User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 About this document
- 2 Commissioning
- 2.1 Default connection
- 2.2 Initial login
- 2.3 Setup wizard
- 2.4 Discover and assign devices
- 2.5 Subscribing to the time master
- 2.6 Time synchronization of the time master
- 2.7 Registering as a foreign device
- 2.8 Touch panel settings
- 2.9 Operating and monitoring features
- 3 Data point integration
- 4 Graphic features
- 4.1 Plant view Tools
- 4.2 Kiosk graphics
- 4.3 Engineering notations
- 5 Graphics Builder
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Pane tools
- 5.3 Graphics libraries
- 6 Graphics engineering
- 6.1 Using supersample graphics
- 6.2 Optimizing graphics for PXM touch panels and standard devices
- 6.3 Thumbnails
- 6.4 Dashboards
- 7 Advanced functionality
- 8 Tips and tricks
- 8.1 Updates required after a time zone change
- 8.2 APPLY BATCH TAGS
- 8.3 Graphic components within models cannot be modified
- 8.4 A graphic with relative binding that includes data points from different branches of the hierarchy cannot be created at the Root level
- 8.5 Relative hyperlinks cannot be added to a graphic at the Root level
- 8.6 Relative hyperlinks in a graphic are broken if the graphic is engineered offline and then imported to another device
- 8.7 Automatic logout from Desigo Control Point causes Graphics Builder to temporarily stop working
- 8.8 Detection of network interruptions
- 8.9 Cancelling a kiosk log out sequence
- 8.10 Special characters do not display in graphic file names
- 8.11 The color of a graphical component may display incorrectly if the component was copied
- Index
Graphics Builder
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TEXT AREA
The TEXT AREA component displays a text input that is larger than a single line. Typically used to get input
from a user for programs within the graphic. This is the HTML text-area element (<textarea>).
The following table outlines attributes of the TEXT AREA component that can be modified in the BASIC
PROPERTIES pane. For more information on this element or its attributes, visit
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_textarea.asp.
Attribute
Description
Cols
Specifies the visible width of a text area
Disabled
Specifies that a text area should be disabled
Form
Specifies one or more forms the text area belongs to
Maxlength
Specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in the text area
Name
Specifies a name for a text area
Placeholder
Specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of a text area
Readonly
Specifies that a text area should be read-only
Required
Specifies that a text area is required/must be filled out
Rows
Specifies the visible number of lines in a text area
Text
Specifies the text that is present in the text area
Wrap
Specifies how the text in a text area is to be wrapped when submitted in a form. Options are:
● hard
● soft
Table 42: TEXT AREA attributes.