up Inquisit Language Reference

items attribute

The items attribute defines the text presented by the text element.

Member of

<text>

Syntax

/ items = itemname

or

/ items = (item, item, item,... )

Parameters

Name Type Description
itemname item The name of an item element defined elsewhere in the script.
item string A string representing text to be presented.

Remarks

Items can be defined either by specifying the name of an item element or by directly by listing each item in the set.

Text element items can be richly formatted using a subset of supported HTML markup tags. For example, markup tags can be used to make selected words appear in bold, italics, a different font, or a different color. For more information on formatting options, see Using HTML Markup in Text

Examples

The following selects items defined in an external items element named "presidentitems":

<text presidents>
/ items = presidentitems
</text>

The following defines text items:

<text presidents>
/ items = ("George Washington", "John Adams", "Thomas Jefferson")
</text>

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