Text Widget

The Text Widget allows you to enter text into your content.

Properties > Widget > Main

Text

Type the text you want displayed into the text box.

 

Size & Position

You can adjust the widget’s width, height, and position in the Size & Position menu.

 

Font

From the Font Menu you can adjust the following settings:

• Font Size
• Font Family
• Style
• Color
• Letter Spacing
• Custom Line Height
• Text Shadow
• Letter Case
• Dynamic Font size: adjusts the font size based on the size of the widget
• Scrollable: makes the text scrollable
• No Line Break: removes line breaks
• Horizontal/Vertical Alignment

 

Proof of Play

Proof of play is a reporting system that allows you to gain reports about used assets. If you turn on widget statistics, you can report information about the displayed duration, number of displays, and interaction events of this widget. If you turn on asset statistics, you can report information about the displayed duration, number of displays, and events of each media asset inside this widget.

 

Image Properties Other

Properties > Widget > Other

Effects

• Background: select an image to use as the background of the widget
• BG Color: Select the background color of the widget

Animation

From the Animation Menu, you can set the entrance, exit, and repeat animation.

 

Bind to Data

Bind the widget to a datasource to automatically update the image.

• Bind to Data: Select the datasource
• Hide Based On: Hides the widget based on the datasource
• BG Color: change the background color based on the datasource
• Font Color: Use a datasource to select the font color

 

Translation

In the Translation Menu, the widget’s value may also change if the content’s language is altered, for instance, through a sensor or touch event.

Interaction

Use the Interaction Menu to choose the interaction type, Touch events, and event name and value.

 

Additional Properties

Select the three-dot menu below the Interaction option to show Additional Properties.

• Custom Margin: Set custom margins for the widget
• Shadow: Apply a shadow to the widget. This shadow is applied to the entire widget, not the text within the widget.
• Border: Adjust the border of the widget
• Opacity: Change the transparency of the widget
• Rounding: Round the edges of the widget
• Mask: use a PNG image file to affect the shape of the widget
• Flip: Flip the widget horizontally or vertically