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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>
526954c5 8// Licence: wxWindows licence
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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
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25 @since 2.9.0
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26*/
27class wxTextEntry
28{
29public:
30 /**
31 Appends the text to the end of the text control.
32
33 @param text
34 Text to write to the text control.
35
36 @remarks
37 After the text is appended, the insertion point will be at the
38 end of the text control. If this behaviour is not desired, the
39 programmer should use GetInsertionPoint() and SetInsertionPoint().
40
41 @see WriteText()
42 */
43 virtual void AppendText(const wxString& text);
44
45 /**
46 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a
47 single-line text control using the given @a choices.
48
49 Notice that currently this function is only implemented in wxGTK2 and
50 wxMSW ports and does nothing under the other platforms.
51
52 @since 2.9.0
53
54 @return
55 @true if the auto-completion was enabled or @false if the operation
56 failed, typically because auto-completion is not supported by the
57 current platform.
58
59 @see AutoCompleteFileNames()
60 */
61 virtual bool AutoComplete(const wxArrayString& choices);
62
63 /**
64 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a
65 single-line text control using all valid file system paths.
66
67 Notice that currently this function is only implemented in wxGTK2 port
68 and does nothing under the other platforms.
69
70 @since 2.9.0
71
72 @return
73 @true if the auto-completion was enabled or @false if the operation
74 failed, typically because auto-completion is not supported by the
75 current platform.
76
77 @see AutoComplete()
78 */
79 virtual bool AutoCompleteFileNames();
80
81 /**
82 Returns @true if the selection can be copied to the clipboard.
83 */
84 virtual bool CanCopy() const;
85
86 /**
87 Returns @true if the selection can be cut to the clipboard.
88 */
89 virtual bool CanCut() const;
90
91 /**
92 Returns @true if the contents of the clipboard can be pasted into the
93 text control.
94
95 On some platforms (Motif, GTK) this is an approximation and returns
96 @true if the control is editable, @false otherwise.
97 */
98 virtual bool CanPaste() const;
99
100 /**
101 Returns @true if there is a redo facility available and the last
102 operation can be redone.
103 */
104 virtual bool CanRedo() const;
105
106 /**
107 Returns @true if there is an undo facility available and the last
108 operation can be undone.
109 */
110 virtual bool CanUndo() const;
111
112 /**
113 Sets the new text control value.
114
115 It also marks the control as not-modified which means that IsModified()
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118 The insertion point is set to the start of the control (i.e. position
119 0) by this function.
120
121 This functions does not generate the @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED
122 event but otherwise is identical to SetValue().
123
124 See @ref overview_events_prog for more information.
125
126 @since 2.7.1
127
128 @param value
129 The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text
130 control is multi-line.
131 */
132 virtual void ChangeValue(const wxString& value);
133
134 /**
135 Clears the text in the control.
136
137 Note that this function will generate a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED
138 event, i.e. its effect is identical to calling @c SetValue("").
139 */
140 virtual void Clear();
141
142 /**
143 Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
144 */
145 virtual void Copy();
146
147 /**
148 Returns the insertion point, or cursor, position.
149
150 This is defined as the zero based index of the character position to
151 the right of the insertion point. For example, if the insertion point
152 is at the end of the single-line text control, it is equal to both
153 GetLastPosition() and @c "GetValue().Length()" (but notice that the latter
154 equality is not necessarily true for multiline edit controls which may
155 use multiple new line characters).
156
157 The following code snippet safely returns the character at the insertion
158 point or the zero character if the point is at the end of the control.
159
160 @code
161 char GetCurrentChar(wxTextCtrl *tc) {
162 if (tc->GetInsertionPoint() == tc->GetLastPosition())
163 return '\0';
164 return tc->GetValue[tc->GetInsertionPoint()];
165 }
166 @endcode
167 */
168 virtual long GetInsertionPoint() const;
169
170 /**
171 Returns the zero based index of the last position in the text control,
172 which is equal to the number of characters in the control.
173 */
174 virtual wxTextPos GetLastPosition() const;
175
176 /**
177 Returns the string containing the text starting in the positions
178 @a from and up to @a to in the control.
