The Badge element represents a text or numeric value that appears as a small field or icon in the user interface. It is often used for informative or notification purposes. Badge elements on an application or website are used to show users a specific information or status. It usually shows the number of notifications found in the relevant application with a notification icon added to it.

Add Badge

It is very easy to add the Badge element to your application. You need to follow the steps below to add the Badge element.

In UI Design view, open the Elements panel on the left side.
In the Elements panel, select Badge from the Display category.
Drag and drop the Badge element to the screen.
You can customise the Badge element from the Properties panel opened by clicking on it.
If you drag the Badge element to an empty area on the screen, it is added with the Row element. If you drag it into a Column, you will only add Badge element. You can add Badge element to all Container type elements.

Badge supports mobile and web applications.

Areas where Badge Element can be used

Functions of the Badge element in the application development process:

Number of Notifications: The most common use is to show the number of notifications. For example, it can show how many new messages you have in a chat application or the number of unread emails in an email client.
Status Indicator: Badge elements can be used to show the status of a particular object. For example, it can show the number of uncompleted tasks in a to-do list application.

Badge Element Properties

More than one element can be added to the Badge element, such as a Container element. You can give role based authorizations to the element and set its visibility with show/hide/conditional options. It comes with count, showzero, max, dot, Authorization and Visibility properties in the Properties panel.

Count

You can add a static value to the Count field, or you can use the Symbol Picker to dynamically fetch a status, Input element content or a value of an action result.

Show Zero

For example, you can set whether the number of notifications should also be shown in the case of 0 (zero). You can make this display dynamically come from a status, Input element content or a value of an action result via Symbol Picker.

Max

You can specify the maximum value it can take. You can add a static value to the Max field, or you can dynamically add a status, Input element content or a value of an action result via Symbol Picker.

Dot

You can make it show only as a dot instead of numeric representation regardless of the number of related values.

Authorization

You can customize user access with “Anonymous Access” and “All Roles Access” authorization options on the screens and elements of your application. While “Anonymous Access” enables access without any account information query, “All Roles Access” enables access by verifying user account information.

For element level authorization, you can manage the security and user experience of your application by selecting the relevant element and editing the “Authorization” settings from the Properties panel.

These methods allow you to create a personalized and secure environment in your app.

Visibility

This is where the visibility of screens or elements is set. Visibility in Elements allows you to regulate visibility based on a specific state and/or condition. For each element, you can make it always visible, hidden, or visible and hidden depending on a condition.

This is the section where the visibility structure of your screen is set. Kuika offers Always Visible, Hidden, Sometimes Visible options to control the visibility of the screens in your application.

Always Visible: Ensures that screens in your app are always visible.‍
Visible: Makes the screens in your app visible.‍
Hidden: Allows hiding screens in your app.‍
Sometimes Visible: Makes screens in your app conditionally visible.

Visibility Operations on Elements or Screens

You can follow the steps below to adjust Visibility settings in elements or on your screen:

Click on the element or screen on the screen to make it selected.
Open the Properties panel.
Click on the Visibility field and make one of the following selections according to the needs of your application.
- You can make it always visible with Always visible in the Selectbox.
- With Hidden you can hide the element.
- ‍Sometimes visible allows you to make it visible according to the conditions you add.

The visibility of the element will be adjusted according to the selection you have made.

Customize the interface design with Style panel

By customizing your elements with the Styling Panel, you can create unique and compelling user interfaces in your web and mobile applications. This general guide explains how to customize various elements (for example, Collapse) and provides detailed information on common features.

The sections defined below vary on an element-specific basis. To learn more about each customization option, please click on the respective links.

Layout‍

This is where you can make visual adjustments to elements, such as sizing, alignment, and padding. These settings also affect the layout of other elements within the element. Properties include Size, Min Size and Align; however, some elements may not support the Display property.