Widget Controls

List of Widgets - Alphabetical

Widget	Description
BAR	Graphically displays a numeric value with a rectangular bar
BARS	Graphically displays a bank of numeric values
BITMAP	Displays and creates pixmap files
CASCADE MENU	Menu of selections within PULLDOWN MENU or other CASCADE MENU
CLOCK	Graphically displays time
COMBO	Combination of string and list widgets that is used to enter a string
FILE	Allows selection of disk volume, directory, or file
HPGL VIEW	Displays HPGL graphics files
KEYPAD	Provides a method for entering numbers without using a keyboard
LABEL	Displays a string of text or can be placed as the label of another widget
LIMITS	Graphically displays numeric values
LIST	Scrollable list of textual items
MENU BUTTON	Appears in PULLDOWN MENU or CASCADE MENU after menu is activated
MENU SEPARATOR	Horizontal line between items in PULLDOWN MENU or CASCADE MENU
MENU TOGGLE	Menu button that toggles between states
METER	Graphically displays numeric values with a needle
NUMBER	Used to enter and format numbers with specified limits and increments
PANEL	Used as a "container" or "parent" widget to help group other widgets
PRINTER	Used to display blocks of test (with the option to scroll the text)
PULLDOWN MENU	Provides a menu of selections from which the user can choose
PUSHBUTTON	Standalone button that can be placed on the screen or in a PANEL
RADIOBUTTON	Bank of buttons in which only one button at a time can be depressed
SCROLLBAR	Used to input a relative position
SEPARATOR	Line used to visually separate areas of a PANEL
SLIDER	Slider pad that moves in a trough from minimum value to maximum value
STRING	Used to enter or display an arbitrary string or array of strings of text
STRIPCHART	Displays data in a two-dimensional scrolling graph
SYSTEM	Retrieves and modifies screens built with ScreenBuilder application
TOGGLEBUTTON	Used to input or display binary data
XYGRAPH	Used to plot data on an X-Y coordinate plane

List of Widgets By Category

Category	Widget	Description
Text Display	LABEL LIST PRINTER	Allows labels to be placed on user interface Allows a selection from a list of items Allows output of multiple lines of text
Data Output	BAR BARS BITMAP CLOCK HPGL VIEW LIMITS METER STRIPCHART XY GRAPH	Single-bar bargraph Multiple-bar bargraph Allows display of XWD or BMP bitmap files Displays time information Allows viewing of HPGL files Similar to METER widget An arc-shaped scale with a sweeping needle Allows drawing of stripcharts Allows drawing of XY graphs
Data Input	COMBO FILE KEYPAD NUMBER PUSHBUTTON RADIOBUTTON SCROLLBAR SLIDER STRING TOGGLEBUTTON	Allows entry or selection from a list of items Allows selection of disk volume, directory, or file Similar to NUMBER widget Allows input of numeric data Provides a "pushbutton" A button that acts like a car radio button Simplified version of SLIDER Allows numeric input with mouse Allows a string to be entered from user interface A button that can be toggled between two states
Menu Creation	CASCADE MENU MENU BUTTON MENU SEPARATOR MENU TOGGLE PULLDOWN MENU	Used for cascading multiple pulldown menus Menu selection in pulldown or cascade menus Draws line in menus as item separator Toggles between two states Used for building pulldown menu systems
Special	PANEL SEPARATOR SYSTEM	Provides a "panel" in which to place other widgets Draws a line to separate regions on PANEL Used to build user interfaces and widget array