Configuring an Edit Box Animation

The Edit Box animation is only used by the Edit Box element. You cannot remove this animation from the Edit Box element, but you can add certain common animations.

You can also use Edit Box-specific methods in scripting to get and set the text at run time. You can browse these methods in your element browser with the Edit Box selected. For more information on these methods, see Configuring Edit Box Methods.

To configure an Edit Box animation

1. Select the Edit Box element.

2. On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears and the Edit Box configuration panel appears on the right side.

3. In the String Reference box, type a string equipment.item reference. The string equipment.item reference is tied to the text in the edit box at run time.

   You can select when to submit the value changes. For more information, see Submitting the Value Changes.

   Tip: Use the On Trigger Condition option to set when the Edit Box element writes the run-time value to the reference. This avoids a conflict between the run-time value of the Edit Box and run-time value of the reference.

4. In the Configuration area, select:

   • Multiline to wrap the text into multiple lines in the edit box.

   • Read-Only to use the edit box to only show text and not allow text input.

   • Maximum Length to limit the maximum numbers of characters you can type in the edit box control. You can specify the maximum number in the Characters box.

5. Enter a default text in the Text box.

Related Topics

Configuring Element-Specific Animations