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1 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
2 | // Name: wx/textentry.h | |
3 | // Purpose: interface of wxTextEntry | |
4 | // Author: Vadim Zeitlin | |
5 | // Created: 2009-03-01 (extracted from wx/textctrl.h) | |
6 | // RCS-ID: $Id$ | |
7 | // Copyright: (c) 2009 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwindows.org> | |
8 | // Licence: wxWindows license | |
9 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
10 | ||
11 | /** | |
12 | @class wxTextEntry | |
13 | ||
14 | Common base class for single line text entry fields. | |
15 | ||
16 | This class is not a control itself, as it doesn't derive from wxWindow. | |
17 | Instead it is used as a base class by other controls, notably wxTextCtrl | |
18 | and wxComboBox and gathers the methods common to both of them. | |
19 | ||
20 | @library{wxcore} | |
21 | @category{ctrl} | |
22 | ||
23 | @see wxTextCtrl, wxComboBox | |
24 | */ | |
25 | class wxTextEntry | |
26 | { | |
27 | public: | |
28 | /** | |
29 | Appends the text to the end of the text control. | |
30 | ||
31 | @param text | |
32 | Text to write to the text control. | |
33 | ||
34 | @remarks | |
35 | After the text is appended, the insertion point will be at the | |
36 | end of the text control. If this behaviour is not desired, the | |
37 | programmer should use GetInsertionPoint() and SetInsertionPoint(). | |
38 | ||
39 | @see WriteText() | |
40 | */ | |
41 | virtual void AppendText(const wxString& text); | |
42 | ||
43 | /** | |
44 | Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a | |
45 | single-line text control using the given @a choices. | |
46 | ||
47 | Notice that currently this function is only implemented in wxGTK2 and | |
48 | wxMSW ports and does nothing under the other platforms. | |
49 | ||
50 | @since 2.9.0 | |
51 | ||
52 | @return | |
53 | @true if the auto-completion was enabled or @false if the operation | |
54 | failed, typically because auto-completion is not supported by the | |
55 | current platform. | |
56 | ||
57 | @see AutoCompleteFileNames() | |
58 | */ | |
59 | virtual bool AutoComplete(const wxArrayString& choices); | |
60 | ||
61 | /** | |
62 | Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a | |
63 | single-line text control using all valid file system paths. | |
64 | ||
65 | Notice that currently this function is only implemented in wxGTK2 port | |
66 | and does nothing under the other platforms. | |
67 | ||
68 | @since 2.9.0 | |
69 | ||
70 | @return | |
71 | @true if the auto-completion was enabled or @false if the operation | |
72 | failed, typically because auto-completion is not supported by the | |
73 | current platform. | |
74 | ||
75 | @see AutoComplete() | |
76 | */ | |
77 | virtual bool AutoCompleteFileNames(); | |
78 | ||
79 | /** | |
80 | Returns @true if the selection can be copied to the clipboard. | |
81 | */ | |
82 | virtual bool CanCopy() const; | |
83 | ||
84 | /** | |
85 | Returns @true if the selection can be cut to the clipboard. | |
86 | */ | |
87 | virtual bool CanCut() const; | |
88 | ||
89 | /** | |
90 | Returns @true if the contents of the clipboard can be pasted into the | |
91 | text control. | |
92 | ||
93 | On some platforms (Motif, GTK) this is an approximation and returns | |
94 | @true if the control is editable, @false otherwise. | |
95 | */ | |
96 | virtual bool CanPaste() const; | |
97 | ||
98 | /** | |
99 | Returns @true if there is a redo facility available and the last | |
100 | operation can be redone. | |
101 | */ | |
102 | virtual bool CanRedo() const; | |
103 | ||
104 | /** | |
105 | Returns @true if there is an undo facility available and the last | |
106 | operation can be undone. | |
107 | */ | |
108 | virtual bool CanUndo() const; | |
109 | ||
110 | /** | |
111 | Sets the new text control value. | |
112 | ||
113 | It also marks the control as not-modified which means that IsModified() | |
1dd35cd6 | 114 | would return @false immediately after the call to ChangeValue(). |
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115 | |
116 | The insertion point is set to the start of the control (i.e. position | |
117 | 0) by this function. | |
118 | ||
119 | This functions does not generate the @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED | |
120 | event but otherwise is identical to SetValue(). | |
121 | ||
122 | See @ref overview_events_prog for more information. | |
