Label Control

Configuring the Control

Create a view.
Drag the control onto the canvas. You can find the control in the Input section of the Toolbox.
Configure the Properties as necessary.
Run the view.

You can find the control in the Display section of the Toolbox.

Properties	Description	Can be set in runtime using rules?
Detail
Name	A unique identifier for the control. This property is required and defaults to the name of the control.	No
Text	Specify text to use when displaying the control at runtime, such as Client Name if used as a label for a field named Client Name.	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
Tooltip	The value to display when the cursor hovers over the control.	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
General
Width	Adjusts the width of the control. You can enter any whole percentage up to 100%, whole number, or pixel value to a maximum of 32767px. Type the dimension. Note: You must set this value if you use the Wrap Text property.	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
Visible	Shows or hides the control.	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
Enabled	Enables or disables the control.	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
Wrap Text	Allows you to set the width of the control. If the text of the label is longer than the label, you can enable the Wrap Text property to allow the overflow to flow to new lines, growing the label height. If the width is set and the text content runs longer than the label width, the overflow is hidden and an ellipsis shows. In runtime, if the Tooltip is set and the content is hidden, the tooltip shows the full text.	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
Literal	Select how the text should be read, as literal or plain text. In the following example: <div style=”color:blue”>HTML Element</div> If you select Literal, the result is: HTML Element If you don't select Literal, the result is: <div style=”color:blue”>HTML Element</div> The property defaults to plain text. If you don't select Literal, the control does not render HTML elements and, as in the example, HTML code is treated as plain text	Yes, see Configure the Set a Control's Properties Action for more information.
Style	This is the font style for the control. Use this property to customize the styling of the text displayed by the control. When you select a style for the control, and you use the control on a form, or in a view on a form, the font size and color of the form's theme is applied to the font style.	No
Format	Opens the Format page where you can configure formatting and style features such as format, font, borders, padding and margins. See the Format topic for more information.	No
Conditional Format	Opens the Conditional Formatting page. You can add conditional formatting to apply a specific format or style when a condition you set is True. Use conditional format on its own or with the Format feature. See Conditional Format for more information. Click the ellipsis to open the Conditional Formatting page.	No

Rules, Events and Actions

The control interacts with other controls through rules. When you bind properties between different controls, you can use the data to populate properties or set values. Use the following examples for when to use the control with other controls through rules:

Set a control’s properties: You can configure the settable properties of the control with this action
Show/Hide: The Visible property allows you to show or hide the control through rules
Enable/Disable: The Enabled property allows you to enable or disable the control through rules

Considerations

You can use this control in views and forms.
You can only use the control with the rule actions listed in the Rules, Events and Actions section .
If you want the text to change dynamically depending on context, or in different scenarios, a data label is a better option to use as it is configurable during runtime using multiple rules.
You can use the control with forms saved as a draft in the Workspace (Mobile) app to save the data on the form to resume at a later point or to work on the form while offline. See How To: Configure Forms with Draft Functionality, Drafts in Android and Building SmartForms for Mobile Devices for more information on saving a form as a draft in the Workspace (Mobile) apps.
You can use the Style, Format, and Conditional Format properties of Label and Data Label controls, and the Theme property of a form, to change the text style of your controls on a form. See Understanding the Impact of the New SmartForms Text Styles for more information about styling options and how they impact each other.