1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxTextAttr
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 One of the following values can be passed to wxTextAttr::SetAlignment to determine paragraph alignment.
13 enum wxTextAttrAlignment
15 wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_DEFAULT
,
16 wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_LEFT
,
17 wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_CENTRE
,
18 wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_CENTER
= wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_CENTRE
,
19 wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_RIGHT
,
21 /** wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_JUSTIFIED is unimplemented.
22 In future justification may be supported when printing or previewing, only. */
23 wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_JUSTIFIED
27 The following values are passed in a bitlist to wxTextAttr::SetFlags() to
28 determine what attributes will be considered when setting the attributes for a text control.
32 wxTEXT_ATTR_TEXT_COLOUR
= 0x00000001,
33 wxTEXT_ATTR_BACKGROUND_COLOUR
= 0x00000002,
35 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_FACE
= 0x00000004,
36 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_SIZE
= 0x00000008,
37 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_WEIGHT
= 0x00000010,
38 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_ITALIC
= 0x00000020,
39 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_UNDERLINE
= 0x00000040,
40 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_ENCODING
= 0x02000000,
41 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_FAMILY
= 0x04000000,
44 Defined as the combination of all @c wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_* values above.
47 ( wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_FACE
| wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_SIZE
| wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_WEIGHT
| \
48 wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_ITALIC
| wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_UNDERLINE
| wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_ENCODING
| wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT_FAMILY
),
50 wxTEXT_ATTR_ALIGNMENT
= 0x00000080,
51 wxTEXT_ATTR_LEFT_INDENT
= 0x00000100,
52 wxTEXT_ATTR_RIGHT_INDENT
= 0x00000200,
53 wxTEXT_ATTR_TABS
= 0x00000400,
54 wxTEXT_ATTR_PARA_SPACING_AFTER
= 0x00000800,
55 wxTEXT_ATTR_PARA_SPACING_BEFORE
= 0x00001000,
56 wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING
= 0x00002000,
57 wxTEXT_ATTR_CHARACTER_STYLE_NAME
= 0x00004000,
58 wxTEXT_ATTR_PARAGRAPH_STYLE_NAME
= 0x00008000,
59 wxTEXT_ATTR_LIST_STYLE_NAME
= 0x00010000,
61 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE
= 0x00020000,
62 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_NUMBER
= 0x00040000,
63 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_TEXT
= 0x00080000,
64 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_NAME
= 0x00100000,
67 Defined as the combination of all @c wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_* values above.
69 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET
= \
70 ( wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE
| wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_NUMBER
| wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_TEXT
| \
71 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_NAME
),
73 wxTEXT_ATTR_URL
= 0x00200000,
74 wxTEXT_ATTR_PAGE_BREAK
= 0x00400000,
75 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS
= 0x00800000,
76 wxTEXT_ATTR_OUTLINE_LEVEL
= 0x01000000,
79 Combines the styles @c wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT, @c wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS, @c wxTEXT_ATTR_BACKGROUND_COLOUR,
80 @c wxTEXT_ATTR_TEXT_COLOUR, @c wxTEXT_ATTR_CHARACTER_STYLE_NAME, @c wxTEXT_ATTR_URL.
83 wxTEXT_ATTR_CHARACTER
= \
84 (wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT
|wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS
| \
85 wxTEXT_ATTR_BACKGROUND_COLOUR
|wxTEXT_ATTR_TEXT_COLOUR
|wxTEXT_ATTR_CHARACTER_STYLE_NAME
|wxTEXT_ATTR_URL
),
88 Combines all the styles regarding text paragraphs.
90 wxTEXT_ATTR_PARAGRAPH
= \
91 (wxTEXT_ATTR_ALIGNMENT
|wxTEXT_ATTR_LEFT_INDENT
|wxTEXT_ATTR_RIGHT_INDENT
|wxTEXT_ATTR_TABS
|\
92 wxTEXT_ATTR_PARA_SPACING_BEFORE
|wxTEXT_ATTR_PARA_SPACING_AFTER
|wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING
|\
93 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET
|wxTEXT_ATTR_PARAGRAPH_STYLE_NAME
|wxTEXT_ATTR_LIST_STYLE_NAME
|wxTEXT_ATTR_OUTLINE_LEVEL
),
96 Combines all previous values.
98 wxTEXT_ATTR_ALL
= (wxTEXT_ATTR_CHARACTER
|wxTEXT_ATTR_PARAGRAPH
)