123 | ||
124 | @since 2.7.1 | |
125 | ||
126 | @param value | |
127 | The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text | |
128 | control is multi-line. | |
129 | */ | |
130 | virtual void ChangeValue(const wxString& value); | |
131 | ||
132 | /** | |
133 | Clears the text in the control. | |
134 | ||
135 | Note that this function will generate a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED | |
136 | event, i.e. its effect is identical to calling @c SetValue(""). | |
137 | */ | |
138 | virtual void Clear(); | |
139 | ||
140 | /** | |
141 | Copies the selected text to the clipboard. | |
142 | */ | |
143 | virtual void Copy(); | |
144 | ||
145 | /** | |
146 | Returns the insertion point, or cursor, position. | |
147 | ||
148 | This is defined as the zero based index of the character position to | |
149 | the right of the insertion point. For example, if the insertion point | |
150 | is at the end of the single-line text control, it is equal to both | |
151 | GetLastPosition() and @c "GetValue().Length()" (but notice that the latter | |
152 | equality is not necessarily true for multiline edit controls which may | |
153 | use multiple new line characters). | |
154 | ||
155 | The following code snippet safely returns the character at the insertion | |
156 | point or the zero character if the point is at the end of the control. | |
157 | ||
158 | @code | |
159 | char GetCurrentChar(wxTextCtrl *tc) { | |
160 | if (tc->GetInsertionPoint() == tc->GetLastPosition()) | |
161 | return '\0'; | |
162 | return tc->GetValue[tc->GetInsertionPoint()]; | |
163 | } | |
164 | @endcode | |
165 | */ | |
166 | virtual long GetInsertionPoint() const; | |
167 | ||
168 | /** | |
169 | Returns the zero based index of the last position in the text control, | |
170 | which is equal to the number of characters in the control. | |
171 | */ | |
172 | virtual wxTextPos GetLastPosition() const; | |
173 | ||
174 | /** | |
175 | Returns the string containing the text starting in the positions | |
176 | @a from and up to @a to in the control. | |
177 | ||
178 | The positions must have been returned by another wxTextCtrl method. | |
179 | Please note that the positions in a multiline wxTextCtrl do @b not | |
180 | correspond to the indices in the string returned by GetValue() because | |
181 | of the different new line representations (@c CR or @c CR LF) and so | |
182 | this method should be used to obtain the correct results instead of | |
183 | extracting parts of the entire value. It may also be more efficient, | |
184 | especially if the control contains a lot of data. | |
185 | */ | |
186 | virtual wxString GetRange(long from, long to) const; | |
187 | ||
188 | /** | |
189 | Gets the current selection span. | |
190 | ||
191 | If the returned values are equal, there was no selection. Please note | |
192 | that the indices returned may be used with the other wxTextCtrl methods | |
193 | but don't necessarily represent the correct indices into the string | |
194 | returned by GetValue() for multiline controls under Windows (at least,) | |
195 | you should use GetStringSelection() to get the selected text. | |
196 | ||
197 | @param from | |
198 | The returned first position. | |
199 | @param to | |
200 | The returned last position. | |
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201 | |
202 | @beginWxPerlOnly | |
203 | In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns a | |
204 | 2-element list (from, to). | |
205 | @endWxPerlOnly | |
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206 | */ |
207 | virtual void GetSelection(long* from, long* to) const; | |
208 | ||
209 | /** | |
210 | Gets the text currently selected in the control. | |
211 | ||
212 | If there is no selection, the returned string is empty. | |
213 | */ | |
214 | virtual wxString GetStringSelection() const; | |
215 | ||
216 | /** | |
217 | Gets the contents of the control. | |
218 | ||
219 | Notice that for a multiline text control, the lines will be separated | |
220 | by (Unix-style) @c \\n characters, even under Windows where they are | |
221 | separated by a @c \\r\\n sequence in the native control. | |
222 | */ | |
223 | virtual wxString GetValue() const; | |
224 | ||
225 | /** | |
226 | Returns @true if the controls contents may be edited by user (note that | |
227 | it always can be changed by the program). | |
228 | ||
229 | In other words, this functions returns @true if the control hasn't been | |
