#9589: Documentation Corrections for textctrl.h
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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: textctrl.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxTextAttr
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxTextAttr
11
12 wxTextAttr represents the character and paragraph attributes, or style,
13 for a range of text in a wxTextCtrl or wxRichTextCtrl.
14
15 When setting up a wxTextAttr object, pass a bitlist mask to
16 wxTextAttr::SetFlags to indicate which style elements should be changed. As
17 a convenience, when you call a setter such as SetFont, the relevant bit
18 will be set.
19
20 @library{wxcore}
21 @category{richtext}
22
23 @see wxTextCtrl, wxRichTextCtrl
24 */
25 class wxTextAttr
26 {
27 public:
28 //@{
29 /**
30 Constructors.
31 */
32 wxTextAttr();
33 wxTextAttr(const wxColour& colText,
34 const wxColour& colBack = wxNullColour,
35 const wxFont& font = wxNullFont,
36 wxTextAttrAlignment alignment = wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_DEFAULT);
37 wxTextAttr(const wxTextAttr& attr);
38 //@}
39
40 /**
41 Applies the attributes in @a style to the original object, but not those
42 attributes from @a style that are the same as those in @a compareWith (if passed).
43 */
44 bool Apply(const wxTextAttr& style,
45 const wxTextAttr* compareWith = NULL);
46
47 /**
48 Creates a font from the font attributes.
49 */
50 wxFont CreateFont() const;
51
52 /**
53 Returns the alignment flags.
54 See SetAlignment() for a list of available styles.
55 */
56 wxTextAttrAlignment GetAlignment() const;
57
58 /**
59 Returns the background colour.
60 */
61 const wxColour GetBackgroundColour() const;
62
63 /**
64 Returns a string containing the name of the font associated with the bullet
65 symbol.
66 Only valid for attributes with wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_SYMBOL.
67 */
68 const wxString GetBulletFont() const;
69
70 /**
71 Returns the standard bullet name, applicable if the bullet style is
72 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD.
73 Currently the following standard bullet names are supported:
74 @c standard/circle
75 @c standard/square
76 @c standard/diamond
77 @c standard/triangle
78 For wxRichTextCtrl users only: if you wish your rich text controls to support
79 further bullet graphics, you can derive a
80 class from wxRichTextRenderer or wxRichTextStdRenderer, override @c
81 DrawStandardBullet and @c EnumerateStandardBulletNames, and
82 set an instance of the class using wxRichTextBuffer::SetRenderer.
83 */
84 const wxString GetBulletName() const;
85
86 /**
87 Returns the bullet number.
88 */
89 int GetBulletNumber() const;
90
91 /**
92 Returns the bullet style.
93 See SetBulletStyle() for a list of available styles.
94 */
95 int GetBulletStyle() const;
96
97 /**
98 Returns the bullet text, which could be a symbol, or (for example) cached
99 outline text.
100 */
101 const wxString GetBulletText() const;
102
103 /**
104 Returns the name of the character style.
105 */
106 const wxString GetCharacterStyleName() const;
107
108 /**
109 Returns flags indicating which attributes are applicable.
110 See SetFlags() for a list of available flags.
111 */
112 long GetFlags() const;
113
114 /**
115 Creates and returns a font specified by the font attributes in the wxTextAttr
116 object. Note that
117 wxTextAttr does not store a wxFont object, so this is only a temporary font.
118 For greater
119 efficiency, access the font attributes directly.
120 */
121 wxFont GetFont() const;
122
123 /**
124 Gets the font attributes from the given font, using only the attributes
125 specified by @a flags.
126 */
127 bool GetFontAttributes(const wxFont& font,
128 int flags = wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT);
129
130 /**
131 Returns the font encoding.
132 */
133 wxFontEncoding GetFontEncoding() const;
134
135 /**
136 Returns the font face name.
137 */
138 const wxString GetFontFaceName() const;
139
140 /**
141 Returns the font size in points.
142 */
143 int GetFontSize() const;
144
145 /**
146 Returns the font style.
147 */
148 int GetFontStyle() const;
149
150 /**
151 Returns @true if the font is underlined.
152 */
153 bool GetFontUnderlined() const;
154
155 /**
156 Returns the font weight.
157 */
158 int GetFontWeight() const;
159
160 /**
161 Returns the left indent in tenths of a millimetre.
162 */
163 long GetLeftIndent() const;
164
165 /**
166 Returns the left sub-indent in tenths of a millimetre.
167 */
168 long GetLeftSubIndent() const;
169
170 /**
171 Returns the line spacing value, one of wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING_NORMAL,
172 wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING_HALF, and wxTEXT_ATTR_LINE_SPACING_TWICE.
173 */
174 int GetLineSpacing() const;
175
176 /**
177 Returns the name of the list style.
178 */
179 const wxString GetListStyleName() const;
180
181 /**
182 Returns the outline level.
183 */
184 bool GetOutlineLevel() const;
185
186 /**
187 Returns the space in tenths of a millimeter after the paragraph.
188 */
189 int GetParagraphSpacingAfter() const;
190
191 /**
192 Returns the space in tenths of a millimeter before the paragraph.
193 */
194 int GetParagraphSpacingBefore() const;
195
196 /**
197 Returns the name of the paragraph style.
198 */
199 const wxString GetParagraphStyleName() const;
200
201 /**
202 Returns the right indent in tenths of a millimeter.
203 */
204 long GetRightIndent() const;
205
206 /**
207 Returns an array of tab stops, each expressed in tenths of a millimeter. Each
208 stop
209 is measured from the left margin and therefore each value must be larger than
210 the last.
