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TextBoxItem Class

A Text Box dashboard item used to display rich text within a dashboard.

Declaration

export class TextBoxItem extends DataDashboardItem

Remarks

The Text Box dashboard item can display static or data-bound text with rich formatting.

For example, the “Bug Count” text box displays summarized bug report information. The key performance indicators also serve as a color legend for the Chart dashboard item:

You can enable the Text Editor functionality to edit the Text Box content in the pop-up editor. See TextBoxItemEditorExtension for details.

The following documentation is available: Text Box.

Inherited Members

DevExpress.Dashboard.Model.DataDashboardItem.componentName
DevExpress.Dashboard.Model.DataDashboardItem.name
DevExpress.Dashboard.Model.DataDashboardItem.parentContainer
DevExpress.Dashboard.Model.DataDashboardItem.showCaption
DevExpress.Dashboard.Model.DataDashboardItem.getUniqueNamePrefix

Inheritance

See Also

constructor

Initializes a new instance of the TextBoxItem class.

Declaration

constructor(
    dashboardItemJSON?: any,
    serializer?: DevExpress.Analytics.Utils.ModelSerializer
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
dashboardItemJSON any

A JSON object used for dashboard deserialization. Do not pass this parameter directly.

serializer ModelSerializer

An object used for dashboard deserialization. Do not pass this parameter directly.

Properties

interactivityOptions Property

Provides access to the interactivity options of the TextBoxItem.

Declaration

interactivityOptions: DashboardItemBaseInteractivityOptions

Property Value

Type Description
DashboardItemBaseInteractivityOptions

A DashboardItemBaseInteractivityOptions object that defines interactivity options.

text Property

Specifies a string that is a text box item content as a plain text.

Declaration

text: ko.Observable<string>

Property Value

Type Description
Observable<string>

A string that contains a text box item content as a plain text.

values Property

Gets the collection of measures that provide data used to calculate values displayed in the current TextBoxItem.

Declaration

values: ko.ObservableArray<Measure>

Property Value

Type Description
ObservableArray<Measure>

A collection of measures that provide data used to calculate values displayed in the current TextBoxItem.

Methods

getInfo Method

For internal use.

Declaration

getInfo(): DevExpress.Analytics.Utils.ISerializationInfoArray

Returns

Type Description
ISerializationInfoArray

An array of objects that provide serialization info.