230 | put in read-only mode by a previous call to SetEditable(). | |
231 | */ | |
232 | virtual bool IsEditable() const; | |
233 | ||
234 | /** | |
235 | Returns @true if the control is currently empty. | |
236 | ||
237 | This is the same as @c GetValue().empty() but can be much more | |
238 | efficient for the multiline controls containing big amounts of text. | |
239 | ||
240 | @since 2.7.1 | |
241 | */ | |
242 | virtual bool IsEmpty() const; | |
243 | ||
244 | /** | |
245 | Pastes text from the clipboard to the text item. | |
246 | */ | |
247 | virtual void Paste(); | |
248 | ||
249 | /** | |
250 | If there is a redo facility and the last operation can be redone, | |
251 | redoes the last operation. | |
252 | ||
253 | Does nothing if there is no redo facility. | |
254 | */ | |
255 | virtual void Redo(); | |
256 | ||
257 | /** | |
258 | Removes the text starting at the first given position up to | |
259 | (but not including) the character at the last position. | |
260 | ||
261 | This function puts the current insertion point position at @a to as a | |
262 | side effect. | |
263 | ||
264 | @param from | |
265 | The first position. | |
266 | @param to | |
267 | The last position. | |
268 | */ | |
269 | virtual void Remove(long from, long to); | |
270 | ||
271 | /** | |
272 | Replaces the text starting at the first position up to | |
273 | (but not including) the character at the last position with the given text. | |
274 | ||
275 | This function puts the current insertion point position at @a to as a | |
276 | side effect. | |
277 | ||
278 | @param from | |
279 | The first position. | |
280 | @param to | |
281 | The last position. | |
282 | @param value | |
283 | The value to replace the existing text with. | |
284 | */ | |
285 | virtual void Replace(long from, long to, const wxString& value); | |
286 | ||
287 | /** | |
288 | Makes the text item editable or read-only, overriding the | |
289 | @b wxTE_READONLY flag. | |
290 | ||
291 | @param editable | |
292 | If @true, the control is editable. If @false, the control is | |
293 | read-only. | |
294 | ||
295 | @see IsEditable() | |
296 | */ | |
297 | virtual void SetEditable(bool editable); | |
298 | ||
299 | /** | |
300 | Sets the insertion point at the given position. | |
301 | ||
302 | @param pos | |
303 | Position to set, in the range from 0 to GetLastPosition() inclusive. | |
304 | */ | |
305 | virtual void SetInsertionPoint(long pos); | |
306 | ||
307 | /** | |
308 | Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control. | |
309 | ||
310 | This is equivalent to calling wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPoint() with | |
311 | wxTextCtrl::GetLastPosition() argument. | |
312 | */ | |
313 | virtual void SetInsertionPointEnd(); | |
314 | ||
315 | /** | |
316 | This function sets the maximum number of characters the user can enter | |
317 | into the control. | |
318 | ||
319 | In other words, it allows to limit the text value length to @a len not | |
320 | counting the terminating @c NUL character. | |
321 | ||
322 | If @a len is 0, the previously set max length limit, if any, is discarded | |
323 | and the user may enter as much text as the underlying native text control widget | |
324 | supports (typically at least 32Kb). | |
325 | If the user tries to enter more characters into the text control when it | |
326 | already is filled up to the maximal length, a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN | |
327 | event is sent to notify the program about it (giving it the possibility | |
328 | to show an explanatory message, for example) and the extra input is discarded. | |
329 | ||
330 | Note that in wxGTK this function may only be used with single line text controls. | |
331 | */ | |
332 | virtual void SetMaxLength(unsigned long len); | |
333 | ||
334 | /** | |
335 | Selects the text starting at the first position up to (but not | |
336 | including) the character at the last position. | |
337 | ||
338 | If both parameters are equal to -1 all text in the control is selected. | |
339 | ||
340 | Notice that the insertion point will be moved to @a from by this | |
341 | function. | |
342 | ||
343 | @param from | |
344 | The first position. | |
345 | @param to | |
346 | The last position. | |
347 | ||
348 | @see SelectAll() | |
349 | */ | |
350 | virtual void SetSelection(long from, long to); | |
351 | ||
352 | /** | |
