Kuika's Label element is used to provide text or information in the user interface. It is designed to clearly and concisely communicate important information that users need to understand as they navigate through your application. Label is often used in combination with form fields, buttons or other UI elements to explain what the content means. For example, in a form, labels such as “Name” or “Email” can be used to indicate what information users should enter. In this tutorial, you will learn how to effectively present information in your application using the Label element.

The Label element supports web and mobile applications.

This training content consists of the following topics:

Adding a Label element,
Label element properties,
Authorization,
Visibility,
Editability,
Customize the interface design with Style Panel,
Actions.

Add Label Element

After logging in to the Kuika platform, open the project you will work on from the “Apps” screen.

In the “UI Design” (1) module, drag and drop the Label element (4) under the “Display” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left side.

You can add the Label element to the screen by drag and drop from the Elements panel. If you drag it to an empty space on the screen, it will be added with the Row element. If you drag it into a Column, only the Label element will be added. You can add a Label element to all Container type elements.

Label Element Properties

Located in the Properties panel:

Value: By default, it opens fields where you can type the static text to be displayed. You can also use it in the basic UI Logic structure with Symbol Picker to show the value returned from an element or the data of an action.
Maxline: Allows the content to be displayed up to a certain number of lines, regardless of the text length.
Formatter: In the application development process, a Formatter is a feature that allows data to be put into a specific format or arrangement. Formatters typically organize data types such as text, numbers, date and time and are used to achieve a specific look or format. If an element is selected on the screen, a Formatter appears in the Properties panel. The Label element can display different data types as a string. Formatter can be used to display the content in a format that suits the needs. For example, a phone number (+1 (212) 1234567) and a monetary amount (27.99) are numeric, but their display formats are different. When the Label element is selected, the Formatter drop-down menu appears in the Properties panel.

The following options are available in the drop-down menu:

Money: Represents the amount of money with 2 digits of cents after the comma.
money-var-1: Represents the amount of money without comma, without 2 digits of kuruş.
money-tl: Represents the amount of money by adding the TL symbol.
phone: Shows the phone number (999) in 999-9999 format.
percent: Represents the percentage by adding the percent symbol.
fractional-2: Shows 2 digits after the comma.
fractional-5: Shows 5 digits after the comma.
datetime: Shows the date in DD/MM/YYYYY HH:mm:ss format.
date: Shows the date in DD/MM/YYYYY format.
date-var-1: Shows the date in DD:MM:YYYYY format.
short-date: Shows the date in MMM Do format.
time: Shows time in HH:mm:ss format.
time-ago: Shows the date and time in DD/MM/YYYYY HH:mm:ss format.

Tooltip: Can be used to provide additional information on a label. It is the description that appears when you hover over the label element, usually as a small information window. For example, if there is an “Email Address” label, hovering over the label might show a description such as “Please enter a valid email address”.

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” provides 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.

Visibility.

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

Click on the element on the screen.
Open the “Properties” panel on the right side.
Click on the “Visibility” field and make one of the following selections according to the needs of your application. Kuika offers Always Visible, Hidden, Sometimes Visible options to control the visibility of the screens in your application.

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

Editability

Allows you to make elements editable.

Enabled: Selecting this option makes the element editable.
Disabled: In this case, the element cannot be edited.
Sometimes Enabled: This option means that the element is sometimes editable and sometimes not, depending on certain conditions.

Customize the İnterface Design with Style Panel

By customizing your elements with the Styling Panel, you can create unique and impressive user interfaces in your web and mobile applications.

The sections defined below vary depending on the element.

Layout‍: Here you can make visual adjustments such as sizing, alignment and padding of elements. 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.
Text: The element's text properties can be edited here through font family, style, color, size, spacing and other options. This section supports all Text related adjustments.
Fill: You can use the Fill setting to customize the element's background with color or images.
Border: You can give your elements a more aesthetic look by adding borders and adjusting the corner radii.
Shadow: You can add a shadow effect to elements used in web applications to give a sense of depth. However, the shadow feature may not be supported as some elements are not suitable for mobile applications.

Actions.

Kuika contains system actions such as Arithmetic, Authorization, Condition, Device, Export, Geolocation, Invers, Local Storage, Multi Language, Navigation, Notification, Payment, UI Control, Process Administration, Process Automation, Trigger, Process Automation, Process Administration and String Operations.

In addition to system actions, you can also use SQL actions that you create yourself.

To add actions to elements, you can use the “+ADD ACTION” button from the Properties panel on the right side.