102 Styles for wxTextAttr::SetBulletStyle. They can be combined together as a bitlist.
104 enum wxTextAttrBulletStyle
106 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_NONE
= 0x00000000,
107 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_ARABIC
= 0x00000001,
108 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_LETTERS_UPPER
= 0x00000002,
109 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_LETTERS_LOWER
= 0x00000004,
110 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_ROMAN_UPPER
= 0x00000008,
111 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_ROMAN_LOWER
= 0x00000010,
112 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_SYMBOL
= 0x00000020,
114 /** wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_BITMAP is unimplemented. */
115 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_BITMAP
= 0x00000040,
116 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_PARENTHESES
= 0x00000080,
117 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_PERIOD
= 0x00000100,
118 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD
= 0x00000200,
119 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS
= 0x00000400,
120 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_OUTLINE
= 0x00000800,
122 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_ALIGN_LEFT
= 0x00000000,
123 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_ALIGN_RIGHT
= 0x00001000,
124 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_ALIGN_CENTRE
= 0x00002000
128 Styles for wxTextAttr::SetTextEffects(). They can be combined together as a bitlist.
130 Of these, only wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH are implemented.
132 enum wxTextAttrEffects
134 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_NONE
= 0x00000000,
135 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS
= 0x00000001,
136 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_SMALL_CAPITALS
= 0x00000002,
137 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH
= 0x00000004,
138 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_DOUBLE_STRIKETHROUGH
= 0x00000008,
139 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_SHADOW
= 0x00000010,
140 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_EMBOSS
= 0x00000020,
141 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_OUTLINE
= 0x00000040,
142 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_ENGRAVE
= 0x00000080,
143 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_SUPERSCRIPT
= 0x00000100,
144 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_SUBSCRIPT
= 0x00000200
148 Convenience line spacing values; see wxTextAttr::SetLineSpacing().
150 enum wxTextAttrLineSpacing
152 wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING_NORMAL
= 10,
153 wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING_HALF
= 15,
154 wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING_TWICE
= 20
159 Describes the possible return values of wxTextCtrl::HitTest().
161 The element names correspond to the relationship between the point asked
162 for and the character returned, e.g. @c wxTE_HT_BEFORE means that the point
163 is before (leftward or upward) it and so on.
165 enum wxTextCtrlHitTestResult
167 /// Indicates that wxTextCtrl::HitTest() is not implemented on this
169 wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN
= -2,
171 /// The point is before the character returned.
174 /// The point is directly on the character returned.
177 /// The point is below the last line of the control.
180 /// The point is beyond the end of line containing the character returned.
188 wxTextAttr represents the character and paragraph attributes, or style,
189 for a range of text in a wxTextCtrl or wxRichTextCtrl.
191 When setting up a wxTextAttr object, pass a bitlist mask to
192 wxTextAttr::SetFlags() to indicate which style elements should be changed.
193 As a convenience, when you call a setter such as SetFont, the relevant bit
199 @see wxTextCtrl, wxRichTextCtrl
209 wxTextAttr(const wxColour
& colText
,
210 const wxColour
& colBack
= wxNullColour
,
211 const wxFont
& font
= wxNullFont
,
212 wxTextAttrAlignment alignment
= wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_DEFAULT
);
213 wxTextAttr(const wxTextAttr
& attr
);
217 Applies the attributes in @a style to the original object, but not those
218 attributes from @a style that are the same as those in @a compareWith (if passed).
220 bool Apply(const wxTextAttr
& style
,
221 const wxTextAttr
* compareWith
= NULL
);
224 Copies all defined/valid properties from overlay to current object.
226 void Merge(const wxTextAttr
& overlay
);
229 Creates a new @c wxTextAttr which is a merge of @a base and @a overlay.
231 Properties defined in @a overlay take precedence over those in @a base.
232 Properties undefined/invalid in both are undefined in the result.
234 static wxTextAttr
Merge(const wxTextAttr
& base
,
235 const wxTextAttr
& overlay
);
239 @name GetXXX functions
245 Returns the alignment flags.
246 See ::wxTextAttrAlignment for a list of available styles.
248 wxTextAttrAlignment
GetAlignment() const;
251 Returns the background colour.
253 const wxColour
& GetBackgroundColour() const;
256 Returns a string containing the name of the font associated with the bullet symbol.
257 Only valid for attributes with wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_SYMBOL.
259 const wxString
& GetBulletFont() const;
262 Returns the standard bullet name, applicable if the bullet style is
263 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD.
265 Currently the following standard bullet names are supported:
268 - @c standard/diamond
269 - @c standard/triangle
272 For wxRichTextCtrl users only: if you wish your rich text controls to support
273 further bullet graphics, you can derive a class from wxRichTextRenderer or
274 wxRichTextStdRenderer, override @c DrawStandardBullet and @c EnumerateStandardBulletNames,
275 and set an instance of the class using wxRichTextBuffer::SetRenderer.
