Select Controls

About 3 min

The Select Controls are the basic user interface components that can be programmed to perform actions. They include Dropdown, Multiselect and Calendar.

Quick Start

The Select Controls components can be placed onto the dashboard by either dragging the component or selecting and drawing it in the work area. Search for the data you want to visualize and map it onto the component.

Drag

Select

Generic Settings

Each IOTA Component has a set of generic settings. For more information, expand the corresponding section below:

Workspace

These settings are applicable to the whole view.

Grid Properties

The grid is provided for convenience when developing dashboards as visual guides and snapping capability.

By default the work area grid is enabled and can be customized or even disabled in this menu.

Property Name	Description
Grid Color	Color of the grid
Grid Size	Size of the grid step
Snap to Grid	Enable/Disable snapping to the grid
Show Grid Lines	Show the grid as lines
Show Grid Dots	Show the grid as dots

Align Controls

The Align controls provides a means to align and distribute selected objects on the display.

Align Objects

You can align several components horizontally using the Align-left, Align-center or Align-right controls
You can align several components vertically using the Align-top, Align-vertical-center or Align-bottom controls

Distribute Objects

You can distribute several components on the vertical/horizontal axis by selecting them (select at least 3 components) and pressing Align-vertical/Align-horizontal
You can make all the selected components the same width/height by selecting them and pressing Adjust Width/Adjust Height

Tips

Hold the Ctrl button to select several components. The eldest component is used as a reference.

Anchor Points Options

The anchor points are eight squares around an object that allow you to resize the object. The anchor point options allow you to define the appearance of the anchor points.

Property Name	Description
Reference Point Color	Sets the color of the reference point (see Rotation and Position for more details)
Anchor Points Color	Sets the color of the rest of the seven anchor points
Point Options Color	Sets the color of the point options (only for Line and Bezier Curve)
Show Point Options	Show/Hide the point options

Locked View Options

These options define the appearance of the component border in the locked view for the selected component.

Property Name	Description
Active Border Fill	Sets the fill color of the border
Active Border Width	Sets the width of the border

Variable

Every component has a unique variable name. This variable name can be used to reference the component in multi-state configurations and other scripts.
On creation, every component is given a default name. This can be overwritten to be more user-friendly. To do so simply overwrite the value in the variable input field.

Arrange / Remove

Send Backward - move object one layer down
Bring Forward - move object one layer up
Send to Back - place object under all layers
Bring to Front - place object above all layers
To send/bring objects to the front/back use the first four buttons.
Any set of components can be deleted by either using the button or delete/del keyboard keys.

Rotation and Position

Reference Anchor Point - allows you to select one of the anchor points as a reference so that you can set an Angle (clockwise) of incline relative to this point. By default the reference anchor point is the top left corner. You can also rotate the component by dragging one of the yellow corner points.
You can set the position of the component by setting the X and Y coordinates relative to theReference Anchor Point and the top-left corner of the work area.
You can drag any of the anchor points to change the width and height of the component, or you can set it manually by editing the Width and Height boxes.
Set Lock Aspect Ratio so that while changing width and height, the component width to height ratio stays the same
Transform allows you to view the component as a mirror or a reflection of itself

Actions

Actions or multi-states are programmable conditional states handled by user-generated code.

Note

Actions that have script handlers are marked with a circle
OnData
in the top right corner.

The currently supported actions are described in the table below:

Action	Trigger
OnCreate	When the component is created
OnFocus	When the component is selected
onClick	When the component is clicked or the selection is changed
onData	Each time the data changes for assigned channels
onTick	20 times per second
onDblClick	On mouse double click
onHover	When the mouse is over the component (and not when the mouse is not)

Properties

The properties menu for Channels allows you:

to modify the Label of the DataSource
to set UOM, lower and upper values
to choose number format and displayed digits
to adjust the line formatting for trend line components
to configure the additional regression lines that can be plotted for supported components

Supported Multi-State Parameters

Each of the the visual parameters listed below can be used as a multi-state, i.e. used in actions and scripts:

