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More advanced paint objects include
More advanced paint objects include
* Buttons, which support both text and images and are useful in creating user interfaces.
* [[Button (Paint Object)|Buttons]], which support both text and images and are useful in creating user interfaces.
* Viewports, which enable a panel to contain a view of another panel. Advanced capabilities include dynamically switching the panel a viewport shows.
* [[Viewport|Viewports]], which enable a panel to contain a view of another panel. Advanced capabilities include dynamically switching the panel a viewport shows.
* Map paint objects enable models to be built around a zoomable and scrollable tiled map or schematic diagram.
* [[Map Module|Map]] paint objects enable models to be built around a zoomable and scrollable tiled map or schematic diagram.
* Rich Text paint objects enable a panel to contain blocks of scrollable formatted text.
* Rich Text paint objects enable a panel to contain blocks of scrollable formatted text.
* Video enable embedding video playback in a panel.
* Video enable embedding video playback in a panel.
* Window enable advanced developers to add dotNET based controls and forms to a Panel.
* Window enable advanced developers to add dotNET based controls and forms to a Panel.


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Paint objects work with [[Anchor|Anchoring]] which enables them to dynamically reposition and/or resize to adapt the user interface to different window sizes.
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Latest revision as of 12:40, 28 July 2021

In addition to Simulation Objects and Data Views, Planimate panels can contain paint objects.

Basic paint objects include Line, Rectangle, Ovals and Text. These assist in clarifying the contents of a panel.

More advanced paint objects include

  • Buttons, which support both text and images and are useful in creating user interfaces.
  • Viewports, which enable a panel to contain a view of another panel. Advanced capabilities include dynamically switching the panel a viewport shows.
  • Map paint objects enable models to be built around a zoomable and scrollable tiled map or schematic diagram.
  • Rich Text paint objects enable a panel to contain blocks of scrollable formatted text.
  • Video enable embedding video playback in a panel.
  • Window enable advanced developers to add dotNET based controls and forms to a Panel.


Paint objects work with Anchoring which enables them to dynamically reposition and/or resize to adapt the user interface to different window sizes.

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