A spring is a 2D drawing element that displays a simple icon for a spring at given coordinates of the parent drawing or plotting panel. The shape is drawn relative (see the Position property) to the given coordinates with the size specified in each direction. The element can also be applied a rotation and a scale factor for each coordinate.
They respond to user interaction on their position coordinates (changing their position), invoking up to five different actions.
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Position and Size |
Name | Description | Values accepted | Default |
X | The X coordinate for the element. | A constant or variable of type double or int. | |
Y | The Y coordinate for the element. | A constant or variable of type double or int. | |
Size X | The size of the element in the X direction. | A constant or variable of type double or int. | |
Size Y | The size of the element in the Y direction. | A constant or variable of type double or int. | |
Scale X | The scale factor for the element in the X direction. | A constant or variable of type double or int. | |
Scale Y | The scale factor for the element in the Y direction. | A constant or variable of type double or int. | |
Visibility and Interaction |
Name | Description | Values accepted | Default |
Visible | The visibility of the element. | A boolean variable or one of the constants true or false. | |
Draggable | Whether the element can be moved. | A boolean variable or one of the constants true or false. | |
Resizable | Whether the element can be resized. | A boolean variable or one of the constants true or false. | |
On Press | The action to invoke when the element is pressed. | The Java code to invoke for the action. | |
On Drag | The action to invoke when the element is dragged. | The Java code to invoke for the action. | |
On Release | The action to invoke when the element is released. | The Java code to invoke for the action. | |
On Enter | The action to invoke when the mouse enters the element. | The Java code to invoke for the action. | |
On Exit | The action to invoke when the mouse leaves the element. | The Java code to invoke for the action. | |
Graphical Aspect |
Name | Description | Values accepted | Default |
Radius | Radius of the spring | double or integer | |
Solenoid | To make look the spring like a solenoid | double or integer. | 0 |
Thin Extremes | If extremes will be shown thin or thick | True or False | |
Line Color | The color used for the lines of the element. | Use the editor provided or read about colors. | |
Stroke | The thickness and line style for the lines of the element. | A constant or variable of type double or int indicates the thickness. For more sophisticated strokes, read about strokes?. | 1 |