1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxTextAttr
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
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 Creates a font from the font attributes.
226 wxFont
CreateFont() const;
229 Copies all defined/valid properties from overlay to current object.
231 void Merge(const wxTextAttr
& overlay
);
234 Creates a new @c wxTextAttr which is a merge of @a base and @a overlay.
236 Properties defined in @a overlay take precedence over those in @a base.
237 Properties undefined/invalid in both are undefined in the result.
239 static wxTextAttr
Merge(const wxTextAttr
& base
,
240 const wxTextAttr
& overlay
);
244 @name GetXXX functions
250 Returns the alignment flags.
251 See ::wxTextAttrAlignment for a list of available styles.
253 wxTextAttrAlignment
GetAlignment() const;
256 Returns the background colour.
258 const wxColour
& GetBackgroundColour() const;
261 Returns a string containing the name of the font associated with the bullet symbol.
262 Only valid for attributes with wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_SYMBOL.
264 const wxString
& GetBulletFont() const;
267 Returns the standard bullet name, applicable if the bullet style is
268 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD.
270 Currently the following standard bullet names are supported:
273 - @c standard/diamond
274 - @c standard/triangle
277 For wxRichTextCtrl users only: if you wish your rich text controls to support
278 further bullet graphics, you can derive a class from wxRichTextRenderer or
279 wxRichTextStdRenderer, override @c DrawStandardBullet and @c EnumerateStandardBulletNames,
280 and set an instance of the class using wxRichTextBuffer::SetRenderer.
282 const wxString
& GetBulletName() const;
285 Returns the bullet number.
287 int GetBulletNumber() const;
290 Returns the bullet style.
291 See ::wxTextAttrBulletStyle for a list of available styles.
293 int GetBulletStyle() const;
296 Returns the bullet text, which could be a symbol, or (for example) cached
299 const wxString
& GetBulletText() const;
302 Returns the name of the character style.
304 const wxString
& GetCharacterStyleName() const;
307 Returns flags indicating which attributes are applicable.
308 See SetFlags() for a list of available flags.
310 long GetFlags() const;
313 Creates and returns a font specified by the font attributes in the wxTextAttr
314 object. Note that wxTextAttr does not store a wxFont object, so this is only
317 For greater efficiency, access the font attributes directly.
319 wxFont
GetFont() const;
322 Gets the font attributes from the given font, using only the attributes
323 specified by @a flags.
325 bool GetFontAttributes(const wxFont
& font
,
326 int flags
= wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT
);
329 Returns the font encoding.
331 wxFontEncoding
GetFontEncoding() const;
334 Returns the font face name.
336 const wxString
& GetFontFaceName() const;
339 Returns the font family.
341 wxFontFamily
GetFontFamily() const;
344 Returns the font size in points.
346 int GetFontSize() const;
349 Returns the font style.
351 wxFontStyle
GetFontStyle() const;
354 Returns @true if the font is underlined.
356 bool GetFontUnderlined() const;
359 Returns the font weight.
361 wxFontWeight
GetFontWeight() const;
364 Returns the left indent in tenths of a millimetre.
366 long GetLeftIndent() const;
369 Returns the left sub-indent in tenths of a millimetre.
371 long GetLeftSubIndent() const;
374 Returns the line spacing value, one of ::wxTextAttrLineSpacing values.
376 int GetLineSpacing() const;
379 Returns the name of the list style.
381 const wxString
& GetListStyleName() const;
384 Returns the outline level.
386 int GetOutlineLevel() const;
389 Returns the space in tenths of a millimeter after the paragraph.
391 int GetParagraphSpacingAfter() const;
394 Returns the space in tenths of a millimeter before the paragraph.
396 int GetParagraphSpacingBefore() const;
399 Returns the name of the paragraph style.
401 const wxString
& GetParagraphStyleName() const;
404 Returns the right indent in tenths of a millimeter.
406 long GetRightIndent() const;
409 Returns an array of tab stops, each expressed in tenths of a millimeter.
411 Each stop is measured from the left margin and therefore each value must
412 be larger than the last.
414 const wxArrayInt
& GetTabs() const;
417 Returns the text foreground colour.
419 const wxColour
& GetTextColour() const;
422 Returns the text effect bits of interest.
423 See SetFlags() for further information.
425 int GetTextEffectFlags() const;
428 Returns the text effects, a bit list of styles.
429 See SetTextEffects() for details.
431 int GetTextEffects() const;
434 Returns the URL for the content.
436 Content with @a wxTEXT_ATTR_URL style causes wxRichTextCtrl to show a
437 hand cursor over it, and wxRichTextCtrl generates a wxTextUrlEvent
438 when the content is clicked.
