Drop – down Text Area

Martin Lorenz

March 2, 2017 at 1:52 pm #3915

Hello All,

I would like to ask you, if is possible configuring text area control or some other controls, in such a way that when I click to edit, controls drop down? I don’t konw, how I can explai it in a simple way but I try. For example, I have text area controls. Filed is size of standard text controls but when I click in this field, this field is growing and show hidden content. Something simillar to Text Reader Control but editable. Please help 🙂

SPARK Support

March 3, 2017 at 2:57 pm #3930

Hi Martin,

With the out-of-the-box SPARK controls, you can use a Stack control.  Place a Text control on the first pane and a Text Editor on the second pane.  Bind both controls to the same String variable.  Then add to the Text On Focus event:

${Stack1}.setCurrentPane(1);

And add to the On Blur of the Text Editor:

${Stack1}.setCurrentPane(0);

When the Text Editor pops up, the pane will stay active until the user clicks into the control and clicks away. Beyond this, you may wish to reach out to our Sale Team for a Engagement on a Custom Control.

Regards,

Stephen P.