Complex graphics objects
The Object icon bar "Graphical objects" contains the tools for creating graphic objects.
This section describes the complex graphic objects.
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Button with a label or an image for example, OPEN. See chapter Button. |
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Cascade (multi-level menu hierarchy). See chapter Cascade | |
Textfield. Box for input and output of texts or numbers. See chapter Text field. | |
TextEdit is an advanced WYSIWYG viewer and editor supporting rich text formatting with HTML-style tags. It is optimized for handling large documents and to responding quickly to user input. TextEdit supports plain text and rich text and can be used as viewer (Read-Only). See chapter TextEdit. | |
Radiobox. List with radio-buttons. Only one option can be selected from several , for example, selecting adjustment level. See chapter Radiobox. | |
Checkbox: List with check buttons. Multiple selections are possible, for example, switching on three pumps. See chapter Check box. | |
Trend. Display of series of values as trend curves. See chapter Trend | |
Bar trend. Display of a series of values as bar trend diagram. See chapter Bar trend | |
Table: This is an output format for numbers and texts in a list form, for example, for system warnings or status messages. See chapter Table. | |
Selection list: A list containing a few pre-defined values. Only one selection can be made. See chapter Combobox. |
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Spin button: Spin buttons are list boxes containing two arrows at the right side. The window only displays one list option at a time. See chapter Spin button. | |
Combobox: Combo boxes are list windows containing an arrow at the right side and displaying only one selected option from a list. See chapter Combobox. | |
Clock. See Clock. | |
Tab: Tabs are used to display detailed information well sorted. Instead of individual panels, the panels are managed and displayed by index tabs. These allow several panels to be displayed as a stack. See chapter Tab. | |
Slider: The slider provides either a vertical or an horizontal slider. Slider is used for controlling a bounded value. See chapter Slider | |
A thumb wheel: A thumb wheel is a device that can be moved between its start and end values. It is an alternative presentation of a slider. See chapter Thumb wheel. | |
The Progress Bar widget is a horizontal progress bar. It is used to provide the user an indication of the progress of an operation. See chapter Progress bar. | |
The LCD number displays a number with LCD-style digits. Decimal, hexadecimal, octal or binary numbers can be displayed. Numbers in almost any size can be displayed. See chapter LCD Number. | |
A monthly based Calendar widget allowing to select a date. See chapter Calendar. | |
Data point tree. Shows the data point types and data points in a tree view. See chapter DpTreeView. | |
A data point type from a DPTreeView can be added (dragged) to the DPTypeView. See chapter DpTypeView. | |
Embedded module: An embedded module is a module embedded into a panel to display further panels in this module. See chapter Embedded module. | |
Tree widget: A tree widget is a tree view that can display and control items and allows adding new items at any time. See chapter Tree widget | |
Zoom navigator: Allows you to zoom modules. See chapter Zoom Navigator. | |
Inserts panel reference. See chapter Panel reference. | |
An EWO (External Widget Object) is a graphical object (a Widget) created by some external party (customer) and can be embedded into any WinCC OA Panel. It is platform independent. See chapter EWO (External Widget Object). |