440 const wxString
& GetURL() const;
447 @name HasXXX and IsXXX functions
453 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies alignment.
455 bool HasAlignment() const;
458 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a background colour.
460 bool HasBackgroundColour() const;
463 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a standard bullet name.
465 bool HasBulletName() const;
468 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a bullet number.
470 bool HasBulletNumber() const;
473 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a bullet style.
475 bool HasBulletStyle() const;
478 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies bullet text (usually
479 specifying a symbol).
481 bool HasBulletText() const;
484 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a character style name.
486 bool HasCharacterStyleName() const;
489 Returns @true if the @a flag is present in the attribute object's flag
492 bool HasFlag(long flag
) const;
495 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies any font attributes.
497 bool HasFont() const;
500 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies an encoding.
502 bool HasFontEncoding() const;
505 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font face name.
507 bool HasFontFaceName() const;
510 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font family.
512 bool HasFontFamily() const;
515 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies italic style.
517 bool HasFontItalic() const;
520 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a font point size.
522 bool HasFontSize() const;
525 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies either underlining or no
528 bool HasFontUnderlined() const;
531 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies font weight (bold, light or
534 bool HasFontWeight() const;
537 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a left indent.
539 bool HasLeftIndent() const;
542 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies line spacing.
544 bool HasLineSpacing() const;
547 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a list style name.
549 bool HasListStyleName() const;
552 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies an outline level.
554 bool HasOutlineLevel() const;
557 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a page break before this
560 bool HasPageBreak() const;
563 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies spacing after a paragraph.
565 bool HasParagraphSpacingAfter() const;
568 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies spacing before a paragraph.
570 bool HasParagraphSpacingBefore() const;
573 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a paragraph style name.
575 bool HasParagraphStyleName() const;
578 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a right indent.
580 bool HasRightIndent() const;
583 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies tab stops.
585 bool HasTabs() const;
588 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a text foreground colour.
590 bool HasTextColour() const;
593 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies text effects.
595 bool HasTextEffects() const;
598 Returns @true if the attribute object specifies a URL.
603 Returns @true if the object represents a character style, that is,
604 the flags specify a font or a text background or foreground colour.
606 bool IsCharacterStyle() const;
609 Returns @false if we have any attributes set, @true otherwise.
611 bool IsDefault() const;
614 Returns @true if the object represents a paragraph style, that is,
615 the flags specify alignment, indentation, tabs, paragraph spacing, or
618 bool IsParagraphStyle() const;
624 @name SetXXX functions
630 Sets the paragraph alignment. See ::wxTextAttrAlignment enumeration values.
632 Of these, wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_JUSTIFIED is unimplemented.
633 In future justification may be supported when printing or previewing, only.
635 void SetAlignment(wxTextAttrAlignment alignment
);
638 Sets the background colour.
640 void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colBack
);
643 Sets the name of the font associated with the bullet symbol.
644 Only valid for attributes with wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_SYMBOL.
646 void SetBulletFont(const wxString
& font
);
649 Sets the standard bullet name, applicable if the bullet style is
650 wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_STANDARD.
652 See GetBulletName() for a list of supported names, and how
653 to expand the range of supported types.
655 void SetBulletName(const wxString
& name
);
658 Sets the bullet number.
660 void SetBulletNumber(int n
);
663 Sets the bullet style.
665 The ::wxTextAttrBulletStyle enumeration values are all supported,
666 except for wxTEXT_ATTR_BULLET_STYLE_BITMAP.
668 void SetBulletStyle(int style
);
671 Sets the bullet text, which could be a symbol, or (for example) cached
674 void SetBulletText(const wxString
& text
);
677 Sets the character style name.
679 void SetCharacterStyleName(const wxString
& name
);
682 Sets the flags determining which styles are being specified.
683 The ::wxTextAttrFlags values can be passed in a bitlist.
685 void SetFlags(long flags
);
688 Sets the attributes for the given font.
689 Note that wxTextAttr does not store an actual wxFont object.
691 void SetFont(const wxFont
& font
, int flags
= wxTEXT_ATTR_FONT
);
694 Sets the font encoding.
696 void SetFontEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding
);
699 Sets the font face name.
701 void SetFontFaceName(const wxString
& faceName
);
704 Sets the font family.
706 void SetFontFamily(wxFontFamily family
);
709 Sets the font size in points.
711 void SetFontSize(int pointSize
);
714 Sets the font style (normal, italic or slanted).
716 void SetFontStyle(wxFontStyle fontStyle
);
719 Sets the font underlining.
721 void SetFontUnderlined(bool underlined
);
724 Sets the font weight.
726 void SetFontWeight(wxFontWeight fontWeight
);
729 Sets the left indent and left subindent in tenths of a millimetre.
730 The sub-indent is an offset from the left of the paragraph, and is used for all
731 but the first line in a paragraph.
