App Menu Properties

Specifies the button style for application bar.

Syntax

style

Remarks

Styles include play button style and pause button style.

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Windows

The enable property is used to control the actionability of the widgets. In a scenario where you want to display a widget but not invoke any action on the widget, configure the enable property to false to achieve it.

This is a constructor level property and applicable for all widgets in Volt MX Iris.

Syntax

enable

Type

Boolean

Read/Write

Read + Write

Remarks

The default value of this property is true.

When enable property is configured to true, the action associated with a widget can be invoked by the user in the application.

When enable property is configured to false, the action associated with a widget cannot be invoked by the user in the application.

Example

//This is a generic property and is applicable for many widgets.  
  
/*The example provided is for the Button widget. Make the changes required in the example while using other widgets.*/
  
frmButton.myBtn.enable= true;

Platform Availability

• Android, iOS, Windows, SPA, and Desktop web

Specifies the event for the App Menu item. For more information, see Volt MX Iris User Guide.

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Available on all platforms

Specifies the look and feel when there is focus on the App Menu.

Syntax

focusSkin

Type

String

Read/Write

No

Remarks

For iPhone and Android, you cannot set a focus skin for the default App Menu items.

Example

frm1.appMenu1.focusSkin=skin1;

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE

Specifies the i18n Key to be used for internationalization.

Type

String

Read/Write

No

Remarks

When an application supports more than one locale and you require different text for a different locale, you have to destroy the form before locale change. Even if the forms are destroyed, the App Menu still remains in the old locale. To overcome this behavior, you have to re-create the App menu every time locale is changed. To recreate the App menu, use the createAppMenu method.

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Available on all platforms

Specifies the image to be displayed for the App Menu item.

Type

String

Read/Write

No

Platform Availability

Available in the IDE

Available on all platforms

A unique identifier of App Menu consisting of alpha numeric characters.

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Available on all platforms

Specifies the position of the button for application bar.

Remarks

Following are the available options:

• BOTTOM_LEFT
• BOTTOM_RIGHT
• TOP_LEFT
• TOP_RIGHT

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Windows

Specifies if the widget code must be included in the platform when the code is generated.

Type

String

Read/Write

No

Remarks

You can use the Render property to specify the platforms on which the widget will not be available.

By default, the Render property includes all the platforms. You must explicitly clear the check box against the platforms that you want to exclude.

The following illustration shows the render option:

Unlike the Visible property, the Render property does not include the widget in the code generated for the excluded platforms and so the generated code results in an optimized application for the excluded platforms.

When two widgets are placed side by side in an HBox, and you exclude one widget from code generation, the widget which is rendered respects its container weight and does not expand. However, on Mobile Web advanced platform, due to the browser behavior, the widget which is rendered does not respect the container weight and expands to occupy the available width.

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Available on all platforms

This property is used to retain the content alignment property value, as it was defined.

Note: Locale-level configurations take priority when invalid values are given to this property, or if it is not defined.

The mirroring widget layout properties should be defined as follows.

function getIsFlexPositionalShouldMirror(widgetRetainFlexPositionPropertiesValue) {
    return (isI18nLayoutConfigEnabled &&
    localeLayoutConfig[defaultLocale]
    ["mirrorFlexPositionalProperties"] == true &&
    !widgetRetainFlexPositionPropertiesValue);
}

The following table illustrates how widgets consider Local flag and Widget flag values.

Syntax

retainContentAlignment

Type

Boolean

Read/Write

No (only during widget-construction time)

Example

//This is a generic property that is applicable for various widgets.
//Here, we have shown how to use the retainContentAlignment property for Button widget.
/*You need to make a corresponding use of the 
retainContentAlignment property for other applicable widgets.*/
var btn = new voltmx.ui.Button({
    "focusSkin": "defBtnFocus",
    "height": "50dp",
    "id": "myButton",
    "isVisible": true,
    "left": "0dp",
    "skin": "defBtnNormal",
    "text": "text always from top left",
    "top": "0dp",
    "width": "260dp",
    "zIndex": 1
}, {
    "contentAlignment": constants.CONTENT_ALIGN_TOP_LEFT,
    "displayText": true,
    "padding": [0, 0, 0, 0],
    "paddingInPixel": false,
    "retainFlexPositionProperties": false,
    "retainContentAlignment": true
}, {});

Platform Availability

• Available in IDE
• Windows, iOS, Android, and SPA

This property is used to retain flex positional property values as they were defined. The flex positional properties are left, right, and padding.

