scale.default

description

Makes a value selected by default when printing the scale element. You can pass either an index or a text value as value.

syntax

getScale(ELEMENT_NAME).default(value)

• value :

notes

• Note that sliders necessarily have a default value. If you do not use .default to specify one, the central one will be used (or next to central if the number of possible values is odd).

since

beta 0.3

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example(s)

@
@newScale("score",   "Terrible", "Bad", "Good", "Terrific")
@    .before( newText("left", "The last movie I saw was ") )
@    .labelsPosition("top")
$    .default("Terrific")
@    .print()

• Adds a scale with 4 horizontally aligned radio buttons to the screen, with their respective labels appear on top of them, selects the right-most button by default, and waits for a click on a radio button.