Rating
Overview
The Grial Rating control provides a great solution for displaying ratings across various domains such as books, movies, music, vacation spots, and more.
Its flexibility covers both read-only modes for informative displays, and editing capabilities for user engagement in which people can rate with s simple swipe.
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The icon, colors, number of stars, and many others are configurable through properties.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IconColor | Color | Gets or sets the rating icons color. |
| IconFontFamily | string | Gets or sets the icons font family. |
| IconFontSize | double | Gets or sets the icons font size. |
| IconText | string | Gets or sets the text used to display rating icons. |
| IsReadOnly | bool | Gets or sets if the rating is read-only, i.e. if user interaction is enabled. |
| MaxValue | int | Gets or sets the maximum value of the Rating control. |
| Precision | double | Gets or sets the value precision. Defines the distance between consecutive values. |
| Spacing | double | Gets or sets the spacing between the rating icons. |
| UnselectedIconColor | Color | Gets or sets the unselected rating icons color. |
| UnselectedIconFontFamily | string | Gets or sets the unselected icons font family. |
| UnselectedIconFontSize | double | Gets or sets the unselected icons font size. |
| UnselectedIconText | string | Gets or sets the text used to display unselected rating icons. |
| Value | double | Gets or sets the value of the Rating control. |
Rating Label
Grial also provides a custom control called RatingLabel for an alternative compact visualization based on a Star icon and the double value in numbers. This control is a ContentView (it uses the Rating control to display the icon) and its code is distributed as part of Grial templates so making color, layout, and other variations is very simple.