Note: Locale-level configurations take priority when invalid values are given to this property, or if it is not defined.

The mirroring widget layout properties should be defined as follows.

function getIsFlexPositionalShouldMirror(widgetRetainFlexPositionPropertiesValue) {
    return (isI18nLayoutConfigEnabled &&
    localeLayoutConfig[defaultLocale]
    ["mirrorFlexPositionalProperties"] == true &&
    !widgetRetainFlexPositionPropertiesValue);
}

The following table illustrates how widgets consider Local flag and Widget flag values.

Syntax

retainFlexPositionProperties

Type

Boolean

Read/Write

No (only during widget-construction time)

Example

//This is a generic property that is applicable for various widgets.
//Here, we have shown how to use the retainFlexPositionProperties property for Button widget.
/*You need to make a corresponding use of the 
retainFlexPositionProperties property for other applicable widgets.*/
var btn = new voltmx.ui.Button({
    "focusSkin": "defBtnFocus",
    "height": "50dp",
    "id": "myButton",
    "isVisible": true,
    "left": "0dp",
    "skin": "defBtnNormal",
    "text": "always left",
    "top": "0dp",
    "width": "260dp",
    "zIndex": 1
}, {
    "contentAlignment": constants.CONTENT_ALIGN_CENTER,
    "displayText": true,
    "padding": [0, 0, 0, 0],
    "paddingInPixel": false,
    "retainFlexPositionProperties": true,
    "retainContentAlignment": false
}, {});

Platform Availability

• Available in IDE
• Windows, iOS, Android, and SPA

This property is used to convert Flow Horizontal Left to Flow Horizontal Right.

Note: Locale-level configurations take priority when invalid values are given to this property, or if it is not defined.

The mirroring widget layout properties should be defined as follows.

function getIsFlexPositionalShouldMirror(widgetRetainFlexPositionPropertiesValue) {
    return (isI18nLayoutConfigEnabled &&
    localeLayoutConfig[defaultLocale]
    ["mirrorFlexPositionalProperties"] == true &&
    !widgetRetainFlexPositionPropertiesValue);
}

The following table illustrates how widgets consider Local flag and Widget flag values.

Syntax

retainFlowHorizontalAlignment

Type

Boolean

Read/Write

No (only during widget-construction time)

Example

//This is a generic property that is applicable for various widgets.
//Here, we have shown how to use the retainFlowHorizontalAlignment property for Button widget.
/*You need to make a corresponding use of the 
retainFlowHorizontalAlignment property for other applicable widgets. */
var btn = new voltmx.ui.Button({
 "focusSkin": "defBtnFocus",
 "height": "50dp",
 "id": "myButton",
 "isVisible": true,
 "left": "0dp",
 "skin": "defBtnNormal",
 "text": "always left",
 "top": "0dp",
 "width": "260dp",
 "zIndex": 1
}, {
 "contentAlignment": constants.CONTENT_ALIGN_CENTER,
 "displayText": true,
 "padding": [0, 0, 0, 0],
 "paddingInPixel": false,
 "retainFlexPositionProperties": true,
 "retainContentAlignment": false,
 "retainFlowHorizontalAlignment ": false
}, {});

Platform Availability

• Available in IDE
• Windows, iOS, Android, and SPA

Specifies the look and feel of the App Menu.

Type

String

Read/Write

No

Remarks

For iPhone and Android, you cannot set a skin for the default App Menu items.

In iOS 7 and 7.1, App Menu supports only single color. If the color is not specified, by default, native color (transparent) is applied to iOS 7 and cyan color is applied to iOS 7.1.

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE

Specifies a general or descriptive text for App Menu.

Type

String

Read/Write

No

Platform Availability

• Available in the IDE
• Available on all platforms