Title and Text
- Text
Rotation and Position
- Rotation
Common
- Blink
- Hidden
Visual Properties
- Border Color
- Border Width
- Border Radius
- Label Color
- InputBox Color
- InputBox Text Color
- Dropdown Color
- Dropdown Text Color
Font
- Label Font Family
- Label Font Size
- Text Italic
- Text Bold
- Text Underline
Component Specific
- Date Offset
- Global Time Control
- URL Query Parameter
- Option Label
- Option Value
- Template Filter
- URL Query Parameter
- Dropdown Height
- Show Filter
- isautocomplete

Select Controls Settings

Visual Properties

The Visual Properties section provides options for customizing the component's appearance by changing the color schema. This section is the similar for Dropdown, Multiselect and Calendar:

Border Color : Defines component's the border color
Border Width : Defines component's border width
Border Radius : Defines the border radius
Label Color : Defines the label color
Input Box Fill Color: Defines the fill color for Input Box
Input Box Text Color: Defines the text color for Input Box
Dropdown Fill Color: Defines the fill color for Dropdown
Dropdown Text Color: Defines the text color for Dropdown

To pick color of your interest

To change color for specific visual property, click on the color box next to property description. The color picker dialog will be displayed.

Pick the color of interest. The video below shows how to choose a solid, gradient or theme color.

You can add Gradient Stops by double clicking and to remove - by pulling it up.

To close the color-picker dialog - click on the property color box (Step 1).

Closing color-picker dialog

Clicking on the workspace area instead of Settings Tab area -
component settings will disappear since component focus will be lost.

Font

The Font section provides options for customizing the components font properties. The following fonts can be changed:

Label
Text

Font Properties

Font properties available for edit:

Font Family : Allows to select different font family. Default: Arial
Font Size : Controls the font size. Default: 12
Italic : Sets font to italic
Bold : Sets font to bold
Underline : Sets font to underline

Component Specific

The Component Specific section provides options for modifying various properties for Select Controls.

Option Label and Option Value

Option Label: Specifies a label for the option
Option Value: Defines the label value displayed instead of the longer text version

Below example illustrates the use of label attribute for an option element. The Dropdown contains two values: ON and OFF. OnCreate Action specifies the label option for every value (1 or 2).
When a value is selected, it is transmitted to the Text Area through a connector using onClick Action.

script details for OnCreate Action

this.settings.options = [{id: 1, label: 'ON'}, {id: 2, label: 'OFF'}]

script details for onClick Action

/* Start Transits */
let cmp = null;
cmp = this.findComponent('Connector16872535033520');
if(cmp) cmp.setInput('_in', this.getOutput('pin5'));
cmp = this.findComponent('Connector16887296498650');
if(cmp) cmp.setInput('_in', this.getOutput('pin7'));
cmp = this.findComponent('Connector16887296892160');
if(cmp) cmp.setInput('_in', this.getOutput('pin7'));
/* End Transits */

Template Filter

Template Filter: Filters channels based on entered text

The video below shows how to set the Template Filter :

To take in account Template Filter you have to save the View and Refresh the page.

URL Query Parameter

URL Query Parameter: Enables pre-selection of the component's item, accessing via a link

To create a link that automatically selects a specific item in a Dropdownand Multiselect, follow these steps:

Assign a URL Query Parameter name to the component:

Select Controls: Assigning a URL Query Parameter Name

Integrate the assigned parameter into the link URL by utilizing the item's name as the parameter's value:

When opening the updated link, the chosen item will be automatically selected:

Dropdown Height: Defines the hight of the Dropdown, default = 200px, can't be lower than 200px

The video below shows how to change the Dropdown Height:

Other Options

Show Filter: Shows input field that filters the dropdown elements

AutoComplete: Matches the string you type in the dropdown list cell with words from items in the dropdown list and then shows only the matching list items

Examples

Example 1

The following example demonstrates the usage of Dropdown component.

Example 2

The following example demonstrates the usage of Calendar component. The Value CDT 158 is changing while the minutes changing.

The Calendar do not set the display date for the component. It is firing the request to get a snapshot with "at or before" value. So component Value 158 will never show same date and time as Calendar, but it will always show something before Calendar date, because data flow is discrete and component must show the actual data of the value shown.