A text field is a single-line text entry widget. The text field widget
supports clipboard for cut-and-paste operations.
Attributes
editable: | text field editability [Boolean]
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cursorPos: | cursor position [Integer]
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anchorPos: | anchor position [Integer]
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text: | text [String]
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font: | text font [FXFont]
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textColor: | text color [FXColor]
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selBackColor: | background color for selected text [FXColor]
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selTextColor: | foreground color for selected text [FXColor]
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numColumns: | width of this text field, in terms of number of columns * 'm' [Integer]
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justify: | text justification mode [Integer]
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helpText: | status line help text [String]
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tipText: | tool tip message [String]
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textStyle: | text style [Integer]
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Events
The following messages are sent from FXTextField to its target:
SEL_COMMAND: | sent when the user presses the Enter key or tabs out of the text
field; the message data is a String containing the text.
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SEL_CHANGED: | sent when the text changes; the message data is a String containing the
text.
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SEL_VERIFY: | sent when the user attempts to enter new text in the text field; the
message data is a String containing the proposed new text.
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SEL_KEYPRESS: | sent when a key goes down; the message data is an FXEvent instance.
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SEL_KEYRELEASE: | sent when a key goes up; the message data is an FXEvent instance.
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SEL_LEFTBUTTONPRESS: | sent when the left mouse button goes down; the message data is an FXEvent instance.
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SEL_LEFTBUTTONRELEASE: | sent when the left mouse button goes up; the message data is an FXEvent instance.
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SEL_MIDDLEBUTTONPRESS: | sent when the middle mouse button goes down; the message data is an FXEvent instance.
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SEL_MIDDLEBUTTONRELEASE: | sent when the middle mouse button goes up; the message data is an FXEvent instance.
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Textfield styles
TEXTFIELD_PASSWD: | Password mode
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TEXTFIELD_INTEGER: | Integer mode
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TEXTFIELD_REAL: | Real mode
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TEXTFIELD_READONLY: | NOT editable
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TEXTFIELD_ENTER_ONLY: | Only callback when enter hit
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TEXTFIELD_LIMITED: | Limit entry to given number of columns
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TEXTFIELD_OVERSTRIKE: | Overstrike mode
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TEXTFIELD_NORMAL: | FRAME_SUNKEN|FRAME_THICK
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Message identifiers
ID_CURSOR_HOME:: ID_CURSOR_END::
ID_CURSOR_RIGHT:: ID_CURSOR_LEFT:: ID_MARK::
ID_EXTEND:: ID_SELECT_ALL:: ID_DESELECT_ALL::
ID_CUT_SEL:: ID_COPY_SEL:: ID_PASTE_SEL::
ID_DELETE_SEL:: ID_OVERST_STRING::
ID_INSERT_STRING:: ID_BACKSPACE:: ID_DELETE::
ID_TOGGLE_EDITABLE:: ID_TOGGLE_OVERSTRIKE::
ID_BLINK::