353 | Selects all text in the control. | |
354 | ||
355 | @see SetSelection() | |
356 | */ | |
357 | virtual void SelectAll(); | |
358 | ||
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359 | /** |
360 | Sets a hint shown in an empty unfocused text control. | |
361 | ||
362 | The hints are usually used to indicate to the user what is supposed to | |
363 | be entered into the given entry field, e.g. a common use of them is to | |
364 | show an explanation of what can be entered in a wxSearchCtrl. | |
365 | ||
366 | The hint is shown (usually greyed out) for an empty control until it | |
367 | gets focus and is shown again if the control loses it and remains | |
368 | empty. It won't be shown once the control has a non-empty value, | |
369 | although it will be shown again if the control contents is cleared. | |
370 | Because of this, it generally only makes sense to use hints with the | |
371 | controls which are initially empty. | |
372 | ||
373 | Notice that hints are known as <em>cue banners</em> under MSW or | |
374 | <em>placeholder strings</em> under OS X. | |
375 | ||
376 | @since 2.9.0 | |
377 | */ | |
378 | virtual void SetHint(const wxString& hint); | |
379 | ||
380 | /** | |
381 | Returns the current hint string. | |
382 | ||
383 | See SetHint() for more information about hints. | |
384 | ||
385 | @since 2.9.0 | |
386 | */ | |
387 | virtual wxString GetHint() const; | |
388 | ||
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389 | //@{ |
390 | /** | |
391 | Attempts to set the control margins. When margins are given as wxPoint, | |
392 | x indicates the left and y the top margin. Use -1 to indicate that | |
393 | an existing value should be used. | |
394 | ||
395 | @return | |
396 | @true if setting of all requested margins was successful. | |
397 | ||
398 | @since 2.9.1 | |
399 | */ | |
400 | bool SetMargins(const wxPoint& pt); | |
401 | bool SetMargins(wxCoord left, wxCoord top = -1); | |
402 | //@} | |
403 | ||
404 | /** | |
405 | Returns the margins used by the control. The @c x field of the returned | |
406 | point is the horizontal margin and the @c y field is the vertical one. | |
407 | ||
408 | @remarks If given margin cannot be accurately determined, its value | |
409 | will be set to -1. On some platforms you cannot obtain valid | |
410 | margin values until you have called SetMargins(). | |
411 | ||
412 | @see SetMargins() | |
413 | ||
414 | @since 2.9.1 | |
415 | */ | |
416 | wxPoint GetMargins() const; | |
417 | ||
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418 | /** |
419 | Sets the new text control value. | |
420 | ||
421 | It also marks the control as not-modified which means that IsModified() | |
422 | would return @false immediately after the call to SetValue(). | |
423 | ||
424 | The insertion point is set to the start of the control (i.e. position | |
425 | 0) by this function. | |
426 | ||
427 | Note that, unlike most other functions changing the controls values, | |
428 | this function generates a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event. To avoid | |
429 | this you can use ChangeValue() instead. | |
430 | ||
431 | @param value | |
432 | The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text | |
433 | control is multi-line. | |
434 | */ | |
435 | virtual void SetValue(const wxString& value); | |
436 | ||
437 | /** | |
438 | If there is an undo facility and the last operation can be undone, | |
439 | undoes the last operation. | |
440 | ||
441 | Does nothing if there is no undo facility. | |
442 | */ | |
443 | virtual void Undo(); | |
444 | ||
445 | /** | |
446 | Writes the text into the text control at the current insertion position. | |
447 | ||
448 | @param text | |
449 | Text to write to the text control. | |
450 | ||
451 | @remarks | |
452 | Newlines in the text string are the only control characters | |
453 | allowed, and they will cause appropriate line breaks. | |
454 | See operator<<() and AppendText() for more convenient ways of | |
455 | writing to the window. | |
456 | After the write operation, the insertion point will be at the end | |
457 | of the inserted text, so subsequent write operations will be appended. | |
458 | To append text after the user may have interacted with the control, | |
459 | call wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPointEnd() before writing. | |
460 | */ | |
461 | virtual void WriteText(const wxString& text); | |
462 | }; |