The string component supplies the form with additional information. The below screenshot shows two responsive sample strings that contain a link and a current date (e.g. 2019-12-11) in ISO 8601 date format plus 21 days.
The structure view below shows the initial string component as created by drag-and-drop from the toolbar with its symbol, its label (its visual content), its properties cell, and its tooltip cell. The string type is specified in the context menu.
The string component of type "String" represents text with no function, but with an optional tooltip.
The string component of type "Link" represents an HTML link with an optional tooltip.
The string component below is a link with a tooltip.
The URL is set in the resizable properties dialog below (opened by double-clicking the properties cell).
The link styling can be specified in the settings view.
The string component of type "Date" represents the current date with an optional offset in days and an optional tooltip.
The below string component specifies a current date (e.g. 2019-12-11) in ISO 8601 date format with an offset of 21 days, e.g. for a term of payment.
A date offset (-365 ≤ days ≤ 365) can be entered in a properties dialog (opened by double-clicking the properties cell) to define a relative date in the future or past (negative number).
The date format (default is year-month-date ISO 8601) can be set in the settings view.
The string component of type "Container"
Its element symbol is marked with an arrow to indicate that it is a container. The arrow is grayed if the container is empty.
Below is a sample string container with a link and date. A double-click on the string element symbol expands or collapses the container view. This approach allows to build strings of any complexity, to decompose them into manageable building blocks, and to see all properties at a glance.
The expanded container shows the substrings that build the sample string. The substrings can be separated by leading or trailing blanks.
In the layout view, the string container can be styled and set up multi-line or single-line. A single-line string can be left-, center-, or right-aligned.
A string container is multi-line if its height is larger than 1 unit in the layout view (default).
A string container is single-line if its height is set equal to or smaller than 1 unit in the layout view.