Vertical Slider Properties

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Main Section

The Main section contains the name, state options and more.

Name

Name

Enter a name for the object. This is the name of the object as it will show in field chooser, the Browser bar and other object lists.

 

 

Slider

Min

Enter the minimum value to be shown on the slider scale.

 

 

Max

Enter the maximum value to be shown on the slider scale.

 

 

Snap

Select the intervals that the slider arrow will snap to when form users are selecting a value. Options include:

 

1
2
5
10
100

 

Color Picker

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a color for the slider bar and arrow.

 

 

Captions

Min

Edit the caption text that is shown at the bottom of the vertical slider.

 

 

Max

Edit the caption text that is shown at the top of the vertical slider.

 

 

State

State

Choose from Default, Normal, Read-Only, Disabled or Hidden for vertical slider objects.

 

With field state management, you control access to individual objects on the form. You can prevent individual roles from changing, or even viewing, specific data or areas on the form. See Limiting User Access to Form Fields for more information on how to control access to fields.

 

Adding Workflow

The Workflow Diagram

Limiting User Access to Form Fields

Explanation of State Priority

Understanding the Default State

 

Ellipses Button

Click the ellipses button to display the Edit State dialog. Use this option to hide, show or disable objects depending on the user's role and/or the workflow stage.

 

Loading the Object States Overview

 

 

Style Section

The Style section contains properties that control the font appearance and theme applied to the object.

Captions

Font Name

Select the font face for the slider text.

 

Fonts from the designers local machine will also be available, however if the same font is not installed on the users machine then a standard font will be used to display the data.

 

 

Font Options

Choose the size and style of the font for the slider text.

 

Color Picker

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a color for the slider text.

 

 

Scale

Step

Specify the steps for the scale by selecting the interval at which a hash mark will occur on the scale.

 

 

Color Picker

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a color for the scale markers.

 

 

 

 

Navigation Section

The Navigation section provides properties related to positioning of the object and tab order.

Position

Top

Displays the object's location in from the top of the form (in pixels).

 

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Left

Displays the object's location in from the left margin of the form (in pixels).

 

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Width

Shows the width of the object.

 

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Height

Shows the height of the object.

 

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Layer

Indicates the layer number this object occupies. You can drag an object so that it fully or partially covers another object. Depending on the layer number it occupies, it may be positioned underneath another other object.

 

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Tabbing

Tab Index

Indicates the order in the tabbing sequence that this object will be arrived at when the form user is using their Tab key to navigate through the form fields.

 

Setting or Modifying Tab Stops and Tab Order

Tab Stop

Clear this check box to exclude the object from the tab order altogether.

 

Setting or Modifying Tab Stops and Tab Order

Tooltip

Enter tooltip text to show to a form user when they hover their mouse over the object.

 

 

Accessibility

Description

Enter text that will be read aloud or converted to Braille for JAWS users.

 

Accessibility and JAWS Compatibility

 

 

Behavior Section

The Behavior section lists possible events on the object that can prompt a behavior to run.

Vertical Slider Changes Field Data

This event occurs when a form user makes a selection on the slider.  

 

How Behaviors Are Triggered

 

 

Vertical Slider Gains Focus

This event occurs when the vertical slider object becomes the active field.  

 

How Behaviors Are Triggered

 

Vertical Slider Loses Focus

This event occurs when the vertical slider object is exited.  

 

How Behaviors Are Triggered

 

Vertical Slider is Clicked

This event occurs when a form user clicks on the vertical slider object.  

 


Note: This event is different than Vertical Slider Gains Focus in that the form user must mouse-click on the object in order for the event to occur and any linked behavior commands to run.


How Behaviors Are Triggered

 

 

Vertical Slider is Shown

This event occurs when the vertical slider object is shown.  

 

How Behaviors Are Triggered

 

Updated: 03/02/2012  Page url: http://www.perfectforms.com/Documentation/manual/html/?fl_vertical_slider_properties_ref.htm
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