class TextField(Control)

A TextField is a simple single or multi-line text entry area. All text in the field is displayed with the same font, color, justification, etc.

Properties

text
Contents of the text field.
selection
A pair (start, end) indicating the starting and ending character positions of the selection. Character positions occur between characters and are numbered from 0.
multiline
Initialize only. A boolean indicating whether multiple lines can be entered. If false, newline characters typed by the user are not entered into the text but are passed on to the next handler.

password
Initialize only. A boolean indicating that the text is to be displayed in an obfuscated manner, as for entering a password.
Note: On some platforms, it may not be possible to combine this with the multiline option.

Methods

select_all()
Selects all of the text.
cut_cmd()
copy_cmd()
paste_cmd()
clear_cmd()
These implement the standard editing menu commands. The corresponding menu items are enabled automatically whenever the text field has the keyboard focus.

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