Vision - Compass

Description

The compass is a component that displays up to three needles at once on a cardinal direction compass. This can be useful for plotting anything that has a cardinal direction, such as the wind direction.

Each needle can be one of nine different styles. Use the "Disabled" style to turn off any needle.

Properties

Name	Description	Property Type	Scripting	Category
Border	The border surrounding this component. Options are: No border, Etched (Lowered), Etched (Raised), Bevel (Lowered), Bevel (Raised), Bevel (Double), Button Border, Field Border, Line Border, and Other Border. The border is unaffected by rotation.	Border	.border	Common
Center Color	The center color of the compass. Can be chosen from color wheel, chosen from color palette, or entered as RGB or HSL value. See Color Selector.	Color	.centerColor	Appearance
Cursor	The mouse cursor to use when hovering over this component. Options are: Default, Crosshair, Text, Wait, Hand, Move, SW Resize, or SE Resize.	int	.cursorCode	Common
Label Font	The font to use for the compass's labels.	Font	.labelFont	Appearance
Mouseover Text	The text that is displayed in the tooltip which pops up on mouseover of this component.	String	.toolTipText	Common
Name	The name of this component.	String	.name	Common
Quality	The data quality code for any Tag bindings on this component.	QualityCode	.quality	Data
Rose Color	The background color of the rose. See Color Selector.	Color	.roseColor	Appearance
Rose Highlight	The highlight color of the rose. See Color Selector.	Color	.roseHighlightColor	Appearance
Styles	Contains the component's styles.	Dataset	.styles	Appearance
Value 1	Value 1 for the compass.	double	.value1	Data
Value 1 Color	The main color for Value 1's needle. See Color Selector.	Color	.value1Color	Appearance
Value 1 Needle	The needle type for this value.	int	.value1Needle	Data
Value 1 Outline	The outline color for value 1's needle. See Color Selector.	Color	.value1OutlineColor	Appearance
Value 2	Value 2 for the compass.	double	.value2	Data
Value 2 Color	The main color for Value 2's needle. See Color Selector.	Color	.value2Color	Appearance
Value 2 Needle	The needle type for this value.	int	.value2Needle	Data
Value 2 Outline	The outline color for Value 2's needle. See Color Selector.	Color	.value2OutlineColor	Appearance
Value 3	Value 3 for the compass.	double	.value3	Data
Value 3 Color	The main color for Value 3's needle. See Color Selector.	Color	.value3Color	Appearance
Value 3 Needle	The needle type for this value.	int	.value3Needle	Data
Value 3 Outline	The outline color for Value 3's needle. See Color Selector.	Color	.value3OutlineColor	Appearance
Visible	If disabled, the component will be hidden.	boolean	.visible	Common
Deprecated Properties
Data Quality	The data quality code for any Tag bindings on this component.	int	.dataQuality	Deprecated

Scripting

Scripting Functions

This component does not have scripting functions associated with it.

Extension Functions

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configureChart

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Description

Provides an opportunity to perform further configuration via scripting.

Parameters

Component self- A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

JFreeChart chart- A JFreeChart object. Refer to the JFreeChart documentation for API details.

Return

Nothing

Event Handlers

mouse

mouseClicked

This event signifies a mouse click on the source component. A mouse click the combination of a mouse press and a mouse release, both of which must have occurred over the source component. Note that this event fires after the pressed and released events have fired.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseEntered

This event fires when the mouse enters the space over the source component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseExited

This event fires when the mouse leaves the space over the source component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mousePressed

This event fires when a mouse button is pressed down on the source component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseReleased

This event fires when a mouse button is released, if that mouse button's press happened over this component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseMotion

mouseDragged

Fires when the mouse moves over a component after a button has been pushed.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseMoved

Fires when the mouse moves over a component, but no buttons are pushed.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

propertyChange

Fires whenever a bindable property of the source component changes. This works for standard and custom (dynamic) properties.

.source	The component that fired this event
.newValue	The new value that this property changed to.
.oldValue	The value that this property was before it changed. Note that not all components include an accurate oldValue in their events.
.propertyName	The name of the property that changed. Remember to always filter out these events for the property that you are looking for! Components often have many properties that change.

Customizers

Examples

Property Name	Value
Center Color	0,217,0
Rose Color	172,95,0
Label Font	Times New Roman, Bold, 14
Value 1	140
Value 1 Color	255,0,0
Value 1 Needle	Pointer

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