Unit 'StdCtrls' Package
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TStaticText

[Properties (by Name)] [Methods (by Name)] [Events (by Name)]

Control used to display a text value which does not change.

Declaration

Source position: stdctrls.pp line 1121

type TStaticText = class(TCustomStaticText)

published

  property Align: TAlign;

  

Specifies the placement of the control on its Parent control.

  property Alignment: TAlignment;

  

The horizontal alignment for the text; centered, left- or right-justified.

  property Anchors: TAnchors;

  

The set of anchor definitions for this control.

  property AutoSize: Boolean;

  

Allows automatic adjustment of the size for the control, according to its content.

  property BidiMode: TBiDiMode;

  

Customization (of text controls) in bidirectional reading environments.

  property BorderSpacing: TControlBorderSpacing;

  

Determines the inner and outer border spacing for this control.

  property BorderStyle: TStaticBorderStyle;

  

The border drawn around the control.

  property Caption: TCaption;

  

The text displayed for the control.

  property Color: TGraphicsColor;

  

The background color of the control.

  property Constraints: TSizeConstraints;

  

Contains the minimum and maximum Width and Height for the control.

  property DoubleBuffered: Boolean;

  

Allows to reduce flicker in the painting of the control.

  property DragCursor: TCursor;

  

The cursor shape shown while the control is dragged.

  property DragKind: TDragKind;

  

The operation when the control is dragged - Drag or Dock.

  property DragMode: TDragMode;

  

Allows the user to drag the control.

  property Enabled: Boolean;

  

Determines whether the control reacts on mouse or keyboard input.

  property FocusControl: TWinControl;

  

The control that receives focus instead of this control.

  property Font: TFont;

  

The font to be used for text display in this control.

  property OnChangeBounds: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the Bounds of the control have been changed.

  property OnClick: TNotifyEvent;

  

Notification handler for mouse clicks.

  property OnContextPopup: TContextPopupEvent;

  

Invoked when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is requested.

  property OnDblClick: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event Handler for double mouse clicks.

  property OnDragDrop: TDragDropEvent;

  

This handler determines the action on an drop onto this control, in a drag-drop operation.

  property OnDragOver: TDragOverEvent;

  

Event handler for a control being dragged over this control.

  property OnEndDrag: TEndDragEvent;

  

Notification handler for the end of a drag operation.

  property OnMouseDown: TMouseEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse down event is handled for the control.

  property OnMouseEnter: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has entered the control.

  property OnMouseLeave: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has left the control.

  property OnMouseMove: TMouseMoveEvent;

  

Event handler for mouse movement within the control.

  property OnMouseUp: TMouseEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse up event is handled for the control.

  property OnMouseWheel: TMouseWheelEvent;

  

Event handler for mouse wheel turned.

  property OnMouseWheelDown: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler for downward movement of mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelUp: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler for upward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelHorz: TMouseWheelEvent;

  

Event handler for horizontal movements of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelLeft: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler for left movements of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelRight: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler for right movements of the mouse wheel.

  property OnResize: TNotifyEvent;

  

Notification handler for a resize of the control.

  property OnStartDrag: TStartDragEvent;

  

Event handler for the start of a dragging operation.

  property ParentBidiMode: Boolean;

  

Indicates whether the BiDiMode settings in the Parent control are used.

  property ParentFont: Boolean;

  

If True, the Font of the control will be the same as the one from the Parent. Default is True.

  property ParentColor: Boolean;

  

Use the Color from the Parent control, when enabled.

  property ParentDoubleBuffered: Boolean;

  

Value for the DoubleBuffered property in a Parent control.

  property ParentShowHint: Boolean;

  

If True, the value of ShowHint for the control will be the same as the one from the Parent. Default is True.

  property PopupMenu: TPopupMenu;

  

A context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control.

  property ShowAccelChar: Boolean;

  

Indicates if an accelerator character is drawn in the displayed text.

  property ShowHint: Boolean;

  

Enables Hint display for the control.

  property TabOrder: TTabOrder;

  

Indicates the navigation order for the control when the user presses the Tab or Shift+Tab key.

  property TabStop: Boolean;

  

Allows the user to navigate to / from the control by pressing the Tab or Shift+Tab keys.

  property Transparent: Boolean;

  

Makes the background color for the control transparent when True.

  property Visible: Boolean;

  

Allows the control, and all of its children, to be displayed or hidden.

end;

Inheritance

TStaticText

  

Control used to display a text value which does not change.

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TCustomStaticText

  

The base class for TStaticText.

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TWinControl

  

Implements a windowed control which can contain other child controls.

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TControl

  

The base class for visible controls.

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TLCLComponent

  

The base class for LCL components which have an associated widget.

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TObject

Description

TStaticText is a TCustomStaticText descendant which implements a control used to display text that does not change. It can be used in place of TLabel for situations where a TWinControl descendant is required. It has a window handle, and allows the accelerator key for the control to be forwarded to another windowed control.

See also

HowToUseStdCtrls

  

How to use StdCtrls, ComCtrls or ExtCtrls.