The Dashboard Control Panel

The Dashboard Control panel contains options for dashboard controls.

The following properties are on the Dashboard Control panel:

Text

The text to display on this control.

Link

Specify the path to a node in the model. If the widget is an Edit or Dynamic Text, the Link can also be to a Global Variable.

Hover Hint Text

The text that will be displayed when the cursor is hovered over the control.

Image

Displays an image instead of text for the control.

Font

Specifies the font name, size, properties and color of the control's text

Triggers

Some model input objects have triggers that fire, allowing you to execute your own custom code. It has the following properties:

• OnPress - Fires when a button, checkbox or radio button are pressed.
• OnApply - Fires when the enter key is pressed in an edit field and when you click off of an edit field (focus is removed).
• OnDrag - Fires as a tracker is clicked/dragged
• OnSelect - Fires when an item in the combobox/listbox is selected.

ID

A Dashboard Control's ID is a string that allows you to easily reference the control through code or picklist options. Use the getdashboardcontrol() command to get a reference to the model input object (the field, button, etc).