179
180 The positions must have been returned by another wxTextCtrl method.
181 Please note that the positions in a multiline wxTextCtrl do @b not
182 correspond to the indices in the string returned by GetValue() because
183 of the different new line representations (@c CR or @c CR LF) and so
184 this method should be used to obtain the correct results instead of
185 extracting parts of the entire value. It may also be more efficient,
186 especially if the control contains a lot of data.
187 */
188 virtual wxString GetRange(long from, long to) const;
189
190 /**
191 Gets the current selection span.
192
193 If the returned values are equal, there was no selection. Please note
194 that the indices returned may be used with the other wxTextCtrl methods
195 but don't necessarily represent the correct indices into the string
196 returned by GetValue() for multiline controls under Windows (at least,)
197 you should use GetStringSelection() to get the selected text.
198
199 @param from
200 The returned first position.
201 @param to
202 The returned last position.
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204 @beginWxPerlOnly
205 In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns a
206 2-element list (from, to).
207 @endWxPerlOnly
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208 */
209 virtual void GetSelection(long* from, long* to) const;
210
211 /**
212 Gets the text currently selected in the control.
213
214 If there is no selection, the returned string is empty.
215 */
216 virtual wxString GetStringSelection() const;
217
218 /**
219 Gets the contents of the control.
220
221 Notice that for a multiline text control, the lines will be separated
222 by (Unix-style) @c \\n characters, even under Windows where they are
223 separated by a @c \\r\\n sequence in the native control.
224 */
225 virtual wxString GetValue() const;
226
227 /**
228 Returns @true if the controls contents may be edited by user (note that
229 it always can be changed by the program).
230
231 In other words, this functions returns @true if the control hasn't been
232 put in read-only mode by a previous call to SetEditable().
233 */
234 virtual bool IsEditable() const;
235
236 /**
237 Returns @true if the control is currently empty.
238
239 This is the same as @c GetValue().empty() but can be much more
240 efficient for the multiline controls containing big amounts of text.
241
242 @since 2.7.1
243 */
244 virtual bool IsEmpty() const;
245
246 /**
247 Pastes text from the clipboard to the text item.
248 */
249 virtual void Paste();
250
251 /**
252 If there is a redo facility and the last operation can be redone,
253 redoes the last operation.
254
255 Does nothing if there is no redo facility.
256 */
257 virtual void Redo();
258
259 /**
260 Removes the text starting at the first given position up to
261 (but not including) the character at the last position.
262
263 This function puts the current insertion point position at @a to as a
264 side effect.
265
266 @param from
267 The first position.
268 @param to
269 The last position.
270 */
271 virtual void Remove(long from, long to);
272
273 /**
274 Replaces the text starting at the first position up to
275 (but not including) the character at the last position with the given text.
276
277 This function puts the current insertion point position at @a to as a
278 side effect.
279
280 @param from
281 The first position.
282 @param to
283 The last position.
284 @param value
285 The value to replace the existing text with.
286 */
287 virtual void Replace(long from, long to, const wxString& value);
288
289 /**
290 Makes the text item editable or read-only, overriding the
291 @b wxTE_READONLY flag.
292
293 @param editable
294 If @true, the control is editable. If @false, the control is
295 read-only.
296
297 @see IsEditable()
298 */
299 virtual void SetEditable(bool editable);
300
301 /**
302 Sets the insertion point at the given position.
303
304 @param pos
305 Position to set, in the range from 0 to GetLastPosition() inclusive.
306 */
307 virtual void SetInsertionPoint(long pos);
308
309 /**
310 Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control.
311
312 This is equivalent to calling wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPoint() with
313 wxTextCtrl::GetLastPosition() argument.
314 */
315 virtual void SetInsertionPointEnd();
316
317 /**
318 This function sets the maximum number of characters the user can enter
319 into the control.
320
321 In other words, it allows to limit the text value length to @a len not
322 counting the terminating @c NUL character.
323
324 If @a len is 0, the previously set max length limit, if any, is discarded
325 and the user may enter as much text as the underlying native text control widget
326 supports (typically at least 32Kb).
327 If the user tries to enter more characters into the text control when it
328 already is filled up to the maximal length, a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN
329 event is sent to notify the program about it (giving it the possibility
330 to show an explanatory message, for example) and the extra input is discarded.
