Variable field

Properties

Property Description

Disabled

To disable or enable this block.

Variable

Variable to display

Row

Row, starts at 0

Column

Column, starts at 0

Length

The maximum number of positions to be used

Comment

To optionally enter a comment.
It does not impact the generated firmware.

Use a variable field to show the value of a variable on an LCD display.

  • Variable is the variable containing the value you want to display

  • Row is the row on the screen, starting with row 0. On a two-line display you will only have the rows 0 and 1.

  • Column is at which column to start displaying the screen cell. Which is handy when you want to show more than one screen item on the same row.

  • The length is the maximum length of the value displayed. If it does not fit, "*" are displayed.

Screen text field

The result of this screen cell is shown on the right on the bottom row of this display:

Screen page example

Other screen item types

  • The [Screen cell](/docs/blocks/screen-cell) has the most options for displaying both text and a variable

  • [Text fields](/docs/blocks/screen-text) are for only displaying text

Screen pages overview

Back up to: [Screen pages](/docs/blocks/screen)