TmText

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

CLASSES

RESOURCES

autoShowCursorPosition
cursorPosition
editable
editMode br marginHeight
marginWidth
maxLength
source
topCharacter
value
valueWCS
verifyBell

editable

The values for this resource are

true
false

editMode The values for this resource are

single_line_edit
multi_line_edit

METHODS

activateCallback
focusCallback
gainPrimaryCallback
losePrimaryCallback
losingFocusCallback
modifyVerifyCallback
motionVerifyCallback
valueChangedCallback
clearSelection
copy
cut
disableRedisplay
enableRedisplay
findString
getEditable
getInsertionPosition
getSelection
getSelectionPosition
getString
getSubstring
getTopCharacter
insert
paste
replace
remove
scroll
setAddMode
setEditable
setHighlight
setInsertionPosition
setSelection
setSource
setString
setTopCharacter
showPosition

clearSelection

clears the primary selection

copy

copies the primary selection to the clipboard

cut

copies the primary selection to the clipboard and deletes the selected text.

findString start string direction position

searches for the string in the specified direction starting from the given start. The possible values of direction are forward or backward. The method returns true or false if the string is found or not found. If it is found, the location of the first character of the string (counting from 0) is returned in the tcl variable position.

getEditable

returns true or false indicating whether or not the widget can be edited.

getInsertionPosition

returns the location of the insertion cursor.

getLastPosition

returns the last position in the text.

getSelection

returns the value of the primary selection.

getSelectionPosition left right

returns true f the widget owns the primary selection, else returns false. The left and right positions of the primary selection are returned in the tcl variables left and right.

getString

returns the value in the widget.

getSubstring start num_chars buffer

stores the substring in the tcl variable buffer. The method returns succeded, failed or truncated.

getTopCharacter

returns the position of the first character displayed.

insert position text

inserts the text into the widget at position.

paste

insert the clipboard selection.

replace from to value

replaces the text with the new value.

scroll lines

scroll the text widget. A negative number of lines scrolls downward.

setAddMode boolean

sets the add mode of the text widget.

setEditable boolean

set the editable state of the widget.

setHighlight left right mode

set the highlight mode for the text between the positions to one of the highlight values of normal selected secondary_selected.

setInsertionPosition position

set the location of the insertion cursor.

setSelection first last

set the primary selection of the text to between the positions.

setSource widget top position

sets the source of the current text widget to be the same as widget and specifies where the top display and where the insertion cursor are.

setString value

sets the text value.

setTopCharacter top

sets the top position of the text display.

showPosition position

force the text at the position to be displayed.

CALLBACK SUBSTITUTIONS

%reason  - the additional values are

activate
focus
gain_primary
lose_primary
modifying_text_value
moving_insert_cursor
value_changed

%doit - the tcl variable to set to true or false to allow changes
%currInsert - current position of the insertion cursor
%newInsert - position to which cursor move is attempted
%startPos - itcl variable with starting position of text to modify
%endPos - tcl variable with end position of text to modify
%ptr - tcl variable with text to be inserted
%length - tcl variable with length of text to be inserted

AUTHOR

Jan Newmarch, University of Canberra

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

CLASSES

RESOURCES

METHODS

CALLBACK SUBSTITUTIONS

AUTHOR