Character Elements

From Smart LCD

Static String (STS)

General
Show the basic information of the element
X and Y is the location of element on screen, reference point is element top-left corner
Width and Height are in pixels
top-left corner of the screen = 0,0
Style
Font select font face
Font Size for TTF only
Font Color is the font face color
Background Color only available with Transparent disable
Transparent true for disable the Background Color box to be show
Format
Align options are Left / Right / Center
Char Spacing options are Default / Shrink
Content
Static Test is the text content to be display 
Properties Control (advance feature)
Enable VP is none by default (element operate normally)
Select a VP for real time element control.
VP value will set to 1 as enable at power-on. It can be disabled (hidden) by a zero value
Font VP is none by default (using the above selected font)
Select a VP for real time font ID change
VP value will copy the above ID at power-on.
Foreground color VP is none by default (using the above selected color)
Select a VP for real time foreground color adjustment
VP value will copy the above selected color at power-on.
Backgound color VP is none by default (using the above selected color)
Select a VP for real time background color adjustment
VP value will copy the above selected color at power-on.
Transparent VP is none by default (using the above option)
Select a VP for real time transparent background control
VP value will copy the above transparent config at power-on.
It can be enable by a non-zero value or disable by a zero

String Element (STR)

General
Show the basic information of the element
X and Y is the location of element on screen, reference point is element top-left corner
Width and Height are in pixels
top-left corner of the screen = 0,0
Style
Font select font face
Font Size for TTF only
Font Color is the font face color
Background Color only available with Transparent disable
Transparent true for disable the Background Color box to be show
Mask could be any char to "represent" as the char (Keep empty for normal operation)
Scroll is false by default
true to convert itself as Scrolling String element (see STR_SCR for details)
Format
Align options are Left / Right / Center
Char Spacing options are Default / Shrink
Content
VP Resource is the type of VP hold the text content (VP_STR by default)
VP Address is the VP that hold the string content (all the string should be end with \0 (0x00))
Length is no. of Char going to display
Properties Control (advance feature)
Enable VP is none by default (element operate normally)
Select a VP for real time element control.
VP value will set to 1 as enable at power-on. It can be disabled (hidden) by a zero value
Font VP is none by default (using the above selected font)
Select a VP for real time font ID change
VP value will copy the above ID at power-on
Foreground color VP is none by default (using the above selected color)
Select a VP for real time foreground color adjustment
VP value will copy the above selected color at power-on
Backgound color VP is none by default (using the above selected color)
Select a VP for real time background color adjustment
VP value will copy the above selected color at power-on
Transparent VP is none by default (using the above option)
Select a VP for real time transparent background control
VP value will copy the above transparent config at power-on
It can be enable by a non-zero value or disable by a zero
Preview
 Preview Value is only for displaying text in SGTools environment

Scrolling String (STR_SCR)