331
332 Note that in wxGTK this function may only be used with single line text controls.
333 */
334 virtual void SetMaxLength(unsigned long len);
335
336 /**
337 Selects the text starting at the first position up to (but not
338 including) the character at the last position.
339
340 If both parameters are equal to -1 all text in the control is selected.
341
342 Notice that the insertion point will be moved to @a from by this
343 function.
344
345 @param from
346 The first position.
347 @param to
348 The last position.
349
350 @see SelectAll()
351 */
352 virtual void SetSelection(long from, long to);
353
354 /**
355 Selects all text in the control.
356
357 @see SetSelection()
358 */
359 virtual void SelectAll();
360
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361 /**
362 Sets a hint shown in an empty unfocused text control.
363
364 The hints are usually used to indicate to the user what is supposed to
365 be entered into the given entry field, e.g. a common use of them is to
366 show an explanation of what can be entered in a wxSearchCtrl.
367
368 The hint is shown (usually greyed out) for an empty control until it
369 gets focus and is shown again if the control loses it and remains
370 empty. It won't be shown once the control has a non-empty value,
371 although it will be shown again if the control contents is cleared.
372 Because of this, it generally only makes sense to use hints with the
373 controls which are initially empty.
374
375 Notice that hints are known as <em>cue banners</em> under MSW or
376 <em>placeholder strings</em> under OS X.
377
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378 @remarks For the platforms without native hints support (and currently
379 only the MSW port does have it and even there it is only used under
380 Windows Vista and later only), the implementation has several known
381 limitations. Notably, the hint display will not be properly updated
382 if you change wxTextEntry contents programmatically when the hint
383 is displayed using methods other than SetValue() or ChangeValue()
384 or others which use them internally (e.g. Clear()). In other words,
385 currently you should avoid calling methods such as WriteText() or
386 Replace() when using hints and the text control is empty.
387
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388 @since 2.9.0
389 */
390 virtual void SetHint(const wxString& hint);
391
392 /**
393 Returns the current hint string.
394
395 See SetHint() for more information about hints.
396
397 @since 2.9.0
398 */
399 virtual wxString GetHint() const;
400
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401 //@{
402 /**
403 Attempts to set the control margins. When margins are given as wxPoint,
404 x indicates the left and y the top margin. Use -1 to indicate that
405 an existing value should be used.
406
407 @return
408 @true if setting of all requested margins was successful.
409
410 @since 2.9.1
411 */
412 bool SetMargins(const wxPoint& pt);
413 bool SetMargins(wxCoord left, wxCoord top = -1);
414 //@}
415
416 /**
417 Returns the margins used by the control. The @c x field of the returned
418 point is the horizontal margin and the @c y field is the vertical one.
419
420 @remarks If given margin cannot be accurately determined, its value
421 will be set to -1. On some platforms you cannot obtain valid
422 margin values until you have called SetMargins().
423
424 @see SetMargins()
425
426 @since 2.9.1
427 */
428 wxPoint GetMargins() const;
429
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430 /**
431 Sets the new text control value.
432
433 It also marks the control as not-modified which means that IsModified()
434 would return @false immediately after the call to SetValue().
435
436 The insertion point is set to the start of the control (i.e. position
437 0) by this function.
438
439 Note that, unlike most other functions changing the controls values,
440 this function generates a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event. To avoid
441 this you can use ChangeValue() instead.
442
443 @param value
444 The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text
445 control is multi-line.
446 */
447 virtual void SetValue(const wxString& value);
448
449 /**
450 If there is an undo facility and the last operation can be undone,
451 undoes the last operation.
452
453 Does nothing if there is no undo facility.
454 */
455 virtual void Undo();
456
457 /**
458 Writes the text into the text control at the current insertion position.
459
460 @param text
461 Text to write to the text control.
462
463 @remarks
464 Newlines in the text string are the only control characters
465 allowed, and they will cause appropriate line breaks.
466 See operator<<() and AppendText() for more convenient ways of
467 writing to the window.
468 After the write operation, the insertion point will be at the end
469 of the inserted text, so subsequent write operations will be appended.
470 To append text after the user may have interacted with the control,
471 call wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPointEnd() before writing.
472 */
473 virtual void WriteText(const wxString& text);
474};