733 A positive value will cause the first line to appear to the left
734 of the subsequent lines, and a negative value will cause the first line to be
735 indented relative to the subsequent lines.
737 wxRichTextBuffer uses indentation to render a bulleted item.
738 The left indent is the distance between the margin and the bullet.
739 The content of the paragraph, including the first line, starts
740 at leftMargin + leftSubIndent.
741 So the distance between the left edge of the bullet and the
742 left of the actual paragraph is leftSubIndent.
744 void SetLeftIndent(int indent
, int subIndent
= 0);
747 Sets the line spacing. @a spacing is a multiple, where 10 means single-spacing,
748 15 means 1.5 spacing, and 20 means double spacing.
749 The ::wxTextAttrLineSpacing values are defined for convenience.
751 void SetLineSpacing(int spacing
);
754 Sets the list style name.
756 void SetListStyleName(const wxString
& name
);
759 Specifies the outline level. Zero represents normal text.
760 At present, the outline level is not used, but may be used in future for
761 determining list levels and for applications that need to store document
762 structure information.
764 void SetOutlineLevel(int level
);
767 Specifies a page break before this paragraph.
769 void SetPageBreak(bool pageBreak
= true);
772 Sets the spacing after a paragraph, in tenths of a millimetre.
774 void SetParagraphSpacingAfter(int spacing
);
777 Sets the spacing before a paragraph, in tenths of a millimetre.
779 void SetParagraphSpacingBefore(int spacing
);
782 Sets the name of the paragraph style.
784 void SetParagraphStyleName(const wxString
& name
);
787 Sets the right indent in tenths of a millimetre.
789 void SetRightIndent(int indent
);
792 Sets the tab stops, expressed in tenths of a millimetre.
793 Each stop is measured from the left margin and therefore each value must be
794 larger than the last.
796 void SetTabs(const wxArrayInt
& tabs
);
799 Sets the text foreground colout.
801 void SetTextColour(const wxColour
& colText
);
804 Sets the text effect bits of interest.
806 You should also pass wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS to SetFlags().
807 See SetFlags() for further information.
809 void SetTextEffectFlags(int flags
);
812 Sets the text effects, a bit list of styles.
813 The ::wxTextAttrEffects enumeration values can be used.
815 Of these, only wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH
818 wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_CAPITALS capitalises text when displayed (leaving the case
819 of the actual buffer text unchanged), and wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECT_STRIKETHROUGH draws
822 To set effects, you should also pass wxTEXT_ATTR_EFFECTS to SetFlags(), and call
823 SetTextEffectFlags() with the styles (taken from the above set) that you
824 are interested in setting.
826 void SetTextEffects(int effects
);
829 Sets the URL for the content. Sets the wxTEXT_ATTR_URL style; content with this
830 style causes wxRichTextCtrl to show a hand cursor over it, and wxRichTextCtrl
831 generates a wxTextUrlEvent when the content is clicked.
833 void SetURL(const wxString
& url
);
839 Assignment from a wxTextAttr object.
841 void operator operator=(const wxTextAttr
& attr
);
848 A text control allows text to be displayed and edited.
850 It may be single line or multi-line. Notice that a lot of methods of the
851 text controls are found in the base wxTextEntry class which is a common
852 base class for wxTextCtrl and other controls using a single line text entry
853 field (e.g. wxComboBox).
856 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER}
857 The control will generate the event wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER
858 (otherwise pressing Enter key is either processed internally by the
859 control or used for navigation between dialog controls).
860 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_TAB}
861 The control will receive wxEVT_CHAR events for TAB pressed -
862 normally, TAB is used for passing to the next control in a dialog
863 instead. For the control created with this style, you can still use
864 Ctrl-Enter to pass to the next control from the keyboard.
865 @style{wxTE_MULTILINE}
866 The text control allows multiple lines.
867 @style{wxTE_PASSWORD}
868 The text will be echoed as asterisks.
869 @style{wxTE_READONLY}
870 The text will not be user-editable.
872 Use rich text control under Win32, this allows to have more than
873 64KB of text in the control even under Win9x. This style is ignored
874 under other platforms.