277 const wxString
& GetBulletName() const;
280 Returns the bullet number.
282 int GetBulletNumber() const;
285 Returns the bullet style.
286 See ::wxTextAttrBulletStyle for a list of available styles.
288 int GetBulletStyle() const;
291 Returns the bullet text, which could be a symbol, or (for example) cached
294 const wxString
& GetBulletText() const;
297 Returns the name of the character style.
299 const wxString
& GetCharacterStyleName() const;
302 Returns flags indicating which attributes are applicable.
303 See SetFlags() for a list of available flags.
305 long GetFlags() const;
308 Creates and returns a font specified by the font attributes in the wxTextAttr
309 object. Note that wxTextAttr does not store a wxFont object, so this is only
312 For greater efficiency, access the font attributes directly.
314 wxFont
GetFont() const;
317 Gets the font attributes from the given font, using only the attributes
318 specified by @a flags.
320 bool GetFontAttributes(const wxFont
& font
,
321 int flags
= wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT
);
324 Returns the font encoding.
326 wxFontEncoding
GetFontEncoding() const;
329 Returns the font face name.
331 const wxString
& GetFontFaceName() const;
334 Returns the font family.
336 wxFontFamily
GetFontFamily() const;
339 Returns the font size in points.
341 int GetFontSize() const;
344 Returns the font style.
346 wxFontStyle
GetFontStyle() const;
349 Returns @true if the font is underlined.
351 bool GetFontUnderlined() const;
354 Returns the font weight.
356 wxFontWeight
GetFontWeight() const;
359 Returns the left indent in tenths of a millimetre.
361 long GetLeftIndent() const;
364 Returns the left sub-indent in tenths of a millimetre.
366 long GetLeftSubIndent() const;
369 Returns the line spacing value, one of ::wxTextAttrLineSpacing values.
371 int GetLineSpacing() const;
374 Returns the name of the list style.
376 const wxString
& GetListStyleName() const;
379 Returns the outline level.
381 int GetOutlineLevel() const;
384 Returns the space in tenths of a millimeter after the paragraph.
386 int GetParagraphSpacingAfter() const;
389 Returns the space in tenths of a millimeter before the paragraph.
391 int GetParagraphSpacingBefore() const;
394 Returns the name of the paragraph style.
396 const wxString
& GetParagraphStyleName() const;
399 Returns the right indent in tenths of a millimeter.
401 long GetRightIndent() const;
404 Returns an array of tab stops, each expressed in tenths of a millimeter.
406 Each stop is measured from the left margin and therefore each value must
407 be larger than the last.
409 const wxArrayInt
& GetTabs() const;
412 Returns the text foreground colour.
414 const wxColour
& GetTextColour() const;
417 Returns the text effect bits of interest.
418 See SetFlags() for further information.
420 int GetTextEffectFlags() const;
423 Returns the text effects, a bit list of styles.
424 See SetTextEffects() for details.
426 int GetTextEffects() const;
429 Returns the URL for the content.
431 Content with @a wxTEXT_ATTR_URL style causes wxRichTextCtrl to show a
432 hand cursor over it, and wxRichTextCtrl generates a wxTextUrlEvent
433 when the content is clicked.
435 const wxString
& GetURL() const;
442 @name HasXXX and IsXXX functions
448 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies alignment.
450 bool HasAlignment() const;
453 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a background colour.
455 bool HasBackgroundColour() const;
458 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a standard bullet name.
460 bool HasBulletName() const;
463 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a bullet number.
465 bool HasBulletNumber() const;
468 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a bullet style.
470 bool HasBulletStyle() const;
473 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies bullet text (usually
474 specifying a symbol).
476 bool HasBulletText() const;
479 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a character style name.
481 bool HasCharacterStyleName() const;
484 Returns @true if the @a flag is present in the attribute object's flag
487 bool HasFlag(long flag
) const;
490 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies any font attributes.
492 bool HasFont() const;
495 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies an encoding.
497 bool HasFontEncoding() const;
500 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font face name.
502 bool HasFontFaceName() const;
505 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font family.
507 bool HasFontFamily() const;
510 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies italic style.
512 bool HasFontItalic() const;
515 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font point size.
517 bool HasFontSize() const;
520 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies either underlining or no
523 bool HasFontUnderlined() const;
526 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies font weight (bold, light or
529 bool HasFontWeight() const;
532 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a left indent.
534 bool HasLeftIndent() const;
537 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies line spacing.
539 bool HasLineSpacing() const;
542 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a list style name.
544 bool HasListStyleName() const;
547 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies an outline level.
549 bool HasOutlineLevel() const;
552 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a page break before this
555 bool HasPageBreak() const;
558 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies spacing after a paragraph.
560 bool HasParagraphSpacingAfter() const;
563 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies spacing before a paragraph.