211 */
212 const wxArrayInt GetTabs() const;
213
214 /**
215 Returns the text foreground colour.
216 */
217 const wxColour GetTextColour() const;
218
219 /**
220 Returns the text effect bits of interest. See SetFlags() for further
221 information.
222 */
223 int GetTextEffectFlags() const;
224
225 /**
226 Returns the text effects, a bit list of styles. See SetTextEffects() for
227 details.
228 */
229 int GetTextEffects() const;
230
231 /**
232 Returns the URL for the content. Content with wxTEXT_ATTR_URL style
233 causes wxRichTextCtrl to show a hand cursor over it, and wxRichTextCtrl
234 generates
235 a wxTextUrlEvent when the content is clicked.
236 */
237 const wxString GetURL() const;
238
239 /**
240 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies alignment.
241 */
242 bool HasAlignment() const;
243
244 /**
245 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a background colour.
246 */
247 bool HasBackgroundColour() const;
248
249 /**
250 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a standard bullet name.
251 */
252 bool HasBulletName() const;
253
254 /**
255 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a bullet number.
256 */
257 bool HasBulletNumber() const;
258
259 /**
260 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a bullet style.
261 */
262 bool HasBulletStyle() const;
263
264 /**
265 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies bullet text (usually
266 specifying a symbol).
267 */
268 bool HasBulletText() const;
269
270 /**
271 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a character style name.
272 */
273 bool HasCharacterStyleName() const;
274
275 /**
276 Returns @true if the @a flag is present in the attribute object's flag
277 bitlist.
278 */
279 bool HasFlag(long flag) const;
280
281 /**
282 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies any font attributes.
283 */
284 bool HasFont() const;
285
286 /**
287 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies an encoding.
288 */
289 bool HasFontEncoding() const;
290
291 /**
292 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font face name.
293 */
294 bool HasFontFaceName() const;
295
296 /**
297 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies italic style.
298 */
299 bool HasFontItalic() const;
300
301 /**
302 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font point size.
303 */
304 bool HasFontSize() const;
305
306 /**
307 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies either underlining or no
308 underlining.
309 */
310 bool HasFontUnderlined() const;
311
312 /**
313 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies font weight (bold, light or
314 normal).
315 */
316 bool HasFontWeight() const;
317
318 /**
319 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a left indent.
320 */
321 bool HasLeftIndent() const;
322
323 /**
324 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies line spacing.
325 */
326 bool HasLineSpacing() const;
327
328 /**
329 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a list style name.
330 */
331 bool HasListStyleName() const;
332
333 /**
334 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies an outline level.
335 */
336 bool HasOutlineLevel() const;
337
338 /**
339 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a page break before this
340 paragraph.
341 */
342 bool HasPageBreak() const;
343
344 /**
345 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies spacing after a paragraph.
346 */
347 bool HasParagraphSpacingAfter() const;
348
349 /**
350 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies spacing before a paragraph.
351 */
352 bool HasParagraphSpacingBefore() const;
353
354 /**
355 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a paragraph style name.
356 */
357 bool HasParagraphStyleName() const;
358
359 /**
360 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a right indent.
361 */
362 bool HasRightIndent() const;
363
364 /**
365 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies tab stops.
366 */
367 bool HasTabs() const;
368
369 /**
370 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a text foreground colour.
371 */
372 bool HasTextColour() const;
373
374 /**
375 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies text effects.
376 */
377 bool HasTextEffects() const;
378
379 /**
380 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a URL.
381 */
382 bool HasURL() const;
383
384 /**
385 Returns @true if the object represents a character style, that is,
386 the flags specify a font or a text background or foreground colour.
387 */
388 bool IsCharacterStyle() const;
389
390 /**
391 Returns @false if we have any attributes set, @true otherwise.
392 */
393 bool IsDefault() const;
394
395 /**
396 Returns @true if the object represents a paragraph style, that is,
397 the flags specify alignment, indentation, tabs, paragraph spacing, or
398 bullet style.
399 */
400 bool IsParagraphStyle() const;
401
402 //@{
403 /**
404 Creates a new @c wxTextAttr which is a merge of @a base and
405 @a overlay. Properties defined in @a overlay take precedence over those
406 in @a base. Properties undefined/invalid in both are undefined in the
407 result.
408 */
409 void Merge(const wxTextAttr& overlay);
410 static wxTextAttr Merge(const wxTextAttr& base,
411 const wxTextAttr& overlay);
412 //@}
413
414 /**
415 Sets the paragraph alignment. These are the possible values for @a alignment:
416
417 Of these, wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_JUSTIFIED is unimplemented. In future justification
418 may be supported
419 when printing or previewing, only.
420 */
421 void SetAlignment(wxTextAttrAlignment alignment);
422
423 /**
424 Sets the background colour.
425 */
426 void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colBack);
427
428 /**
429 Sets the name of the font associated with the bullet symbol.
430 Only valid for attributes with wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_SYMBOL.
431 */
432 void SetBulletFont(const wxString& font);
433
434 /**
435 Sets the standard bullet name, applicable if the bullet style is
436 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD.
437 See GetBulletName() for a list
438 of supported names, and how to expand the range of supported types.
439 */
440 void SetBulletName(const wxString& name);
441
442 /**
443 Sets the bullet number.
444 */
445 void SetBulletNumber(int n);
446
447 /**
448 Sets the bullet style. The following styles can be passed:
449
450 Currently wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_BITMAP is not supported.
451 */
452 void SetBulletStyle(int style);
453
454 /**
455 Sets the bullet text, which could be a symbol, or (for example) cached outline
456 text.
