Spin Control

Table of Contents

• Example
• Available tags
• See also

Used for cycling up/down controls.

The spin control is used for when a list of options can be chosen (such as a page up/down control). You can choose the position, size, and look of the spin control.

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Example

<control type="spincontrol" id="14">
      <description>My first spin control</description>
      <posx>80</posx>
      <posy>60</posy>
      <width>250</width>
      <height>200</height>
      <visible>true</visible>
      <colordiffuse>FFFFFFFF</colordiffuse>
      <textureup colordiffuse="FFFFAAFF">myuptexture.png</textureup>
      <textureupfocus colordiffuse="FFFFAAFF">myupfocustexture.png</textureupfocus>
      <texturedown colordiffuse="FFFFAAFF">mydowntexture.png</texturedown>
      <texturedownfocus colordiffuse="FFFFAAFF">mydownfocustexture.png</texturedownfocus>
      <textureupdisabled colordiffuse="AAFFAAFF">mydowntexture.png</textureupdisabled>
      <texturedowndisabled colordiffuse="AAFFAAFF">mydownfocustexture.png</texturedowndisabled>
      <subtype>page</subtype>
      <font>font12</font>
      <textcolor>FFFFFFFF</textcolor>
      <disabledcolor>80FFFFFF</disabledcolor>
      <align></align>
      <aligny></aligny>
      <textoffsetx></textoffsetx>
      <textoffsety></textoffsety>
      <pulseonselect></pulseonselect>
      <onup>2</onup>
      <ondown>3</ondown>
      <onleft>1</onleft>
      <onright>1</onright>
</control>

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Available tags

In addition to the Default Control Tags the following tags are available. Note that each tag is lower case only. This is important, as xml tags are case-sensitive.

Tag	Description
textureup	Specifies the image file which should be displayed for the up arrow when it doesn't have focus. See here for additional information about textures.
textureupfocus	Specifies the image file which should be displayed for the up button when it has focus.
textureupdisabled	Specifies the image file which should be displayed for the up arrow when the button is disabled.
texturedown	Specifies the image file which should be displayed for the down button when it is not focused.
texturedownfocus	Specifies the image file which should be displayed for the down button when it has focus.
texturedowndisabled	Specifies the image file which should be displayed for the up arrow when the button is disabled.
font	Font used for the button label. From fonts.xml.
spincolor	The colour of the text used for this spin control. In AARRGGBB hex format. As of Helix, this doesn't actually get processed, use textcolor
textcolor	Color used for displaying the label. In AARRGGBB hex format, or a name from the colour theme.
disabledcolor	Color used for the label if the control is disabled. In AARRGGBB hex format, or a name from the colour theme.
shadowcolor	Specifies the color of the drop shadow on the text. In AARRGGBB format, or a name from the colour theme.
subtype	Defines what type of information the spinner holds. Can be int, float, text or page. Defaults to text. Make sure you use page for a page control.
align	Label horizontal alignment on the control. Defaults to right, can also be left.
aligny	Label vertical alignment on the control. Defaults to top, can also be center.
textoffsetx	Amount to offset the label from the left (or right) edge of the button when using left or right alignment.
textoffsety	Amount to offset the label from the top edge of the button when using top alignment.
textwidth	Will truncate any text that's too long.

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See also

Development:

• Add-on development
• Skinning