565 bool HasParagraphSpacingBefore() const;
568 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a paragraph style name.
570 bool HasParagraphStyleName() const;
573 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a right indent.
575 bool HasRightIndent() const;
578 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies tab stops.
580 bool HasTabs() const;
583 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a text foreground colour.
585 bool HasTextColour() const;
588 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies text effects.
590 bool HasTextEffects() const;
593 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a URL.
598 Returns @true if the object represents a character style, that is,
599 the flags specify a font or a text background or foreground colour.
601 bool IsCharacterStyle() const;
604 Returns @false if we have any attributes set, @true otherwise.
606 bool IsDefault() const;
609 Returns @true if the object represents a paragraph style, that is,
610 the flags specify alignment, indentation, tabs, paragraph spacing, or
613 bool IsParagraphStyle() const;
619 @name SetXXX functions
625 Sets the paragraph alignment. See ::wxTextAttrAlignment enumeration values.
627 Of these, wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_JUSTIFIED is unimplemented.
628 In future justification may be supported when printing or previewing, only.
630 void SetAlignment(wxTextAttrAlignment alignment
);
633 Sets the background colour.
635 void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colBack
);
638 Sets the name of the font associated with the bullet symbol.
639 Only valid for attributes with wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_SYMBOL.
641 void SetBulletFont(const wxString
& font
);
644 Sets the standard bullet name, applicable if the bullet style is
645 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD.
647 See GetBulletName() for a list of supported names, and how
648 to expand the range of supported types.
650 void SetBulletName(const wxString
& name
);
653 Sets the bullet number.
655 void SetBulletNumber(int n
);
658 Sets the bullet style.
660 The ::wxTextAttrBulletStyle enumeration values are all supported,
661 except for wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_BITMAP.
663 void SetBulletStyle(int style
);
666 Sets the bullet text, which could be a symbol, or (for example) cached
669 void SetBulletText(const wxString
& text
);
672 Sets the character style name.
674 void SetCharacterStyleName(const wxString
& name
);
677 Sets the flags determining which styles are being specified.
678 The ::wxTextAttrFlags values can be passed in a bitlist.
680 void SetFlags(long flags
);
683 Sets the attributes for the given font.
684 Note that wxTextAttr does not store an actual wxFont object.
686 void SetFont(const wxFont
& font
, int flags
= wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT
);
689 Sets the font encoding.
691 void SetFontEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding
);
694 Sets the font face name.
696 void SetFontFaceName(const wxString
& faceName
);
699 Sets the font family.
701 void SetFontFamily(wxFontFamily family
);
704 Sets the font size in points.
706 void SetFontSize(int pointSize
);
709 Sets the font style (normal, italic or slanted).
711 void SetFontStyle(wxFontStyle fontStyle
);
714 Sets the font underlining.
716 void SetFontUnderlined(bool underlined
);
719 Sets the font weight.
721 void SetFontWeight(wxFontWeight fontWeight
);
724 Sets the left indent and left subindent in tenths of a millimetre.
725 The sub-indent is an offset from the left of the paragraph, and is used for all
726 but the first line in a paragraph.
728 A positive value will cause the first line to appear to the left
729 of the subsequent lines, and a negative value will cause the first line to be
730 indented relative to the subsequent lines.
732 wxRichTextBuffer uses indentation to render a bulleted item.
733 The left indent is the distance between the margin and the bullet.
734 The content of the paragraph, including the first line, starts
735 at leftMargin + leftSubIndent.
736 So the distance between the left edge of the bullet and the
737 left of the actual paragraph is leftSubIndent.
739 void SetLeftIndent(int indent
, int subIndent
= 0);
742 Sets the line spacing. @a spacing is a multiple, where 10 means single-spacing,
743 15 means 1.5 spacing, and 20 means double spacing.
744 The ::wxTextAttrLineSpacing values are defined for convenience.
746 void SetLineSpacing(int spacing
);
749 Sets the list style name.
751 void SetListStyleName(const wxString
& name
);
754 Specifies the outline level. Zero represents normal text.
755 At present, the outline level is not used, but may be used in future for
756 determining list levels and for applications that need to store document
757 structure information.
759 void SetOutlineLevel(int level
);
762 Specifies a page break before this paragraph.
764 void SetPageBreak(bool pageBreak
= true);
767 Sets the spacing after a paragraph, in tenths of a millimetre.
769 void SetParagraphSpacingAfter(int spacing
);
772 Sets the spacing before a paragraph, in tenths of a millimetre.
774 void SetParagraphSpacingBefore(int spacing
);
777 Sets the name of the paragraph style.
779 void SetParagraphStyleName(const wxString
& name
);
782 Sets the right indent in tenths of a millimetre.
784 void SetRightIndent(int indent
);
787 Sets the tab stops, expressed in tenths of a millimetre.
788 Each stop is measured from the left margin and therefore each value must be
789 larger than the last.
