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Scroll Widget

Scroll widget allows you to scroll various types of texts.

Properties >> Widget >> Main​

Text​

In the Text Menu you can select between three types of outputs.

  • Simple Text - manually type the text that you want to display.
  • Message Board - display saved messages from our Message Board found in Settings >> Messages.
  • RSS type - display information brought in via a RSS URL.

You can also set the speed, direction, and trim of your widget. Enabling Endless function is recommended when you want to display long texts in the widget.
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Size & Position​

In the Size & Position Menu you can select the width, height, and placement of your widget quickly.

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Font​

On the scroll widget in the Font Menu you can set the 'Size', 'Font family', 'Style', and the 'Color' of the font.
You can also set 'Letter spacing' and 'Shadow' here.

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Proof of Play​

Proof of play is a reporting system, that allows you to gain report 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.

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Properties >> Widget >> Other​

Effects​

In the Effects Menu you can select a 'Background image' or 'Color' to your widget.

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Animation​

In the Animation Menu you can choose the Enter, Repeat, and Exit animations of your widget.

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Bind to data​

You can use the 'Bind to data' tool to select your Datasource.
With the Font color data binder you can add a color to your text in the widget from a Datasource.
You can set After and Before text to display before or after the main text

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Jump​

In the Jump Menu you can set up the Jump on end function.
When enabled, this option allows jumping to the selected page at the end of the scrolling text, but it won't work if the element is set to loop or has an exit animation applied.

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Additional Properties​

Under the Jump Menu you can click on the three dots which will show Additional Properties aka MORE.

  • The Custom Margin switch allows you to set a custom sized margin to your widget.
  • Here you can add a Shadow to your widget.
  • The Opacity sliders, will change the transparency and round the edges of your widget.
  • The Mask option will let you select a PNG image to affect the shape of your widget. Setting the trim in the widget's main settings greater than 0 will ignore the selected masking image. See more specified information about: Masking.
  • You can also flip your widget horizontally, vertically, or both with the Flip function.
  • The Click through function allows you to click through the widget and interact with other widgets behind this one.
  • With Hide based on data binder you can give a data from a datasource to the widget.
  • If the datarow of the device and the given data are not the same, the widget will not appear on the device.
  • With BG color data binder you can give a background color for the widget from a Datasource.

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Tutorials​

Tutorial Video: Scroll Widget​

Tutorial YouTube Video: Scroll Widget​

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