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Special Starter Elements

The Special Starter Elements are pre-baked elements which can be used to save time.    The incorporate other elements in one neat starter package; after being added, their constituent components can be edited individually.

Elements in this section:

  • Dominant-slide-color BorderBox
  • Plain Title Text
  • Plain Caption Text
  • Centered Loaders Block
  • Pre-Built Hover-only Control Bar - NumberBar
  • Pre-Built Hover-only Control Bar - Thumbnails
  • Pre-Built Control Bar - NumberBar
  • Pre-Built Control Bar - Thumbnails

Dominant-slide-color BorderBox

This special starter element is a BorderBox whose color automatically changes to match the dominant color of the current image.   It makes your slideshow have a background color which always "matches".  You'll usually want to put this element in an underlay layer.  Inspect the element in code view to learn about the special attribute binding values necessary to accomplish this.

This is a special kind of BorderBox; here is an example of a generic BorderBox:

Note: All the individual elements which comprise a starter element can be individually edited after the starter element has been added.

Equivalement Class File

This is a compound starter element made up of other elements; it has no individual associated class file.

The Layout XML for the starter element is as follows:

<BorderBox width="150" height="150" backgroundColor="Bind{slideshow.currentPreSyncSlide.dominantColorLight}" borderThickness="0" borderStyle="solid" backgroundChangeEffect="true" backgroundChangeEffectDuration="1700" />

Plain Title Text

This special starter element is a plain text box which displays the current image title.   If you just want the plain text displayed (without any border or background), add this element.  To learn more about the element code, inspect the element in code view.

The formatting of the text can be controlled through the Text Formatting section of the Properties Panel.

Example:

Noteworthy Parameters

See the DynamicScrollableText element for more information about specific parameters.

Equivalement Class File

This is a compound starter element made up of other elements; it has no individual associated class file.

The Layout XML for the starter element is as follows:

<DynamicScrollableText htmlText="{image.title}" />

Plain Caption Text

This special starter element is a plain text box which displays the current image caption / description.   If you just want the plain text displayed (without any border or background), add this element.  To learn more about the element code, inspect the element in code view.

By default, the element has a maximum height of 200 pixels; if, based on the specified width, the height is greater than that, a scrollbar will appear.

The formatting of the text can be controlled through the Text Formatting section of the Properties Panel.

Example:

Noteworthy Parameters

See the DynamicScrollableText element for more information about specific parameters.

Equivalement Class File

This is a compound starter element made up of other elements; it has no individual associated class file.

The Layout XML for the starter element is as follows:

<DynamicScrollableText htmlText="{image.caption}" maxHeight="200" />

Centered Loaders Block

This element is a duplicate of the Centered Loaders Block special starter element in the Image Progress Loaders section.  See that topic for information on the element.

Pre-Built Hover-only Control Bar - NumberBar

This element is a duplicate of the Pre-Built Hover-only Control Bar - NumberBar special starter element in the Main Slideshow Elements section.  See that topic for information on the element.

Pre-Built Hover-only Control Bar - Thumbnails

This element is a duplicate of the Pre-Built Hover-only Control Bar - Thumbnails special starter element in the Main Slideshow Elements section.  See that topic for information on the element.

Pre-Built Control Bar - NumberBar

This element is a duplicate of the Pre-Built Control Bar - NumberBar special starter element in the Main Slideshow Elements section.  See that topic for information on the element.

Pre-Built Control Bar - Thumbnails

This element is a duplicate of the Pre-Built Control Bar - Thumbnails special starter element in the Main Slideshow Elements section.  See that topic for information on the element.