To add a separator, drag this control to the window.
Line Control
To add a line, drag this control to the window.
To draw a line, drag the line control to your window. To draw the line horizontally or vertically, hold down Shift while resizing the line control.
StaticText Control
To add non-selectable text, drag this control to the window.
Oval Control
To add an oval, drag this control to the window.
To resize the oval and constrain the resizing to width or height only, hold Shift while resizing it.
Round Rectangle Control
To add a rectangle with rounded corners, drag this control to the window.
To set the arc of the corners, change the values of the OvalWidth and OvalHeight properties.
Rectangle Control
To add a rectangle, drag this control to the window.
To resize the rectangle and constrain the resizing to width or height only, hold Shift while resizing it.
Placard Control
To add a placard, drag this control to the window.
ImageWell Control
To add an imagewell, drag this control to the window.
Canvas Control
To add a canvas, drag this control to the window.
Canvas controls are used to display pictures, draw pictures and because they also receive events, to create custom interface controls.
PopupArrow Control
To add a popuparrow, drag this control to the window.
DisclosureTriangle Control
To add a disclosuretriangle, drag this control to the window.
EditField Control
To add an editfield, drag this control to the window.
To allow multiple lines of text to be entered or displayed in an editfield, with the editfield selected, turn on the Multiline property in the Properties window.
ScrollBar Control
To change a scrollbar from horizontal to vertical, resize the scrollbar until its height is greater than its width. Note: The standard height of a horizontal scrollbar and the standard width of a vertical scrollbar is 16 pixels.
ScrollBar Control
To change a scrollbar from horizontal to vertical, resize the scrollbar until its height is greater than its width. Note: The standard height of a horizontal scrollbar and the standard width of a vertical scrollbar is 16 pixels.
Popupmenu Control
To add a popup menu, drag this control to the window.
To enter a list of items for the popup menu, with the popup menu selected, click the InitialValue property's Edit button in the Properties window.
LittleArrows Control
To add a littlearrows control, drag this control to the window.
BevelButton Control
To add a bevelbutton, drag this control to the window.
PushButton Control
To add a pushbutton, drag this control to the window.
To add a default ring, with the pusbutton selected, turn on the Default property in the Properties window. To associate Command-period, turn on the Cancel property.
Slider Control
To add a slider, drag this control to the window.
Sliders appear as scrollbars on the Macintosh unless MacOS 8 or greater is installed.
ListBox Control
To add a listbox, drag this control to the window.
To enter a list of items for the listbox, with the listbox selected, click the InitialValue properties’ Edit button in the Properties window.
ListBox Control
To add a listbox, drag this control to the window.
To enter a list of items for the listbox, with the listbox selected, click the InitialValue properties’ Edit button in the Properties window.
ProgressBar Control
To add a progressbar, drag this control to the window.
To display indeterminate progress (in the form of a barber pole), with the progressbar selected, change the Maximum property in the Properties window to 0 (zero).
Checkbox Control
To add a checkbox, drag this control to the window.
To cause a several checkboxes to share the same code, give each checkbox the same name. This will cause REALbasic to create a control array.
RadioButton Control
To add a radiobutton, drag this control to the window.
If you have more than one group of radio buttons in a window, place all of the radio buttons of a group into a groupbox to allow the user to select from each group.
ChasingArrows Control
To add chasingarrows, drag this control to the window.
GroupBox Control
To add a groupbox, drag this control to the window.
To allow the user to make a single selection from each group of radio buttons when you have multiple groups in a window, place each group in a groupbox.
TabPanel Control
To add, edit or delete tabs in a tab panel, click on the rightmost tab to display the Tab editor. To place a control on a specific tab, click on the tab to bring it to the front, then drag the control on to the tab panel.
SpriteSurface Control
To add a spritesurface, drag this control to the window.
Use the spritesurface to create sprite animation.
(not used)
MoviePlayer Control
To add a movieplayer, drag this control to the window.
The movieplayer is used to play QuickTime movies.
NotePlayer Control
The noteplayer doesn’t display at runtime. Use the noteplayer when you want to play musical notes with a variety of different instruments via the QuickTime Musical Instruments extension.
ContextualMenu Control
To add a contextualmenu, drag this control to the window.
The contextualmenu control doesn’t display at runtime. However, you can use this control to display a customized contextual menu in response to the users actions.
Timer Control
To add a timer, drag this control to the window.
Timer controls don’t display at runtime. You use a timer control when you need to execute code one or more times after a specified number of milliseconds has passed.
Serial Control
To add a serial control, drag this control to the window.
Serial controls don’t display at runtime. You use a serial control to send and receive data via a serial port to communicate with a serial device such as a modem.
DatabaseQuery Control
To add a DatabaseQuery, drag this control to the window.
Socket Control
To add a socket, drag this control to the window.
Socket controls don’t display at runtime. You use a socket control to send and receive data via TCP/IP over a LAN or the Internet.