457 */
458 void SetBulletText(const wxString text);
459
460 /**
461 Sets the character style name.
462 */
463 void SetCharacterStyleName(const wxString& name);
464
465 /**
466 Sets the flags determining which styles are being specified. The following
467 flags can be passed in a bitlist:
468 */
469 void SetFlags(long flags);
470
471 /**
472 Sets the attributes for the given font. Note that wxTextAttr does not store an
473 actual wxFont object.
474 */
475 void SetFont(const wxFont& font);
476
477 /**
478 Sets the font encoding.
479 */
480 void SetFontEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
481
482 /**
483 Sets the paragraph alignment.
484 */
485 void SetFontFaceName(const wxString& faceName);
486
487 /**
488 Sets the font size in points.
489 */
490 void SetFontSize(int pointSize);
491
492 /**
493 Sets the font style (normal, italic or slanted).
494 */
495 void SetFontStyle(int fontStyle);
496
497 /**
498 Sets the font underlining.
499 */
500 void SetFontUnderlined(bool underlined);
501
502 /**
503 Sets the font weight.
504 */
505 void SetFontWeight(int fontWeight);
506
507 /**
508 Sets the left indent and left subindent in tenths of a millimetre.
509 The sub-indent is an offset from the left of the paragraph, and is used for all
510 but the
511 first line in a paragraph. A positive value will cause the first line to appear
512 to the left
513 of the subsequent lines, and a negative value will cause the first line to be
514 indented
515 relative to the subsequent lines.
516 wxRichTextBuffer uses indentation to render a bulleted item. The left indent is
517 the distance between
518 the margin and the bullet. The content of the paragraph, including the first
519 line, starts
520 at leftMargin + leftSubIndent. So the distance between the left edge of the
521 bullet and the
522 left of the actual paragraph is leftSubIndent.
523 */
524 void SetLeftIndent(int indent, int subIndent = 0);
525
526 /**
527 Sets the line spacing. @a spacing is a multiple, where 10 means single-spacing,
528 15 means 1.5 spacing, and 20 means double spacing. The following constants are
529 defined for convenience:
530 */
531 void SetLineSpacing(int spacing);
532
533 /**
534 Sets the list style name.
535 */
536 void SetListStyleName(const wxString& name);
537
538 /**
539 Specifies the outline level. Zero represents normal text. At present, the
540 outline level is
541 not used, but may be used in future for determining list levels and for
542 applications
543 that need to store document structure information.
544 */
545 void SetOutlineLevel(int level);
546
547 /**
548 Specifies a page break before this paragraph.
549 */
550 void SetPageBreak(bool pageBreak = true);
551
552 /**
553 Sets the spacing after a paragraph, in tenths of a millimetre.
554 */
555 void SetParagraphSpacingAfter(int spacing);
556
557 /**
558 Sets the spacing before a paragraph, in tenths of a millimetre.
559 */
560 void SetParagraphSpacingBefore(int spacing);
561
562 /**
563 Sets the name of the paragraph style.
564 */
565 void SetParagraphStyleName(const wxString& name);
566
567 /**
568 Sets the right indent in tenths of a millimetre.
569 */
570 void SetRightIndent(int indent);
571
572 /**
573 Sets the tab stops, expressed in tenths of a millimetre.
574 Each stop is measured from the left margin and therefore each value must be
575 larger than the last.
576 */
577 void SetTabs(const wxArrayInt& tabs);
578
579 /**
580 Sets the text foreground colout.
581 */
582 void SetTextColour(const wxColour& colText);
583
584 /**
585 Sets the text effect bits of interest. You should also pass wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS
586 to SetFlags().
587 See SetFlags() for further information.
588 */
589 void SetTextEffectFlags(int flags);
590
591 /**
592 Sets the text effects, a bit list of styles.
593 The following styles can be passed:
594
595 Of these, only wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH
596 are implemented.
597 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS capitalises text when displayed (leaving the case
598 of the actual buffer
599 text unchanged), and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH draws a line through text.
600 To set effects, you should also pass wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS to SetFlags(), and call
601 SetTextEffectFlags() with the styles (taken from the
602 above set) that you are interested in setting.
603 */
604 void SetTextEffects(int effects);
605
606 /**
607 Sets the URL for the content. Sets the wxTEXT_ATTR_URL style; content with this
608 style
609 causes wxRichTextCtrl to show a hand cursor over it, and wxRichTextCtrl
610 generates
611 a wxTextUrlEvent when the content is clicked.
612 */
613 void SetURL(const wxString& url);
614
615 /**
616 Assignment from a wxTextAttr object.
617 */
618 void operator operator=(const wxTextAttr& attr);
619 };
620
621 /**
622 Describes the possible return values of wxTextCtrl::HitTest().
623
624 The element names correspond to the relationship between the point asked
625 for and the character returned, e.g. @c wxTE_HT_BEFORE means that the point
626 is before (leftward or upward) it and so on.
627 */
628 enum wxTextCtrlHitTestResult
629 {
630 /// Indicates that wxTextCtrl::HitTest() is not implemented on this
631 /// platform.
632 wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN = -2,
633
634 /// The point is before the character returned.
635 wxTE_HT_BEFORE,
636
637 /// The point is directly on the character returned.
638 wxTE_HT_ON_TEXT,
639
640 /// The point is below the last line of the control.
641 wxTE_HT_BELOW,
642
643 /// The point is beyond the end of line containing the character returned.
644 wxTE_HT_BEYOND
645 };
646
647
648 /**
649 @class wxTextCtrl
650
651 A text control allows text to be displayed and edited.
652
653 It may be single line or multi-line.
654
655 @beginStyleTable
656 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER}
657 The control will generate the event wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER
658 (otherwise pressing Enter key is either processed internally by the
659 control or used for navigation between dialog controls).