791 void SetTabs(const wxArrayInt
& tabs
);
794 Sets the text foreground colour.
796 void SetTextColour(const wxColour
& colText
);
799 Sets the text effect bits of interest.
801 You should also pass wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS to SetFlags().
802 See SetFlags() for further information.
804 void SetTextEffectFlags(int flags
);
807 Sets the text effects, a bit list of styles.
808 The ::wxTextAttrEffects enumeration values can be used.
810 Of these, only wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH
813 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS capitalises text when displayed (leaving the case
814 of the actual buffer text unchanged), and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH draws
817 To set effects, you should also pass wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS to SetFlags(), and call
818 SetTextEffectFlags() with the styles (taken from the above set) that you
819 are interested in setting.
821 void SetTextEffects(int effects
);
824 Sets the URL for the content. Sets the wxTEXT_ATTR_URL style; content with this
825 style causes wxRichTextCtrl to show a hand cursor over it, and wxRichTextCtrl
826 generates a wxTextUrlEvent when the content is clicked.
828 void SetURL(const wxString
& url
);
834 Assignment from a wxTextAttr object.
836 void operator operator=(const wxTextAttr
& attr
);
843 A text control allows text to be displayed and edited.
845 It may be single line or multi-line. Notice that a lot of methods of the
846 text controls are found in the base wxTextEntry class which is a common
847 base class for wxTextCtrl and other controls using a single line text entry
848 field (e.g. wxComboBox).
851 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER}
852 The control will generate the event @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER
853 (otherwise pressing Enter key is either processed internally by the
854 control or used for navigation between dialog controls).
855 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_TAB}
856 The control will receive @c wxEVT_CHAR events for TAB pressed -
857 normally, TAB is used for passing to the next control in a dialog
858 instead. For the control created with this style, you can still use
859 Ctrl-Enter to pass to the next control from the keyboard.
860 @style{wxTE_MULTILINE}
861 The text control allows multiple lines. If this style is not
862 specified, line break characters should not be used in the controls
864 @style{wxTE_PASSWORD}
865 The text will be echoed as asterisks.
866 @style{wxTE_READONLY}
867 The text will not be user-editable.
869 Use rich text control under Win32, this allows to have more than
870 64KB of text in the control even under Win9x. This style is ignored
871 under other platforms.
873 Use rich text control version 2.0 or 3.0 under Win32, this style is
874 ignored under other platforms
875 @style{wxTE_AUTO_URL}
876 Highlight the URLs and generate the wxTextUrlEvents when mouse
877 events occur over them. This style is only supported for wxTE_RICH
878 Win32 and multi-line wxGTK2 text controls.
879 @style{wxTE_NOHIDESEL}
880 By default, the Windows text control doesn't show the selection
881 when it doesn't have focus - use this style to force it to always
882 show it. It doesn't do anything under other platforms.
884 A horizontal scrollbar will be created and used, so that text won't
885 be wrapped. No effect under wxGTK1.
886 @style{wxTE_NO_VSCROLL}
887 For multiline controls only: vertical scrollbar will never be
888 created. This limits the amount of text which can be entered into
889 the control to what can be displayed in it under MSW but not under
890 GTK2. Currently not implemented for the other platforms.
892 The text in the control will be left-justified (default).
894 The text in the control will be centered (currently wxMSW and
897 The text in the control will be right-justified (currently wxMSW
899 @style{wxTE_DONTWRAP}
900 Same as wxHSCROLL style: don't wrap at all, show horizontal
902 @style{wxTE_CHARWRAP}
903 Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at any position
904 (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).
905 @style{wxTE_WORDWRAP}
906 Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at word boundaries
907 (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).
908 @style{wxTE_BESTWRAP}
909 Wrap the lines at word boundaries or at any other character if
910 there are words longer than the window width (this is the default).
911 @style{wxTE_CAPITALIZE}
912 On PocketPC and Smartphone, causes the first letter to be
916 Note that alignment styles (wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT) can be
917 changed dynamically after control creation on wxMSW and wxGTK. wxTE_READONLY,
918 wxTE_PASSWORD and wrapping styles can be dynamically changed under wxGTK but
919 not wxMSW. The other styles can be only set during control creation.
