[Overview][Constants][Types][Classes][Procedures and functions][Index] Reference for unit 'StdCtrls' (#lcl)

TLabel

[Properties (by Name)] [Methods (by Name)] [Events (by Name)]

TLabel : a brief text label to be placed in the Form near any object that needs to be identified.

Declaration

Source position: stdctrls.pp line 1445

type TLabel = class(TCustomLabel)

published

  property Align;

  

Used to align the control to the top, bottom, left or right of its client.

  property Alignment;

  

Alignment - whether text is centered, left- or right-justified

  property Anchors;

  

The set of anchor definitions for this control

  property AutoSize;

  

Whether auto-size is to be used

  property BidiMode;

  

BiDiMode - enabling bi-directional writing

  property BorderSpacing;

  

Determines the border spacing for this control

  property Caption;

  

Caption - the text-string appearing on the Control, usually used to identify its function

  property Color;

  

Determine the colour for the current control

  property Constraints;

  

Determine Constraints (max and min height and width) for this control

  property DragCursor;

  

DragCursor - the style of cursor to be used during the Drag process

  property DragKind;

  

DragKind - what sort of dragging? Drag or Dock

  property DragMode;

  

DragMode - whether manual or automatic

  property Enabled;

  

Whether the control is Enabled (read/write). If not, it usually appears 'greyed-out'

  property FocusControl;

  

FocusControl - which control has focus

  property Font;

  

The font to be used for text in this control (read/write).

  property Layout;

  

Layout - How the Text is to be laid out in the text rectangle: at the Bottom, Centre or Top

  property ParentBidiMode;

  

ParentBiDiMode - does the control follow the BiDiMode settings of its parent?

  property ParentColor;

  

ParentColor - should the control have the same colour as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentFont;

  

ParentFont - should the control use the same font as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentShowHint;

  

ParentShowHint - does the control adopt the same hinting behaviour as its parent? Default is true

  property PopupMenu;

  

PopupMenu - a context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control

  property ShowAccelChar;

  

ShowAccelChar - underline the character in the label that acts as an accelerator with a shortcut key

  property ShowHint;

  

Flag to determine: Is hint to be displayed for this control?

  property Transparent;

  

Transparent - whether the viewer can see through the control. Default True

  property Visible;

  

Visible - can the control be seen?

  property WordWrap;

  

WordWrap - whether a word is to be wrapped to the next line if the text is about to become too long for the width available

  property OnClick;

  

Event Handler for mouse click

  property OnDblClick;

  

Event Handle for mouse double-click

  property OnDragDrop;

  

Event handler for the drop of a control onto this control.

  property OnDragOver;

  

Event handler for the case when a control is dragged over another control

  property OnEndDrag;

  

Event handler for the end of a dragging process

  property OnMouseDown;

  

Event handler for when a mouse button is pressed down

  property OnMouseMove;

  

Event handler for mouse movement within the current control

  property OnMouseUp;

  

Event handler for when the mouse button is released, ie "up"

  property OnMouseEnter;

  

Event handler for when the mouse enters the area of the current control

  property OnMouseLeave;

  

Event handler for when the mouse leaves the area of the current control

  property OnChangeBounds;

  

Event handler for a change in bounds of the control

  property OnContextPopup;

  

Event handler to supply information when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is required

  property OnResize;

  

Event Handler for resize of control

  property OnStartDrag;

  

Event handler for start of dragging operation

  property OptimalFill;

  

OptimalFill - boolean. If True, font size is adjusted for optimal fill of available space

end;

Inheritance

TLabel

  

TLabel : a brief text label to be placed in the Form near any object that needs to be identified.

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TCustomLabel

  

TCustomLabel : the base type from which TLabel is derived.

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TGraphicControl

  

TGraphicControl is the base class for all lightweight controls.

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TControl

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TLCLComponent

  

TLCLComponent - base class for LCL components

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TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

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TPersistent

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TObject

See also

HowToUseStdCtrls

  

How to use StdCtrls, ComCtrls or ExtCtrls

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