660 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_TAB}
661 The control will receive wxEVT_CHAR events for TAB pressed -
662 normally, TAB is used for passing to the next control in a dialog
663 instead. For the control created with this style, you can still use
664 Ctrl-Enter to pass to the next control from the keyboard.
665 @style{wxTE_MULTILINE}
666 The text control allows multiple lines.
667 @style{wxTE_PASSWORD}
668 The text will be echoed as asterisks.
669 @style{wxTE_READONLY}
670 The text will not be user-editable.
671 @style{wxTE_RICH}
672 Use rich text control under Win32, this allows to have more than
673 64KB of text in the control even under Win9x. This style is ignored
674 under other platforms.
675 @style{wxTE_RICH2}
676 Use rich text control version 2.0 or 3.0 under Win32, this style is
677 ignored under other platforms
678 @style{wxTE_AUTO_URL}
679 Highlight the URLs and generate the wxTextUrlEvents when mouse
680 events occur over them. This style is only supported for wxTE_RICH
681 Win32 and multi-line wxGTK2 text controls.
682 @style{wxTE_NOHIDESEL}
683 By default, the Windows text control doesn't show the selection
684 when it doesn't have focus - use this style to force it to always
685 show it. It doesn't do anything under other platforms.
686 @style{wxHSCROLL}
687 A horizontal scrollbar will be created and used, so that text won't
688 be wrapped. No effect under wxGTK1.
689 @style{wxTE_NO_VSCROLL}
690 For multiline controls only: vertical scrollbar will never be
691 created. This limits the amount of text which can be entered into
692 the control to what can be displayed in it under MSW but not under
693 GTK2. Currently not implemented for the other platforms.
694 @style{wxTE_LEFT}
695 The text in the control will be left-justified (default).
696 @style{wxTE_CENTRE}
697 The text in the control will be centered (currently wxMSW and
698 wxGTK2 only).
699 @style{wxTE_RIGHT}
700 The text in the control will be right-justified (currently wxMSW
701 and wxGTK2 only).
702 @style{wxTE_DONTWRAP}
703 Same as wxHSCROLL style: don't wrap at all, show horizontal
704 scrollbar instead.
705 @style{wxTE_CHARWRAP}
706 Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at any position
707 (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).
708 @style{wxTE_WORDWRAP}
709 Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at word boundaries
710 (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).
711 @style{wxTE_BESTWRAP}
712 Wrap the lines at word boundaries or at any other character if
713 there are words longer than the window width (this is the default).
714 @style{wxTE_CAPITALIZE}
715 On PocketPC and Smartphone, causes the first letter to be
716 capitalized.
717 @endStyleTable
718
719
720 @section textctrl_text_format wxTextCtrl Text Format
721
722 The multiline text controls always store the text as a sequence of lines
723 separated by @c '\\n' characters, i.e. in the Unix text format even on
724 non-Unix platforms. This allows the user code to ignore the differences
725 between the platforms but at a price: the indices in the control such as
726 those returned by GetInsertionPoint() or GetSelection() can @b not be used
727 as indices into the string returned by GetValue() as they're going to be
728 slightly off for platforms using @c "\\r\\n" as separator (as Windows
729 does).
730
731 Instead, if you need to obtain a substring between the 2 indices obtained
732 from the control with the help of the functions mentioned above, you should
733 use GetRange(). And the indices themselves can only be passed to other
734 methods, for example SetInsertionPoint() or SetSelection().
735
736 To summarize: never use the indices returned by (multiline) wxTextCtrl as
737 indices into the string it contains, but only as arguments to be passed
738 back to the other wxTextCtrl methods. This problem doesn't arise for
739 single-line platforms however where the indices in the control do
740 correspond to the positions in the value string.
741
742
743 @section textctrl_styles wxTextCtrl Styles.
744
745 Multi-line text controls support styling, i.e. provide a possibility to set
746 colours and font for individual characters in it (note that under Windows
747 @c wxTE_RICH style is required for style support). To use the styles you
748 can either call SetDefaultStyle() before inserting the text or call
749 SetStyle() later to change the style of the text already in the control
750 (the first solution is much more efficient).
751
752 In either case, if the style doesn't specify some of the attributes (for
753 example you only want to set the text colour but without changing the font
754 nor the text background), the values of the default style will be used for
755 them. If there is no default style, the attributes of the text control
756 itself are used.
757
758 So the following code correctly describes what it does: the second call to
759 SetDefaultStyle() doesn't change the text foreground colour (which stays
760 red) while the last one doesn't change the background colour (which stays
761 grey):
762
763 @code
764 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxRED));
765 text->AppendText("Red text\n");
766 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(wxNullColour, *wxLIGHT_GREY));
767 text->AppendText("Red on grey text\n");
768 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxBLUE);
769 text->AppendText("Blue on grey text\n");
770 @endcode
771
772
773 @section textctrl_cpp_streams wxTextCtrl and C++ Streams
774
775 This class multiply-inherits from @c std::streambuf (except for some really
776 old compilers using non-standard iostream library), allowing code such as
777 the following:
778
779 @code
780 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
781
782 ostream stream(control)
783
784 stream << 123.456 << " some text\n";
785 stream.flush();
786 @endcode
787
788 Note that even if your compiler doesn't support this (the symbol
789 @c wxHAS_TEXT_WINDOW_STREAM has value of 0 then) you can still use
790 wxTextCtrl itself in a stream-like manner:
791
792 @code
793 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
794
795 *control << 123.456 << " some text\n";
796 @endcode
797
798 However the possibility to create an ostream associated with wxTextCtrl may
799 be useful if you need to redirect the output of a function taking an
800 ostream as parameter to a text control.
