Timer Display Elements
Timer Display Elements
Each timer you create can have its display modified by the user by changing the timer display format string. A format string is made up of one or more display elements that represent a piece of information such as the seconds or hours.
The display elements are grouped as follows:
Time elements
| Function |
Element |
Days elapsed/remaining
Event timer only |
d |
Total days elapsed/remaining
Event timer only |
D |
| Hours elapsed/remaining |
h |
| Total hours elapsed/remaining |
H |
| Minutes elapsed/remaining |
m |
| Total minutes elapsed/remaining |
M |
| Seconds elapsed/remaining |
s |
| Total seconds elapsed/remaining |
S |
Elapsed/Remaining symbol (+/-)
Displays the - or + symbol depending if the time is counting down to or up from an event. |
# |
Literal text
Any text that is in a Custom format that is not a display element will be displayed as part of the timer, however this can lead to some strange results. You can ensure that any text that needs to be displayed is handled correctly by enclosing it in single quotation marks (
‘ ’).
Example:
Say you wanted to display "Time remaining" as part of the timer, the result with and without quotation marks is:
Format Display "
Time remaining" "
Ti15e re15aining"
"
'Time remaining'" "
Time remaining"
In the first example, Chronos Clock translates the "m" as the format element representing minutes. In the second example the portion withing single quotes is displayed as entered.
Special elements
Explanations
- Line break. A timer display can be formatted to display over more than one line, by inserting a “|” vertical bar character. This is translated as a Line Break; anything after the vertical bar will be displayed on the next line.