876 Use rich text control version 2.0 or 3.0 under Win32, this style is
877 ignored under other platforms
878 @style{wxTE_AUTO_URL}
879 Highlight the URLs and generate the wxTextUrlEvents when mouse
880 events occur over them. This style is only supported for wxTE_RICH
881 Win32 and multi-line wxGTK2 text controls.
882 @style{wxTE_NOHIDESEL}
883 By default, the Windows text control doesn't show the selection
884 when it doesn't have focus - use this style to force it to always
885 show it. It doesn't do anything under other platforms.
887 A horizontal scrollbar will be created and used, so that text won't
888 be wrapped. No effect under wxGTK1.
889 @style{wxTE_NO_VSCROLL}
890 For multiline controls only: vertical scrollbar will never be
891 created. This limits the amount of text which can be entered into
892 the control to what can be displayed in it under MSW but not under
893 GTK2. Currently not implemented for the other platforms.
895 The text in the control will be left-justified (default).
897 The text in the control will be centered (currently wxMSW and
900 The text in the control will be right-justified (currently wxMSW
902 @style{wxTE_DONTWRAP}
903 Same as wxHSCROLL style: don't wrap at all, show horizontal
905 @style{wxTE_CHARWRAP}
906 Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at any position
907 (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).
908 @style{wxTE_WORDWRAP}
909 Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at word boundaries
910 (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).
911 @style{wxTE_BESTWRAP}
912 Wrap the lines at word boundaries or at any other character if
913 there are words longer than the window width (this is the default).
914 @style{wxTE_CAPITALIZE}
915 On PocketPC and Smartphone, causes the first letter to be
919 Note that alignment styles (wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT) can be
920 changed dynamically after control creation on wxMSW and wxGTK. wxTE_READONLY,
921 wxTE_PASSWORD and wrapping styles can be dynamically changed under wxGTK but
922 not wxMSW. The other styles can be only set during control creation.
925 @section textctrl_text_format wxTextCtrl Text Format
927 The multiline text controls always store the text as a sequence of lines
928 separated by @c '\\n' characters, i.e. in the Unix text format even on
929 non-Unix platforms. This allows the user code to ignore the differences
930 between the platforms but at a price: the indices in the control such as
931 those returned by GetInsertionPoint() or GetSelection() can @b not be used
932 as indices into the string returned by GetValue() as they're going to be
933 slightly off for platforms using @c "\\r\\n" as separator (as Windows
936 Instead, if you need to obtain a substring between the 2 indices obtained
937 from the control with the help of the functions mentioned above, you should
938 use GetRange(). And the indices themselves can only be passed to other
939 methods, for example SetInsertionPoint() or SetSelection().
941 To summarize: never use the indices returned by (multiline) wxTextCtrl as
942 indices into the string it contains, but only as arguments to be passed
943 back to the other wxTextCtrl methods. This problem doesn't arise for
944 single-line platforms however where the indices in the control do
945 correspond to the positions in the value string.
948 @section textctrl_styles wxTextCtrl Styles.
950 Multi-line text controls support styling, i.e. provide a possibility to set
951 colours and font for individual characters in it (note that under Windows
952 @c wxTE_RICH style is required for style support). To use the styles you
953 can either call SetDefaultStyle() before inserting the text or call
954 SetStyle() later to change the style of the text already in the control
955 (the first solution is much more efficient).
957 In either case, if the style doesn't specify some of the attributes (for
958 example you only want to set the text colour but without changing the font
959 nor the text background), the values of the default style will be used for
960 them. If there is no default style, the attributes of the text control
963 So the following code correctly describes what it does: the second call to
964 SetDefaultStyle() doesn't change the text foreground colour (which stays
965 red) while the last one doesn't change the background colour (which stays
969 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxRED));
970 text->AppendText("Red text\n");
971 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(wxNullColour, *wxLIGHT_GREY));
972 text->AppendText("Red on grey text\n");
973 text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxBLUE);
974 text->AppendText("Blue on grey text\n");
978 @section textctrl_cpp_streams wxTextCtrl and C++ Streams
980 This class multiply-inherits from @c std::streambuf (except for some really
981 old compilers using non-standard iostream library), allowing code such as
985 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
987 ostream stream(control)
989 stream << 123.456 << " some text\n";
993 Note that even if your compiler doesn't support this (the symbol
994 @c wxHAS_TEXT_WINDOW_STREAM has value of 0 then) you can still use
995 wxTextCtrl itself in a stream-like manner:
998 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1000 *control << 123.456 << " some text\n";
1003 However the possibility to create an ostream associated with wxTextCtrl may
1004 be useful if you need to redirect the output of a function taking an
1005 ostream as parameter to a text control.
