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Text, Trigger events, Tab index – Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 User Manual

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Appendix C - Xstudio properties

Tab Index

[TabIndex]

Applies to: Text, text box, drop box, check box, radio button, active X and
button objects.

Description: This property allows you to set the order for tabbing between
text boxes while in Production mode. The tab index follows the order of
creation. Changing the tab index becomes necessary when you move
text boxes around and do not want the tab order to jump around (see

“Selecting, grouping, and/or layering objects on the canvas” on page
5-9

).

Accepted values: Enter a value of 1 (first), up to the maximum number of
objects on the canvas, to specify the tabbing order.

Take Number

[TakeNumber]

Applies to: Text, text box, drop box and image objects. This property only
applies to entities in a multi-take template that has an associated scene
element and the

Scene Update

property set to M

ANUAL

.

Description: The T

AKE

N

UMBER

determines when the entity initializes its

associated scene element.

Accepted values: When the Take Number is 1, the associated scene
element is updated during the cue of the template. When the Take
Number is

GREATER

THAN

1, the associated scene element is initialized

when the specified take is executed.

Text

[Text]

Applies to: Text, text box, check box, radio button and button objects.

Description: The text that displays in the object (e.g. on a button, in a text
box).

Accepted values: Enter the text exactly as you want it to appear in the
object.

Text Direction

[Direction]

Applies to: Text and text box objects.

Description: The default direction of the text. This property is useful for
accommodating international languages.

Accepted values: Select from the drop-down list: L

EFT

TO

RIGHT

, or

RIGHT

TO

LEFT

.

Transparent

[Transparent]

Applies to: ActiveX objects.

Description: Determines whether or not the control has a transparent
background.

Accepted values: Select from the drop-down list: T

RUE

or F

ALSE

.

Trigger Events

[AlwaysTrigger]

Applies to: Text, text box, and drop box objects.

Description: Indicates whether to trigger events and scene updates only
when the text changes.

Accepted values: Select from the drop-down list: A

LWAYS

or O

N

C

HANGE

.

Control-side property

Description

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