Inline Expressions

Most of the text properties support inline expressions for adding icons or coloring text parts. Each expression starts with character { and ends with character }. Nested expressions are not supported.

Expression syntax
Expression	Example	Since Version	Description
`{sp}`	`{sp}`	0.1.0	Non-breakable space.
`{tb}`	`{tb}`	0.1.0	Non-breakable tab.
`{br}`	`{br}`	0.1.0	Line break.
`{ico:{ICON}}`	`{ico:home}`	0.1.0	Icon. The `{ICON}` part must be replaced with the icon name. Please see Icons for possible values.
`{ico:{COLOR}:{ICON}}`	`{ico:msx-red:home}`	0.1.0	Colored icon. The `{COLOR}` part must be replaced with the color value and the `{ICON}` part must be replaced with the icon name. Please see Colors and Icons for possible values.
`{txt:{COLOR}:{TEXT}}`	`{txt:msx-red:Hello there!}`	0.1.0	Colored text. The `{COLOR}` part must be replaced with the color value and the `{TEXT}` part must be replaced with any text. Please see Colors for possible color values.
`{chr:{CHARACTER}}`	`{chr:copy}`	0.1.145	Character entity. The `{CHARACTER}` part must be replaced with an HTML character entity name or number without an ampersand (`&`) at the beginning and a semicolon (`;`) at the end. Please see following examples. `"{chr:copy}"` → `"©"` → "©" `"{chr:#169}"` → `"©"` → "©"
`{chr:{COLOR}:{CHARACTER}}`	`{chr:msx-red:copy}`	0.1.145	Colored character entity. The `{COLOR}` part must be replaced with the color value and the `{CHARACTER}` part must be replaced with an HTML character entity name or number without an ampersand (`&`) at the beginning and a semicolon (`;`) at the end. Please see Colors for possible color values. Please see following examples. `"{chr:msx-red:copy}"` → `"©"` → "©" `"{chr:msx-red:#169}"` → `"©"` → "©".
`{context:{PROPERTY}}`	`{context:label}`	0.1.0	This is a very special inline expression and can only be used inside the `data` property of a template object. It is used to reference properties of a templated item. The `{PROPERTY}` part must be replaced with any property that is available in the templated item (e.g. if the item has a property `"customProperty": "customValue"`, it can be referenced with `"{context:customProperty}"` → `"customValue"`). The referenced property must exist, otherwise the expression can not be replaced and will remain as it is (e.g. `"{context:missingProperty}"` → `"{context:missingProperty}"`). Additionally, the value of the referenced property must be indicated as string, otherwise the expression is removed (e.g. `"{context:invalidProperty}"` → `""`). Note: Since version 0.1.110, also the `properties`, `live`, `selection`, and `options` property of a template object supports this inline expression.
`{unknown}`	`{unknown}`	0.1.0	Any unknown expression is returned as it is without the braces (e.g. `"{unknown}"` → `"unknown"`).

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