17.8 Setting Attributes

The Attributes panel provides access to all of the available settings for the currently selected component. Figure 17-14, for example, shows the attributes for the TextView widget:

Figure 17-14

The Attributes tool window is divided into the following different sections.

•id - Contains the id property which defines the name by which the currently selected object will be referenced in the source code of the app.

•Declared Attributes - Contains all of the properties which have already been assigned a value.

•Layout - The settings that define how the currently selected view object is positioned and sized in relation to the screen and other objects in the layout.

•Transforms - Contains controls allowing the currently selected object to be rotated, scaled and offset.

•Common Attributes - A list of attributes that commonly need to be changed for the class of view object currently selected.

•All...