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id: timer
title: Timer
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# Timer

Timer widget lets users to count timer both upward and downward

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## Properties

### Default value

It specifies the initial value of timer. Format is: `HH.mm.ss.SS`.

### Timer type

It specifies If its a upward or downward counter. Select `Count Up` or `Count Down` from the dropdown or you can click on `Fx` to programmatically define the values `countUp` or `countDown`.

## Events

### On start
This event is fired when user clicks on start button.

### On resume
This event is fired when user clicks on resume button.

### On pause
This event is fired when user clicks on pause button.

### On count down finish
This event is fired when the count down timer reaches zero.

### On reset
This event is fired when user clicks on reset button.

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Check [Action Reference](/docs/category/actions-reference) docs to get the detailed information about all the **Actions**.
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## General
### Tooltip

A Tooltip is often used to specify extra information about something when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the widget.

Under the <b>General</b> accordion, you can set the value in the string format. Now hovering over the widget will display the string as the tooltip.

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## Layout

### Show on desktop

Toggle on or off to display the widget in desktop view. You can programmatically determine the value by clicking on `Fx` to set the value `{{true}}` or `{{false}`.
### Show on mobile

Toggle on or off to display the widget in mobile view. You can programmatically determine the value by clicking on `Fx` to set the value `{{true}}` or `{{false}}`.

## Styles

### Visibility

This is to control the visibility of the widget. If `{{false}}` the widget will not visible after the app is deployed. It can only have boolean values i.e. either `{{true}}` or `{{false}}`. By default, it's set to `{{true}}`.

### Disable

This property only accepts boolean values. If set to `{{true}}`, the widget will be locked and becomes non-functional. By default, its value is set to `{{false}}`.

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Any property having `Fx` button next to its field can be **programmatically configured**.
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