801
802 Another commonly requested need is to redirect @c std::cout to the text
803 control. This may be done in the following way:
804
805 @code
806 #include <iostream>
807
808 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
809
810 std::streambuf *sbOld = std::cout.rdbuf();
811 std::cout.rdbuf(control);
812
813 // use cout as usual, the output appears in the text control
814 ...
815
816 std::cout.rdbuf(sbOld);
817 @endcode
818
819 But wxWidgets provides a convenient class to make it even simpler so
820 instead you may just do
821
822 @code
823 #include <iostream>
824
825 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
826
827 wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(control);
828
829 // all output to cout goes into the text control until the exit from
830 // current scope
831 @endcode
832
833 See wxStreamToTextRedirector for more details.
834
835
836 @section textctrl_event_handling Event Handling.
837
838 The following commands are processed by default event handlers in
839 wxTextCtrl: @c wxID_CUT, @c wxID_COPY, @c wxID_PASTE, @c wxID_UNDO, @c
840 wxID_REDO. The associated UI update events are also processed
841 automatically, when the control has the focus.
842
843 To process input from a text control, use these event handler macros to
844 direct input to member functions that take a wxCommandEvent argument.
845
846 @beginEventTable{wxCommandEvent}
847 @event{EVT_TEXT(id, func)}
848 Respond to a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event, generated when the text
849 changes. Notice that this event will be sent when the text controls
850 contents changes -- whether this is due to user input or comes from the
851 program itself (for example, if SetValue() is called); see
852 ChangeValue() for a function which does not send this event. This
853 event is however not sent during the control creation.
854 @event{EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func)}
855 Respond to a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER event, generated when enter is
856 pressed in a text control which must have wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER style for
857 this event to be generated.
858 @event{EVT_TEXT_URL(id, func)}
859 A mouse event occurred over an URL in the text control (wxMSW and
860 wxGTK2 only currently).
861 @event{EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func)}
862 This event is generated when the user tries to enter more text into the
863 control than the limit set by SetMaxLength(), see its description.
864 @endEventTable
865
866 @library{wxcore}
867 @category{ctrl}
868 <!-- @appearance{textctrl.png} -->
869
870 @see wxTextCtrl::Create, wxValidator
871 */
872 class wxTextCtrl : public wxControl
873 {
874 public:
875 //@{
876 /**
877 Constructor, creating and showing a text control.
878 @see Create()
879 */
880 wxTextCtrl();
881
882 /**
883 Constructor, creating and showing a text control.
884
885 @param parent
886 Parent window. Should not be @NULL.
887 @param id
888 Control identifier. A value of -1 denotes a default value.
889 @param value
890 Default text value.
891 @param pos
892 Text control position.
893 @param size
894 Text control size.
895 @param style
896 Window style. See wxTextCtrl.
897 @param validator
898 Window validator.
899 @param name
900 Window name.
901
902 @remarks The horizontal scrollbar (wxHSCROLL style flag) will only be
903 created for multi-line text controls. Without a horizontal
904 scrollbar, text lines that don't fit in the control's size will be
905 wrapped (but no newline character is inserted). Single line
906 controls don't have a horizontal scrollbar, the text is
907 automatically scrolled so that the insertion point is always
908 visible.
909
910 @see Create(), wxValidator
911 */
912 wxTextCtrl(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
913 const wxString& value = "",
914 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
915 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
916 long style = 0,
917 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
918 const wxString& name = wxTextCtrlNameStr);
919 //@}
920
921 /**
922 Destructor, destroying the text control.
923 */
924 ~wxTextCtrl();
925
926 /**
927 Appends the text to the end of the text control.
928
929 @param text
930 Text to write to the text control.
931
932 @remarks After the text is appended, the insertion point will be at the
933 end of the text control. If this behaviour is not desired, the
934 programmer should use GetInsertionPoint and SetInsertionPoint.
935
936 @see WriteText()
937 */
938 void AppendText(const wxString& text);
939
940 /**
941 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a
942 single-line text control using the given @a choices.
943
944 Notice that currently this function is only implemented in wxGTK2 and
945 wxMSW ports and does nothing under the other platforms.
946
947 @since 2.9.0
948
949 @return
950 @true if the auto-completion was enabled or @false if the operation
951 failed, typically because auto-completion is not supported by the
952 current platform.
953
954 @see AutoCompleteFileNames()
955 */
956 bool AutoComplete(const wxArrayString& choices);
957
958 /**
959 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a
960 single-line text control using all valid file system paths.
961
962 Notice that currently this function is only implemented in wxGTK2 port
963 and does nothing under the other platforms.
964
965 @since 2.9.0
966
967 @return
968 @true if the auto-completion was enabled or @false if the operation
969 failed, typically because auto-completion is not supported by the
970 current platform.
971
972 @see AutoComplete()
973 */
974 bool AutoCompleteFileNames();
975
976 /**
977 Returns @true if the selection can be copied to the clipboard.
978 */
979 virtual bool CanCopy();
980
981 /**
982 Returns @true if the selection can be cut to the clipboard.
983 */
984 virtual bool CanCut();
985
986 /**
987 Returns @true if the contents of the clipboard can be pasted into the
988 text control.
989
990 On some platforms (Motif, GTK) this is an approximation and returns
991 @true if the control is editable, @false otherwise.
992 */
993 virtual bool CanPaste();
994
995 /**
996 Returns @true if there is a redo facility available and the last
997 operation can be redone.
998 */
999 virtual bool CanRedo();
1000
1001 /**
1002 Returns @true if there is an undo facility available and the last
1003 operation can be undone.
