Kuika's Stopwatch element is used to measure the time elapsed since the start of an event or performance tracking. This element is very useful to make it easier for users to schedule and to visually show the elapsed time for a particular process. For example, it can be used to track the time until a task is completed or to measure the duration of an activity. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Stopwatch element as a countdown timer in your application.

The Stopwatch element has the following basic properties:

Start/Pause: The user clicks the green triangle icon to start the measurement and the corresponding orange icon to pause it.

Reset: The user clicks on the red square icon to reset the time.

Time Display: Called a number or an indicator that shows the user the elapsed time, this element often comes with user interaction. App developers can be used to integrate such elements that allow users to keep track of a certain amount of time directly within the app.

The Stopwatch element supports web and mobile applications.

This training content consists of the following topics:

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

Add Stopwatch Element

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

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

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.