Basic Properties

The Basic Properties group contains the properties that are fundamental to the functioning of the component. The individual descriptions for each unique property are found in the component description. The Name and Content Overflow properties are common to all components.

Name

Unique name of the UI component within the dashboard. Since all UI components are represented by contexts located in the two-level component context tree, component's name also equals to the name and full path of the component context.

Variable Name:

name

Records:

1

Permissions:

Readable at Observer permission level, writable at Manager permission level

Record Format:

Field Name

Field Type

Notes

name

String

The unique name of the component.

Content Overflow

Defines the behaviour of the content if it overflows the container.

Variable Name:

overflow

Records:

1

Permissions:

Readable at Observer permission level, writable at Manager permission level

Record Format:

Field Name

Field Type

Notes

overflow

String

This property has several selection values:

  • Auto - scrollbar will be enabled automatically once the content will overflow the container

  • Hidden - all overflowed content will be hidden

  • Scroll - scrollbar is always enabled even if content doesn't overflow the container

  • Unset - cancels inheritance of this property from any sources (e.g. dashboard Style property)

  • Visible - the content will be always visible even it overflows the container

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