1004 */
1005 virtual bool CanUndo();
1006
1007 /**
1008 Sets the text value and marks the control as not-modified (which means
1009 that IsModified() would return @false immediately after the call to
1010 SetValue).
1011
1012 This functions does not generate the @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED
1013 event but otherwise is identical to SetValue().
1014 See @ref overview_progevent "this topic" for more information.
1015
1016 @since 2.7.1
1017
1018 @param value
1019 The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text
1020 control is multi-line.
1021 */
1022 virtual void ChangeValue(const wxString& value);
1023
1024 /**
1025 Clears the text in the control.
1026
1027 Note that this function will generate a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED
1028 event, i.e. its effect is identical to calling @c SetValue("").
1029 */
1030 virtual void Clear();
1031
1032 /**
1033 Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
1034 */
1035 virtual void Copy();
1036
1037 /**
1038 Creates the text control for two-step construction.
1039
1040 This method should be called if the default constructor was used for
1041 the control creation. Its parameters have the same meaning as for the
1042 non-default constructor.
1043 */
1044 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
1045 const wxString& value = "",
1046 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
1047 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
1048 long style = 0,
1049 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
1050 const wxString& name = wxTextCtrlNameStr);
1051
1052 /**
1053 Copies the selected text to the clipboard and removes the selection.
1054 */
1055 virtual void Cut();
1056
1057 /**
1058 Resets the internal modified flag as if the current changes had been
1059 saved.
1060 */
1061 void DiscardEdits();
1062
1063 /**
1064 This functions inserts into the control the character which would have
1065 been inserted if the given key event had occurred in the text control.
1066
1067 The @a event object should be the same as the one passed to @c
1068 EVT_KEY_DOWN handler previously by wxWidgets. Please note that this
1069 function doesn't currently work correctly for all keys under any
1070 platform but MSW.
1071
1072 @return
1073 @true if the event resulted in a change to the control, @false
1074 otherwise.
1075 */
1076 bool EmulateKeyPress(const wxKeyEvent& event);
1077
1078 /**
1079 Returns the style currently used for the new text.
1080
1081 @see SetDefaultStyle()
1082 */
1083 const wxTextAttr GetDefaultStyle() const;
1084
1085 /**
1086 Returns the insertion point, or cursor, position.
1087
1088 This is defined as the zero based index of the character position to
1089 the right of the insertion point. For example, if the insertion point
1090 is at the end of the single-line text control, it is equal to both
1091 GetLastPosition() and GetValue().length() (but notice that the latter
1092 equality is not necessarily true for multiline edit controls which may
1093 use multiple new line characters).
1094 */
1095 virtual long GetInsertionPoint() const;
1096
1097 /**
1098 Returns the zero based index of the last position in the text control,
1099 which is equal to the number of characters in the control.
1100 */
1101 virtual wxTextPos GetLastPosition() const;
1102
1103 /**
1104 Gets the length of the specified line, not including any trailing
1105 newline character(s).
1106
1107 @param lineNo
1108 Line number (starting from zero).
1109
1110 @return
1111 The length of the line, or -1 if @a lineNo was invalid.
1112 */
1113 int GetLineLength(long lineNo) const;
1114
1115 /**
1116 Returns the contents of a given line in the text control, not including
1117 any trailing newline character(s).
1118
1119 @param lineNo
1120 The line number, starting from zero.
1121
1122 @return
1123 The contents of the line.
1124 */
1125 wxString GetLineText(long lineNo) const;
1126
1127 /**
1128 Returns the number of lines in the text control buffer.
1129
1130 @remarks Note that even empty text controls have one line (where the
1131 insertion point is), so GetNumberOfLines() never
1132 returns 0.
1133 */
1134 int GetNumberOfLines() const;
1135
1136 /**
1137 Returns the string containing the text starting in the positions
1138 @a from and up to @a to in the control.
1139
1140 The positions must have been returned by another wxTextCtrl method.
1141 Please note that the positions in a multiline wxTextCtrl do @b not
1142 correspond to the indices in the string returned by GetValue() because
1143 of the different new line representations (@c CR or @c CR LF) and so
1144 this method should be used to obtain the correct results instead of
1145 extracting parts of the entire value. It may also be more efficient,
1146 especially if the control contains a lot of data.
1147 */
1148 virtual wxString GetRange(long from, long to) const;
1149
1150 /**
1151 Gets the current selection span.
1152
1153 If the returned values are equal, there was no selection. Please note
1154 that the indices returned may be used with the other wxTextCtrl methods
1155 but don't necessarily represent the correct indices into the string
1156 returned by GetValue() for multiline controls under Windows (at least,)
1157 you should use GetStringSelection() to get the selected text.
1158
1159 @param from
1160 The returned first position.
1161 @param to
1162 The returned last position.
1163 */
1164 virtual void GetSelection(long* from, long* to) const;
1165
1166 /**
1167 Gets the text currently selected in the control.
1168
1169 If there is no selection, the returned string is empty.
1170 */
1171 virtual wxString GetStringSelection();
1172
1173 /**
1174 Returns the style at this position in the text control.
1175
1176 Not all platforms support this function.
1177
1178 @return
1179 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1180 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1181
1182 @see SetStyle(), wxTextAttr
1183 */
1184 bool GetStyle(long position, wxTextAttr& style);
1185
1186 /**
1187 Gets the contents of the control.
1188 Notice that for a multiline text control, the lines will be separated
1189 by (Unix-style) @c \\n characters, even under Windows where they are
1190 separated by a @c \\r\\n sequence in the native control.
1191 */
1192 wxString GetValue() const;
1193
1194 /**
1195 This function finds the character at the specified position expressed
1196 in pixels.