922 @section textctrl_text_format wxTextCtrl Text Format
924 The multiline text controls always store the text as a sequence of lines
925 separated by @c '\\n' characters, i.e. in the Unix text format even on
926 non-Unix platforms. This allows the user code to ignore the differences
927 between the platforms but at a price: the indices in the control such as
928 those returned by GetInsertionPoint() or GetSelection() can @b not be used
929 as indices into the string returned by GetValue() as they're going to be
930 slightly off for platforms using @c "\\r\\n" as separator (as Windows
933 Instead, if you need to obtain a substring between the 2 indices obtained
934 from the control with the help of the functions mentioned above, you should
935 use GetRange(). And the indices themselves can only be passed to other
936 methods, for example SetInsertionPoint() or SetSelection().
938 To summarize: never use the indices returned by (multiline) wxTextCtrl as
939 indices into the string it contains, but only as arguments to be passed
940 back to the other wxTextCtrl methods. This problem doesn't arise for
941 single-line platforms however where the indices in the control do
942 correspond to the positions in the value string.
945 @section textctrl_styles wxTextCtrl Styles.
947 Multi-line text controls support styling, i.e. provide a possibility to set
948 colours and font for individual characters in it (note that under Windows
949 @c wxTE_RICH style is required for style support). To use the styles you
950 can either call SetDefaultStyle() before inserting the text or call
951 SetStyle() later to change the style of the text already in the control
952 (the first solution is much more efficient).
954 In either case, if the style doesn't specify some of the attributes (for
955 example you only want to set the text colour but without changing the font
956 nor the text background), the values of the default style will be used for
957 them. If there is no default style, the attributes of the text control
960 So the following code correctly describes what it does: the second call to
961 SetDefaultStyle() doesn't change the text foreground colour (which stays
962 red) while the last one doesn't change the background colour (which stays
966 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxRED));
967 text->AppendText("Red text\n");
968 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(wxNullColour, *wxLIGHT_GREY));
969 text->AppendText("Red on grey text\n");
970 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxBLUE);
971 text->AppendText("Blue on grey text\n");
975 @section textctrl_cpp_streams wxTextCtrl and C++ Streams
977 This class multiply-inherits from @c std::streambuf (except for some really
978 old compilers using non-standard iostream library), allowing code such as
982 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
984 ostream stream(control)
986 stream << 123.456 << " some text\n";
990 Note that even if your compiler doesn't support this (the symbol
991 @c wxHAS_TEXT_WINDOW_STREAM has value of 0 then) you can still use
992 wxTextCtrl itself in a stream-like manner:
995 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
997 *control << 123.456 << " some text\n";
1000 However the possibility to create an ostream associated with wxTextCtrl may
1001 be useful if you need to redirect the output of a function taking an
1002 ostream as parameter to a text control.
1004 Another commonly requested need is to redirect @c std::cout to the text
1005 control. This may be done in the following way:
1010 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1012 std::streambuf *sbOld = std::cout.rdbuf();
1013 std::cout.rdbuf(control);
1015 // use cout as usual, the output appears in the text control
1018 std::cout.rdbuf(sbOld);
1021 But wxWidgets provides a convenient class to make it even simpler so
1022 instead you may just do
1027 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1029 wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(control);
1031 // all output to cout goes into the text control until the exit from
1035 See wxStreamToTextRedirector for more details.
1038 @section textctrl_event_handling Event Handling.
1040 The following commands are processed by default event handlers in
1041 wxTextCtrl: @c wxID_CUT, @c wxID_COPY, @c wxID_PASTE, @c wxID_UNDO, @c
1042 wxID_REDO. The associated UI update events are also processed
1043 automatically, when the control has the focus.
1045 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxCommandEvent}
1046 @event{EVT_TEXT(id, func)}
1047 Respond to a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event, generated when the text
1048 changes. Notice that this event will be sent when the text controls
1049 contents changes -- whether this is due to user input or comes from the
1050 program itself (for example, if wxTextCtrl::SetValue() is called); see
1051 wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() for a function which does not send this event.
1052 This event is however not sent during the control creation.
1053 @event{EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func)}
1054 Respond to a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER event, generated when enter is
1055 pressed in a text control which must have wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER style for
1056 this event to be generated.
1057 @event{EVT_TEXT_URL(id, func)}
1058 A mouse event occurred over an URL in the text control (wxMSW and
1059 wxGTK2 only currently).
1060 @event{EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func)}
1061 This event is generated when the user tries to enter more text into the
1062 control than the limit set by wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength(), see its description.
1067 @appearance{textctrl.png}
1069 @see wxTextCtrl::Create, wxValidator
1071 class wxTextCtrl
: public wxControl
,
1081 Constructor, creating and showing a text control.
1084 Parent window. Should not be @NULL.
1086 Control identifier. A value of -1 denotes a default value.
1090 Text control position.
1094 Window style. See wxTextCtrl.
1101 The horizontal scrollbar (wxHSCROLL style flag) will only be
1102 created for multi-line text controls. Without a horizontal
1103 scrollbar, text lines that don't fit in the control's size will be
1104 wrapped (but no newline character is inserted).
