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TStaticText

[Properties (by Name)] [Methods (by Name)] [Events (by Name)]

Control used to display a text value which does not change.

Declaration

Source position: stdctrls.pp line 1120

type TStaticText = class(TCustomStaticText)

published

  property Align: TAlign;

  

Specifies the placement of the control on its Parent control.

  property Alignment: TAlignment;

  

The horizontal alignment for the text; centered, left- or right-justified.

  property Anchors: TAnchors;

  

The set of anchor definitions for this control.

  property AutoSize: Boolean;

  

Allows automatic adjustment of the size for the control, according to its content.

  property BidiMode: TBiDiMode;

  

Indicates whether text controls use in bi-directional reading.

  property BorderSpacing: TControlBorderSpacing;

  

Determines the inner and outer border spacing for this control.

  property BorderStyle: TStaticBorderStyle;

  

The border drawn around the control.

  property Caption: TCaption;

  

The text displayed for the control.

  property Color: TColor;

  

The background color for the control.

  property Constraints: TSizeConstraints;

  

Contains the minimum and maximum Width and Height for the control.

  property DoubleBuffered: Boolean;

  

When enabled, it reduces flicker when the control is painted.

  property DragCursor: TCursor;

  

The cursor shape shown during a drag operation.

  property DragKind: TDragKind;

  

Indicates the action performed for a drag operation: drag-and-drop or drag-and-dock.

  property DragMode: TDragMode;

  

Determines how a drag operation is started for the control.

  property Enabled: Boolean;

  

Determines whether the control responds to mouse or keyboard input.

  property FocusControl: TWinControl;

  

The control that receives focus instead of this control.

  property Font: TFont;

  

The font to be used for text display in this control.

  property ParentBidiMode: Boolean;

  

Indicates whether the BiDiMode settings in the Parent control are used.

  property ParentFont: Boolean;

  

Indicates if the Font from the Parent control is used in the control.

  property ParentColor: Boolean;

  

Use the Color from the Parent control, when enabled.

  property ParentDoubleBuffered: Boolean;

  

Value for the DoubleBuffered property in a Parent control.

  property ParentShowHint: Boolean;

  

If True, the value of ShowHint for the control will be the same as the one from the Parent. Default is True.

  property PopupMenu: TPopupMenu;

  

A context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control.

  property ShowAccelChar: Boolean;

  

Indicates if an accelerator character is drawn in the displayed text.

  property ShowHint: Boolean;

  

Enables Hint display for the control.

  property TabOrder: TTabOrder;

  

Indicates the navigation order for the control when the user presses the Tab or Shift+Tab key.

  property TabStop: Boolean;

  

Allows the user to navigate to / from the control by pressing the Tab or Shift+Tab keys.

  property Transparent: Boolean;

  

Makes the background color for the control transparent when True.

  property Visible: Boolean;

  

Allows the control, and all of its children, to be displayed or hidden.

  property OnChangeBounds: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the Bounds for the control have been changed.

  property OnClick: TNotifyEvent;

  

Notification handler for mouse clicks.

  property OnContextPopup: TContextPopupEvent;

  

Invoked when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is requested.

  property OnDblClick: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse double click occurs in the control.

  property OnDragDrop: TDragDropEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when an object is dropped onto the control.

  property OnDragOver: TDragOverEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a control is dragged over the control instance.

  property OnEndDrag: TEndDragEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for the end of a drag-drop operation.

  property OnMouseDown: TMouseEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse down event is handled for the control.

  property OnMouseEnter: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has entered the control.

  property OnMouseLeave: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has left the control.

  property OnMouseMove: TMouseMoveEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer is moved in the control.

  property OnMouseUp: TMouseEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse up event is handled for the control.

  property OnMouseWheel: TMouseWheelEvent;

  

Event handler for mouse wheel turned.

  property OnMouseWheelDown: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a downward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelUp: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for an upward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelHorz: TMouseWheelEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a horizontal movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelLeft: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a leftward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelRight: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a rightward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnResize: TNotifyEvent;

  

Notification handler for a resize of the control.

  property OnStartDrag: TStartDragEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for the start of a dragging operation.

end;

Inheritance

TStaticText

  

Control used to display a text value which does not change.

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TCustomStaticText

  

The base class for TStaticText.

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TWinControl

  

Implements a windowed control which can contain other child controls.

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TControl

  

The base class for visible controls.

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TLCLComponent

  

The base class for LCL components which have an associated widget.

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TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

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TPersistent,IFPObserved

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TObject

Description

TStaticText is a TCustomStaticText descendant which implements a control used to display text that does not change. It can be used in place of TLabel for situations where a TWinControl descendant is required. It has a window handle, and allows the accelerator key for the control to be forwarded to another windowed control.

See also

HowToUseStdCtrls

  

How to use StdCtrls, ComCtrls or ExtCtrls.

TCustomLabel

  

Control used to show static text optionally using multiple lines.

TLabel

  

Control used to display static text, possibly in multiple lines.


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