Complex graphics objects

The Object icon bar "Graphical objects" contains the tools for creating graphic objects.

Figure 1. Icon bar - graphics tools
Icon bar - graphics tools

This section describes the complex graphic objects.

Icon Function
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 158

Button with a label or an image

for example, OPEN. See chapter Button.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 157 Cascade (multi-level menu hierarchy). See chapter Cascade
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 163 Textfield. Box for input and output of texts or numbers. See chapter Text field.
Referenz Native Gedi 223 TextEdit is an advanced WYSIWYG viewer and editor supporting rich text formatting with HTML-style tags. It is optimized for handling large documents and to responding quickly to user input. TextEdit supports plain text and rich text and can be used as viewer (Read-Only). See chapter TextEdit.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 160 Radiobox. List with radio-buttons. Only one option can be selected from several , for example, selecting adjustment level. See chapter Radiobox.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 159 Checkbox: List with check buttons. Multiple selections are possible, for example, switching on three pumps. See chapter Check box.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 167 Trend. Display of series of values as trend curves. See chapter Trend
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 169 Bar trend. Display of a series of values as bar trend diagram. See chapter Bar trend
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 166 Table: This is an output format for numbers and texts in a list form, for example, for system warnings or status messages. See chapter Table.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 161

Selection list: A list containing a few pre-defined values.

Only one selection can be made. See chapter Combobox.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 164 Spin button: Spin buttons are list boxes containing two arrows at the right side. The window only displays one list option at a time. See chapter Spin button.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 162 Combobox: Combo boxes are list windows containing an arrow at the right side and displaying only one selected option from a list. See chapter Combobox.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 170 Clock. See Clock.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 168 Tab: Tabs are used to display detailed information well sorted. Instead of individual panels, the panels are managed and displayed by index tabs. These allow several panels to be displayed as a stack. See chapter Tab.
Referenz Native Gedi 225 Slider: The slider provides either a vertical or an horizontal slider. Slider is used for controlling a bounded value. See chapter Slider
Referenz Native Gedi 226 A thumb wheel: A thumb wheel is a device that can be moved between its start and end values. It is an alternative presentation of a slider. See chapter Thumb wheel.
Referenz Native Gedi 227 The Progress Bar widget is a horizontal progress bar. It is used to provide the user an indication of the progress of an operation. See chapter Progress bar.
Referenz Native Gedi 231 The LCD number displays a number with LCD-style digits. Decimal, hexadecimal, octal or binary numbers can be displayed. Numbers in almost any size can be displayed. See chapter LCD Number.
Referenz Native GEDI 333 A monthly based Calendar widget allowing to select a date. See chapter Calendar.
Referenz Native Gedi 259 Datapoint tree. Shows the datapoint types and datapoints in a tree view. See chapter DpTreeView.
Referenz Native Gedi 260 A datapoint type from a DPTreeView can be added (dragged) to the DPTypeView. See chapter DpTypeView.
Referenz Native Gedi 268 Embedded module: An embedded module is a module embedded into a panel to display further panels in this module. See chapter Embedded module.
Referenz Native Gedi 224 Tree widget: A tree widget is a tree view that can display and control items and allows adding new items at any time. See chapter Tree widget
Referenz Native Gedi 228 Zoom navigator: Allows you to zoom modules. See chapter Zoom Navigator.
REFERENZ NATIVE GEDI 171 Inserts panel reference. See chapter Panel reference.
Referenz Native Gedi 229 An EWO (External Widget Object) is a graphical object (a Widget) created by some external party (customer) and can be embedded into any WinCC OA Panel. It is platform independent. See chapter EWO (External Widget Object).