1105 Single line controls don't have a horizontal scrollbar, the text is
1106 automatically scrolled so that the insertion point is always visible.
1108 @see Create(), wxValidator
1110 wxTextCtrl(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
1111 const wxString
& value
= wxEmptyString
,
1112 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
1113 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
1115 const wxValidator
& validator
= wxDefaultValidator
,
1116 const wxString
& name
= wxTextCtrlNameStr
);
1119 Destructor, destroying the text control.
1121 virtual ~wxTextCtrl();
1124 Creates the text control for two-step construction.
1126 This method should be called if the default constructor was used for
1127 the control creation. Its parameters have the same meaning as for the
1128 non-default constructor.
1130 bool Create(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
1131 const wxString
& value
= wxEmptyString
,
1132 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
1133 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
, long style
= 0,
1134 const wxValidator
& validator
= wxDefaultValidator
,
1135 const wxString
& name
= wxTextCtrlNameStr
);
1138 Copies the selected text to the clipboard and removes the selection.
1143 Resets the internal modified flag as if the current changes had been
1146 virtual void DiscardEdits();
1149 This function inserts into the control the character which would have
1150 been inserted if the given key event had occurred in the text control.
1152 The @a event object should be the same as the one passed to @c EVT_KEY_DOWN
1153 handler previously by wxWidgets. Please note that this function doesn't
1154 currently work correctly for all keys under any platform but MSW.
1157 @true if the event resulted in a change to the control, @false otherwise.
1159 virtual bool EmulateKeyPress(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1162 Returns the style currently used for the new text.
1164 @see SetDefaultStyle()
1166 virtual const wxTextAttr
& GetDefaultStyle() const;
1169 Gets the length of the specified line, not including any trailing
1170 newline character(s).
1173 Line number (starting from zero).
1176 The length of the line, or -1 if @a lineNo was invalid.
1178 virtual int GetLineLength(long lineNo
) const;
1181 Returns the contents of a given line in the text control, not including
1182 any trailing newline character(s).
1185 The line number, starting from zero.
1188 The contents of the line.
1190 virtual wxString
GetLineText(long lineNo
) const;
1193 Returns the number of lines in the text control buffer.
1195 The returned number is the number of logical lines, i.e. just the count
1196 of the number of newline characters in the control + 1, for wxGTK and
1197 wxOSX/Cocoa ports while it is the number of physical lines, i.e. the
1198 count of lines actually shown in the control, in wxMSW and wxOSX/Carbon.
1199 Because of this discrepancy, it is not recommended to use this function.
1202 Note that even empty text controls have one line (where the
1203 insertion point is), so GetNumberOfLines() never returns 0.
1205 virtual int GetNumberOfLines() const;
1208 Returns the style at this position in the text control.
1210 Not all platforms support this function.
1213 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1214 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1216 @see SetStyle(), wxTextAttr
1218 virtual bool GetStyle(long position
, wxTextAttr
& style
);
1222 This function finds the character at the specified position expressed
1225 The two overloads of this method allow to find either the position of
1226 the character, as an index into the text control contents, or its row
1229 If the return code is not @c wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN the row and column of the
1230 character closest to this position are returned, otherwise the output
1231 parameters are not modified.
1233 Please note that this function is currently only implemented in wxUniv,
1234 wxMSW and wxGTK2 ports and always returns @c wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN in the
1238 In wxPerl this function takes only the @a pt argument and
1239 returns a 3-element list (result, col, row).
1243 The position of the point to check, in window device coordinates.
1245 Receives the column of the character at the given position. May be
1248 Receives the row of the character at the given position. May be
1251 Receives the position of the character at the given position. May
1254 @see PositionToXY(), XYToPosition()
1256 wxTextCtrlHitTestResult
HitTest(const wxPoint
& pt
, long *pos
) const;
1257 wxTextCtrlHitTestResult
HitTest(const wxPoint
& pt
,
1259 wxTextCoord
*row
) const;
1263 Returns @true if the text has been modified by user.
1265 Note that calling SetValue() doesn't make the control modified.
1269 virtual bool IsModified() const;
1272 Returns @true if this is a multi line edit control and @false otherwise.
1276 bool IsMultiLine() const;
1279 Returns @true if this is a single line edit control and @false otherwise.
1281 @see IsSingleLine(), IsMultiLine()
1283 bool IsSingleLine() const;
1286 Loads and displays the named file, if it exists.
1289 The filename of the file to load.
1291 The type of file to load. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
1294 @true if successful, @false otherwise.
1296 bool LoadFile(const wxString
& filename
,
1297 int fileType
= wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY
);
1300 Mark text as modified (dirty).
1304 virtual void MarkDirty();
1307 This event handler function implements default drag and drop behaviour,
1308 which is to load the first dropped file into the control.
