a misspelt word immediately before the selection with a correctly spelt word |
| $autofind | If true, the field is an automatic find field |
| $autotablen | The number of characters entered before automatically tabbing out of the field |
| $bordericonstyle | The style applied to plain border styles. You can set border integrated icons, icon colors and tints. |
| $borderradius | Radius for rounded border corners.1 to 4 pixel values separated by -,in order topleft,topright,bottomright,bottomleft.If bottomleft is omitted it is topright.If bottomright is omitted it is topleft.If topright is omitted it is topleft |
| $calculation | The calculation used to format the variable for display |
| $contentpadding | Padding inside a border. 1 to 4 pixel values separated by -,in order left,top,right,bottom. If bottom is omitted it is top.If right is omitted it is left.If top is omitted it is left |
| $contents | The current contents of the object |
| $contenttip | Text which is displayed in the field when it is empty,to help the user understand what content should be entered |
| $defaultlines | The default lines used to initialise the list; this allows the droplist/combo box to be setup without a list variable. Assigning a list to the droplist $dataname or combo box $listname property clears $defaultlines |
| $disabledefaultcontextmenu | If true, the default context menu for the object will not be generated in response to a context click ($clib.$disabledefaultcontextmenu and $cobj.$disabledefaultcontextmenu must both be false for the menu to be generated) |
| $disablediacriticalpopup | If true,long holding a character will not show a popup if diacritical character alternatives are configured for the character |
| $disablesearchonopen | If true,the combo box list is not used to populate the edit field based on the content of the edit field when the popup list is opened (for the data grid this property is used for columns with $columntype kDataGridComboPicker) |
| $fieldstylefocused | The style in system class #STYLES assigned to this field in addition to $fieldstyle when the control has focus |
| $firstsel | The number of the first selected character or line in the current contents |
| $gridsection | The type of the complex grid section containing the object. One of the kGrid... constants |
| $lastsel | The number of the final selected character or line in the current contents |
| $listdropped | If true, the combo box or dropdown list is dropped |
| $listheight | The maximum number of lines displayed in the dropped list for a combo box or dropdown list.For the data grid,this property applies to combo boxes or dropdown lists used to manipulate cell data.Ignored on macOS when the dropped list is a menu |
| $listname | The name of of the list variable used to populate the field |
| $negallowed | Only applies when the dataname is a numeric type.If true,the entry field allows negative values |
| $selectionbackcolor | The color of selected lines. kColorDefault means use the default color. When not kColorDefault only applies when the control has the focus |
| $selectiontextcolor | The text color of selected lines. kColorDefault means use the default color. When not kColorDefault applies irrespective of whether the control has the focus |
| $showspellingerrors | If true,the control underlines spelling errors using a dotted line |
| $stripspaces | If true,the control strips leading and trailing spaces from the data before storing it in the dataname |
| $studioide | If true,the control draws in a platform independent IDE style |
| $tooltippos | A kTooltipPos... constant that specifies where $tooltip appears relative to the control
kTooltipPosBottom kTooltipPosLeft kTooltipPosMouse kTooltipPosRight kTooltipPosTop |
| $unqindex | If true, the field corresponds to a unique index |
| $uppercase | If true, the entry field is upper case only |
| $vertcentertext | If true,single line text (or any text in a kText background object) is vertically centered in the height of the field. If false,the text is vertically positioned according to the rules of Omnis Studio 5.0.0 |
| $zeroempty | If true, the field shows a value of zero as an empty string |
| Standard | $active $alpha $backcolor $backgroundtheme $backpattern $bordercolor $candropcursor $componentinfo $container $contextmenu $cursor $dataname $disablefocus $disablesystemfocus $dragborder $dragiconid $dragmode $dragrange $dropmode $edgefloat $effect $enabled $fieldstyle $font $fontsize $fontstyle $forecolor $framehwnd $gridcolumn $hasfocus $height $helpfile $horzscroll $hwnd $ident $keyevents $labelfontsize $labelhottextcolor $labeltextcolor $left $linestyle $local $mouseevents $name $nodropcursor $objtype $order $osdropflags $pastestripscontrolcharacters $rmouseevents $selected $showcontrolcharacters $sidepanel $sidepanelmode $statusevents $textcolor $tooltip $top $userinfo $visible $width |
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