1197
1198 If the return code is not @c wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN the row and column of the
1199 character closest to this position are returned in the @a col and @a
1200 row parameters (unless the pointers are @NULL which is allowed). Please
1201 note that this function is currently only implemented in wxUniv, wxMSW
1202 and wxGTK2 ports.
1203
1204 @see PositionToXY(), XYToPosition()
1205 */
1206 wxTextCtrlHitTestResult HitTest(const wxPoint& pt,
1207 wxTextCoord col,
1208 wxTextCoord row) const;
1209
1210 /**
1211 Returns @true if the controls contents may be edited by user (note that
1212 it always can be changed by the program).
1213
1214 In other words, this functions returns @true if the control hasn't been
1215 put in read-only mode by a previous call to SetEditable().
1216 */
1217 bool IsEditable() const;
1218
1219 /**
1220 Returns @true if the control is currently empty.
1221
1222 This is the same as @c GetValue().empty() but can be much more
1223 efficient for the multiline controls containing big amounts of text.
1224
1225 @since 2.7.1
1226 */
1227 bool IsEmpty() const;
1228
1229 /**
1230 Returns @true if the text has been modified by user.
1231
1232 Note that calling SetValue() doesn't make the control modified.
1233
1234 @see MarkDirty()
1235 */
1236 bool IsModified() const;
1237
1238 /**
1239 Returns @true if this is a multi line edit control and @false
1240 otherwise.
1241
1242 @see IsSingleLine()
1243 */
1244 bool IsMultiLine() const;
1245
1246 /**
1247 Returns @true if this is a single line edit control and @false
1248 otherwise.
1249
1250 @see @ref IsSingleLine() IsMultiLine
1251 */
1252 bool IsSingleLine() const;
1253
1254 /**
1255 Loads and displays the named file, if it exists.
1256
1257 @param filename
1258 The filename of the file to load.
1259 @param fileType
1260 The type of file to load. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
1261
1262 @return
1263 @true if successful, @false otherwise.
1264 */
1265 bool LoadFile(const wxString& filename,
1266 int fileType = wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY);
1267
1268 /**
1269 Mark text as modified (dirty).
1270
1271 @see IsModified()
1272 */
1273 void MarkDirty();
1274
1275 /**
1276 This event handler function implements default drag and drop behaviour,
1277 which is to load the first dropped file into the control.
1278
1279 @param event
1280 The drop files event.
1281
1282 @remarks This is not implemented on non-Windows platforms.
1283
1284 @see wxDropFilesEvent
1285 */
1286 void OnDropFiles(wxDropFilesEvent& event);
1287
1288 /**
1289 Pastes text from the clipboard to the text item.
1290 */
1291 virtual void Paste();
1292
1293 /**
1294 Converts given position to a zero-based column, line number pair.
1295
1296 @param pos
1297 Position.
1298 @param x
1299 Receives zero based column number.
1300 @param y
1301 Receives zero based line number.
1302
1303 @return
1304 @true on success, @false on failure (most likely due to a too large
1305 position parameter).
1306
1307 @see XYToPosition()
1308 */
1309 bool PositionToXY(long pos, long* x, long* y) const;
1310
1311 /**
1312 If there is a redo facility and the last operation can be redone,
1313 redoes the last operation.
1314
1315 Does nothing if there is no redo facility.
1316 */
1317 virtual void Redo();
1318
1319 /**
1320 Removes the text starting at the first given position up to (but not
1321 including) the character at the last position.
1322
1323 @param from
1324 The first position.
1325 @param to
1326 The last position.
1327 */
1328 virtual void Remove(long from, long to);
1329
1330 /**
1331 Replaces the text starting at the first position up to (but not
1332 including) the character at the last position with the given text.
1333
1334 @param from
1335 The first position.
1336 @param to
1337 The last position.
1338 @param value
1339 The value to replace the existing text with.
1340 */
1341 virtual void Replace(long from, long to, const wxString& value);
1342
1343 /**
1344 Saves the contents of the control in a text file.
1345
1346 @param filename
1347 The name of the file in which to save the text.
1348 @param fileType
1349 The type of file to save. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
1350
1351 @return
1352 @true if the operation was successful, @false otherwise.
1353 */
1354 bool SaveFile(const wxString& filename,
1355 int fileType = wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY);
1356
1357 /**
1358 Changes the default style to use for the new text which is going to be
1359 added to the control using WriteText() or AppendText().
1360
1361 If either of the font, foreground, or background colour is not set in
1362 @a style, the values of the previous default style are used for them.
1363 If the previous default style didn't set them neither, the global font
1364 or colours of the text control itself are used as fall back. However if
1365 the @a style parameter is the default wxTextAttr, then the default
1366 style is just reset (instead of being combined with the new style which
1367 wouldn't change it at all).
1368
1369 @param style
1370 The style for the new text.
1371
1372 @return
1373 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1374 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1375
1376 @see GetDefaultStyle()
1377 */
1378 bool SetDefaultStyle(const wxTextAttr& style);
1379
1380 /**
1381 Makes the text item editable or read-only, overriding the
1382 @b wxTE_READONLY flag.
1383
1384 @param editable
1385 If @true, the control is editable. If @false, the control is
1386 read-only.
1387
1388 @see IsEditable()
1389 */
1390 virtual void SetEditable(const bool editable);
1391
1392 /**
1393 Sets the insertion point at the given position.
1394
1395 @param pos
1396 Position to set.
1397 */
1398 virtual void SetInsertionPoint(long pos);
1399
1400 /**
1401 Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control.
1402
1403 This is equivalent to calling wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPoint() with
1404 wxTextCtrl::GetLastPosition() argument.
