TextEntryNode

A widget representing a text entry field.

• Special Attributes

Name	Type	Description
geometry	Rect	A rectangle describing the position and dimensions of the widget
foreground	Color	Widget foreground color
background	Color	Widget background color
font	Font	Widget display font
alignment	Alignment	Display text alignment
format	String	Text display format, value is one of “String, Decimal, Engineering, Exponential, Compact, Hexadecimal, Binary”
pv	String	The PV that will be written to
visibility	String	A pv that determines the visibility of the widget, visibility is turned off if the PV’s value is zero. This logic is inverted if the !Not tag is used instead of String

• Examples

- !TextEntry
    geometry: 5x0 x 120x20
    pv: "$(P)$(R)Description"
    alignment: BottomLeft

Entry fields are typically styled with a distinct background color to indicate they are editable:

- !TextEntry
    geometry: 120x20
    background: *edit_blue
    format: "String"
    pv: "$(P)$(R)UserName"