Bind Text

Bind Text keeps an object's text in step with your variables. Write the text once, put variable names in { }, and the watch fills in the current values as they change.

Score: {score}

Everything outside the braces shows exactly as typed. Use several in one line, like {score}/{goal}.

Settings

Bind Text lives in the object's Bindings card as the Text binding. Add it from Add Component or with + binding: Text on an existing Bindings card.

Setting	What it does
format	The text to show. Each {name} is replaced with that variable's value. Click { } to pick a variable, or drag one in from the Variables panel.
abbreviate	Shows big numbers short: 1,250 as 1.25k, 3,400,000 as 3.4M, then G, T and up.
On/off checkbox	Turns this binding off without removing it.

Inserting a variable

Click { } next to the format. The list is grouped: This screen, This object (its Object Variables), Project, Lists, Data objects & items, Purchases, Save slots and Watch (steps, heart rate, weather, the time).

Picking a Watch reading sets it up for you: it makes the variable if it's missing and adds a Ticker that reads the watch into it. See Watch Features.

Number formats

Add a format after a colon to change how a number shows. The Format section at the bottom of the { } list adds one to the variable before the cursor.

Format	Shows
{n:00}	Two digits: 7 becomes 07
{n:12h} / {n:ampm}	12-hour clock / AM or PM
{n:weekday} / {n:wkd}	Weekday name: Saturday / Sat
{n:month} / {n:mon}	Month name: October / Oct
{n:F}	A °C value shown in °F
{n:.00}	Exactly two decimals: 12.50
{n:.##}	Up to two decimals: 12.5
{n:hm}	Seconds as hours and minutes: 3900 becomes 1:05

Good to know

• It only reads. Bind Text never changes a variable.
• Works in Game and App projects on both watches. Not offered on watch faces, which have their own clock and data objects.