The Listbox is used for storing the tasks. You are now going to add a Listbox to the window. You should have Xojo running and Window1 open in the Layout Editor. In the next sections, you'll create this app step-by-step. It is most often used to initiate an action. Text Field: A control for entering a single line of text.It can show both single and multiple-column lists and scroll horizontally and vertically. List Box: A control that is a scrollable list.Task Manager uses three types of controls: You can click on individual tasks in the list to delete them or mark them as complete. Not surprisingly it is called Task Manager.įor the Task manager app, you enter tasks in the text field and click Add to add them to the list. In this tutorial you will create an app to manage tasks. Xojo opens the Workspace with the default window for your app selected in the Navigator and displayed in the Layout Editor. Click OK to open the main Xojo window (called the Workspace), where you will begin designing your app. You can leave Company Name as it is or change it. It will automatically populate using what you enter for the Application and Company Names, but you can also change it to whatever you want.Įnter 'TaskManager' as the Application Name. Application Identifier is a unique identifier for this app.Company Name is the name of your company.This will be the filename of the actual app file that gets created. Application Name is the name of your app.You should now see three fields that need values: Application Name, Company Name and Application Identifier.

For this Tutorial, you are building a desktop app, so click on Desktop. Xojo lets you build several different types of apps (Desktop, Web, Console and iOS). After it finishes loading, the Project Chooser window appears. If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to start Xojo.

Xojo click and hold on a listbox