1405 */
1406 virtual void SetInsertionPointEnd();
1407
1408 /**
1409 This function sets the maximum number of characters the user can enter
1410 into the control.
1411
1412 In other words, it allows to limit the text value length to @a len not
1413 counting the terminating @c NUL character. If @a len is 0, the
1414 previously set max length limit, if any, is discarded and the user may
1415 enter as much text as the underlying native text control widget
1416 supports (typically at least 32Kb). If the user tries to enter more
1417 characters into the text control when it already is filled up to the
1418 maximal length, a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN event is sent to notify
1419 the program about it (giving it the possibility to show an explanatory
1420 message, for example) and the extra input is discarded. Note that in
1421 wxGTK this function may only be used with single line text controls.
1422 */
1423 virtual void SetMaxLength(unsigned long len);
1424
1425 /**
1426 Marks the control as being modified by the user or not.
1427
1428 @see MarkDirty(), DiscardEdits()
1429 */
1430 void SetModified(bool modified);
1431
1432 /**
1433 Selects the text starting at the first position up to (but not
1434 including) the character at the last position.
1435
1436 If both parameters are equal to -1 all text in the control is selected.
1437
1438 @param from
1439 The first position.
1440 @param to
1441 The last position.
1442
1443 @see SelectAll()
1444 */
1445 virtual void SetSelection(long from, long to);
1446
1447 /**
1448 Selects all text in the control.
1449
1450 @see SetSelection()
1451 */
1452 virtual void SelectAll();
1453
1454 /**
1455 Changes the style of the given range.
1456
1457 If any attribute within @a style is not set, the corresponding
1458 attribute from GetDefaultStyle() is used.
1459
1460 @param start
1461 The start of the range to change.
1462 @param end
1463 The end of the range to change.
1464 @param style
1465 The new style for the range.
1466
1467 @return
1468 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1469 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1470
1471 @see GetStyle(), wxTextAttr
1472 */
1473 bool SetStyle(long start, long end, const wxTextAttr& style);
1474
1475 /**
1476 Sets the text value and marks the control as not-modified (which means
1477 that IsModified() would return @false immediately after the call to
1478 SetValue).
1479
1480 Note that this function generates a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED
1481 event, to avoid this you can use ChangeValue() instead.
1482
1483 @param value
1484 The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text
1485 control is multi-line.
1486 */
1487 virtual void SetValue(const wxString& value);
1488
1489 /**
1490 Makes the line containing the given position visible.
1491
1492 @param pos
1493 The position that should be visible.
1494 */
1495 void ShowPosition(long pos);
1496
1497 /**
1498 If there is an undo facility and the last operation can be undone,
1499 undoes the last operation.
1500
1501 Does nothing if there is no undo facility.
1502 */
1503 virtual void Undo();
1504
1505 /**
1506 Writes the text into the text control at the current insertion position.
1507
1508 @param text
1509 Text to write to the text control.
1510
1511 @remarks Newlines in the text string are the only control characters
1512 allowed, and they will cause appropriate line breaks. See () and
1513 AppendText() for more convenient ways of writing to the window.
1514 */
1515 void WriteText(const wxString& text);
1516
1517 /**
1518 Converts the given zero based column and line number to a position.
1519
1520 @param x
1521 The column number.
1522 @param y
1523 The line number.
1524
1525 @return
1526 The position value, or -1 if x or y was invalid.
1527 */
1528 long XYToPosition(long x, long y);
1529
1530 //@{
1531 /**
1532 Operator definitions for appending to a text control.
1533
1534 These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for
1535 example:
1536 @code
1537 wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
1538
1539 (*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";
1540 @endcode
1541 */
1542
1543 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(const wxString& s);
1544 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(int i);
1545 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(long i);
1546 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(float f);
1547 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(double d);
1548 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(char c);
1549 wxTextCtrl& operator<<(wchar_t c);
1550 //@}
1551 };
1552
1553
1554
1555 /**
1556 @class wxStreamToTextRedirector
1557
1558 This class can be used to (temporarily) redirect all output sent to a C++
1559 ostream object to a wxTextCtrl instead.
1560
1561 @note Some compilers and/or build configurations don't support multiply
1562 inheriting wxTextCtrl from @c std::streambuf in which
1563 case this class is not compiled in. You also must have @c wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
1564 option on (i.e. set to 1) in your setup.h to be able to use it. Under Unix,
1565 specify @c --enable-std_iostreams switch when running configure for this.
1566
1567 Example of usage:
1568
1569 @code
1570 using namespace std;
1571 wxTextCtrl* text = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1572 {
1573 wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(text);
1574
1575 // this goes to the text control
1576 cout << "Hello, text!" << endl;
1577 }
1578 // this goes somewhere else, presumably to stdout
1579 cout << "Hello, console!" << endl;
1580 @endcode
1581
1582 @library{wxcore}
1583 @category{logging}
1584
1585 @see wxTextCtrl
1586 */
1587 class wxStreamToTextRedirector
1588 {
1589 public:
1590 /**
1591 The constructor starts redirecting output sent to @a ostr or @a cout for
1592 the default parameter value to the text control @a text.
1593
1594 @param text
1595 The text control to append output too, must be non-@NULL
1596 @param ostr
1597 The C++ stream to redirect, cout is used if it is @NULL
1598 */
1599 wxStreamToTextRedirector(wxTextCtrl text, ostream* ostr = NULL);
1600
1601 /**
1602 When a wxStreamToTextRedirector object is destroyed, the redirection is ended
1603 and any output sent to the C++ ostream which had been specified at the time of
1604 the object construction will go to its original destination.
1605 */
1606 ~wxStreamToTextRedirector();
1607 };
1608