1311 The drop files event.
1313 @remarks This is not implemented on non-Windows platforms.
1315 @see wxDropFilesEvent
1317 void OnDropFiles(wxDropFilesEvent
& event
);
1320 Converts given position to a zero-based column, line number pair.
1325 Receives zero based column number.
1327 Receives zero based line number.
1330 @true on success, @false on failure (most likely due to a too large
1331 position parameter).
1334 In wxPerl this function takes only the @a pos argument and
1335 returns a 2-element list (x, y).
1340 virtual bool PositionToXY(long pos
, long* x
, long* y
) const;
1343 Converts given text position to client coordinates in pixels.
1345 This function allows to find where is the character at the given
1346 position displayed in the text control.
1348 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk}. Additionally, wxGTK only implements this method
1349 for multiline controls and ::wxDefaultPosition is always returned for
1350 the single line ones.
1353 Text position in 0 to GetLastPosition() range (inclusive).
1355 On success returns a wxPoint which contains client coordinates for
1356 the given position in pixels, otherwise returns ::wxDefaultPosition.
1360 @see XYToPosition(), PositionToXY()
1362 wxPoint
PositionToCoords(long pos
) const;
1365 Saves the contents of the control in a text file.
1368 The name of the file in which to save the text.
1370 The type of file to save. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
1373 @true if the operation was successful, @false otherwise.
1375 bool SaveFile(const wxString
& filename
= wxEmptyString
,
1376 int fileType
= wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY
);
1379 Changes the default style to use for the new text which is going to be
1380 added to the control using WriteText() or AppendText().
1382 If either of the font, foreground, or background colour is not set in
1383 @a style, the values of the previous default style are used for them.
1384 If the previous default style didn't set them neither, the global font
1385 or colours of the text control itself are used as fall back.
1387 However if the @a style parameter is the default wxTextAttr, then the default
1388 style is just reset (instead of being combined with the new style which
1389 wouldn't change it at all).
1392 The style for the new text.
1395 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1396 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1398 @see GetDefaultStyle()
1400 virtual bool SetDefaultStyle(const wxTextAttr
& style
);
1403 Marks the control as being modified by the user or not.
1405 @see MarkDirty(), DiscardEdits()
1407 void SetModified(bool modified
);
1410 Changes the style of the given range.
1412 If any attribute within @a style is not set, the corresponding
1413 attribute from GetDefaultStyle() is used.
1416 The start of the range to change.
1418 The end of the range to change.
1420 The new style for the range.
1423 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1424 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1426 @see GetStyle(), wxTextAttr
1428 virtual bool SetStyle(long start
, long end
, const wxTextAttr
& style
);
1431 Makes the line containing the given position visible.
1434 The position that should be visible.
1436 virtual void ShowPosition(long pos
);
1439 Converts the given zero based column and line number to a position.
1447 The position value, or -1 if x or y was invalid.
1449 virtual long XYToPosition(long x
, long y
) const;
1453 Operator definitions for appending to a text control.
1455 These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for
1458 wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
1460 (*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";
1464 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(const wxString
& s
);
1465 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(int i
);
1466 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(long i
);
1467 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(float f
);
1468 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(double d
);
1469 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(char c
);
1470 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(wchar_t c
);
1477 @class wxStreamToTextRedirector
1479 This class can be used to (temporarily) redirect all output sent to a C++
1480 ostream object to a wxTextCtrl instead.
1483 Some compilers and/or build configurations don't support multiply
1484 inheriting wxTextCtrl from @c std::streambuf in which case this class is
1486 You also must have @c wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM option on (i.e. set to 1) in your
1487 @c setup.h to be able to use it. Under Unix, specify @c --enable-std_iostreams
1488 switch when running configure for this.
1493 using namespace std;
1494 wxTextCtrl* text = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1496 wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(text);
1498 // this goes to the text control
1499 cout << "Hello, text!" << endl;
1501 // this goes somewhere else, presumably to stdout
1502 cout << "Hello, console!" << endl;
1510 class wxStreamToTextRedirector
1514 The constructor starts redirecting output sent to @a ostr or @a cout for
1515 the default parameter value to the text control @a text.
1518 The text control to append output too, must be non-@NULL
1520 The C++ stream to redirect, cout is used if it is @NULL
1522 wxStreamToTextRedirector(wxTextCtrl
*text
, ostream
* ostr
);
1525 When a wxStreamToTextRedirector object is destroyed, the redirection is ended
1526 and any output sent to the C++ ostream which had been specified at the time of
1527 the object construction will go to its original destination.
1529 ~wxStreamToTextRedirector();