Element: Dropdown

This element holds a menu. Clicking the element causes a scrolling list of options to open. Selecting an item will close back the dropdown menu.

Sample Dropdown

Events

Dropdowns have a mouseUp event that can be configured using low-code. This event is triggered when the user selects one of the available options.

Low code

When changing the options property of a dropdown menu using lowcode, you must use double pipes || to seperate the label of the option and the value of the option.

LABEL 1||VALUE 1
LABEL 2||VALUE 2

If the value of an option is empty, the label is also used as the value. You must use the Refresh Dropdown function to update the changes.

Properties

Size Section

This section is used to configure the dropdown size and position.

Property Description
top The value in pixels representing how far the element is from the top of the window.
left The value in pixels representing how distant element is from the left side of the window.
width The value in pixels representing the distance between the left side of the element and its right side.
height The value in pixels representing the distance between the bottom side of the element and its top side.

Geometry Section

Use the properties in this section to configure the responsive design behaviors for the element.

Property Description
lockAspectRatio Locks the aspect ratio of the element.
responsiveX how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the X axis.
responsiveY how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the Y axis.
allowUnderNotch Stretch to fill notch

Text Section

The properties in this section are used together with those in the appearance section to configure how the element is displayed on the screen. This section deals with the properties related to text used by the dropdown.

Property Description
textFace The font used in the element’s text.
textSize The text size used in the element’s text.
textStyle The style used in the element’s text. It can be bold, italic, underlined, and strikethrough.
textAlign The text alignment used for the element’s text. It can be aligned to the left, right, or center.

Appearance Section

This section is used to configure how the dropdown looks.

Property Description
blendLevel How transparent the element is.
textColor the color of the text in the element.
backgroundColor The color used for the element’s background.
labelColor The color used for the text in the label of the element.
arrowColor The color used for the arrow inside the element.
showBorder Turns the visibility of the element’s borders on or off.
lineSize the size of a line in pixels.
lineColor the color of the line.

Element Section

This section is contains properties that are specific to elements of type dropdown.

Property Description
name The name of the element. Displayed in the project browser.
options A list of options used by the element.
optionsToDisplay How many options should be displayed by the element. If there are more options available than the value of this property, the element will display a scrollbar.
label The text label for the element.
lowCode ActionScript that controls the behavior of the element.

This chapter was last updated on Fri 8 Nov 2024 10:54:34 GMT