1007 Another commonly requested need is to redirect @c std::cout to the text
1008 control. This may be done in the following way:
1013 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1015 std::streambuf *sbOld = std::cout.rdbuf();
1016 std::cout.rdbuf(control);
1018 // use cout as usual, the output appears in the text control
1021 std::cout.rdbuf(sbOld);
1024 But wxWidgets provides a convenient class to make it even simpler so
1025 instead you may just do
1030 wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1032 wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(control);
1034 // all output to cout goes into the text control until the exit from
1038 See wxStreamToTextRedirector for more details.
1041 @section textctrl_event_handling Event Handling.
1043 The following commands are processed by default event handlers in
1044 wxTextCtrl: @c wxID_CUT, @c wxID_COPY, @c wxID_PASTE, @c wxID_UNDO, @c
1045 wxID_REDO. The associated UI update events are also processed
1046 automatically, when the control has the focus.
1048 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxCommandEvent}
1049 @event{EVT_TEXT(id, func)}
1050 Respond to a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event, generated when the text
1051 changes. Notice that this event will be sent when the text controls
1052 contents changes -- whether this is due to user input or comes from the
1053 program itself (for example, if wxTextCtrl::SetValue() is called); see
1054 wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() for a function which does not send this event.
1055 This event is however not sent during the control creation.
1056 @event{EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func)}
1057 Respond to a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER event, generated when enter is
1058 pressed in a text control which must have wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER style for
1059 this event to be generated.
1060 @event{EVT_TEXT_URL(id, func)}
1061 A mouse event occurred over an URL in the text control (wxMSW and
1062 wxGTK2 only currently).
1063 @event{EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func)}
1064 This event is generated when the user tries to enter more text into the
1065 control than the limit set by wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength(), see its description.
1070 @appearance{textctrl.png}
1072 @see wxTextCtrl::Create, wxValidator
1074 class wxTextCtrl
: public wxControl
,
1084 Constructor, creating and showing a text control.
1087 Parent window. Should not be @NULL.
1089 Control identifier. A value of -1 denotes a default value.
1093 Text control position.
1097 Window style. See wxTextCtrl.
1104 The horizontal scrollbar (wxHSCROLL style flag) will only be
1105 created for multi-line text controls. Without a horizontal
1106 scrollbar, text lines that don't fit in the control's size will be
1107 wrapped (but no newline character is inserted).
1108 Single line controls don't have a horizontal scrollbar, the text is
1109 automatically scrolled so that the insertion point is always visible.
1111 @see Create(), wxValidator
1113 wxTextCtrl(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
1114 const wxString
& value
= wxEmptyString
,
1115 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
1116 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
1118 const wxValidator
& validator
= wxDefaultValidator
,
1119 const wxString
& name
= wxTextCtrlNameStr
);
1122 Destructor, destroying the text control.
1124 virtual ~wxTextCtrl();
1127 Creates the text control for two-step construction.
1129 This method should be called if the default constructor was used for
1130 the control creation. Its parameters have the same meaning as for the
1131 non-default constructor.
1133 bool Create(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
1134 const wxString
& value
= wxEmptyString
,
1135 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
1136 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
, long style
= 0,
1137 const wxValidator
& validator
= wxDefaultValidator
,
1138 const wxString
& name
= wxTextCtrlNameStr
);
1141 Copies the selected text to the clipboard and removes the selection.
1146 Resets the internal modified flag as if the current changes had been
1149 virtual void DiscardEdits();
1152 This function inserts into the control the character which would have
1153 been inserted if the given key event had occurred in the text control.
1155 The @a event object should be the same as the one passed to @c EVT_KEY_DOWN
1156 handler previously by wxWidgets. Please note that this function doesn't
1157 currently work correctly for all keys under any platform but MSW.
1160 @true if the event resulted in a change to the control, @false otherwise.
1162 virtual bool EmulateKeyPress(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1165 Returns the style currently used for the new text.
1167 @see SetDefaultStyle()
1169 virtual const wxTextAttr
& GetDefaultStyle() const;
1172 Gets the length of the specified line, not including any trailing
1173 newline character(s).
1176 Line number (starting from zero).
1179 The length of the line, or -1 if @a lineNo was invalid.
1181 virtual int GetLineLength(long lineNo
) const;
1184 Returns the contents of a given line in the text control, not including
1185 any trailing newline character(s).
1188 The line number, starting from zero.
1191 The contents of the line.
1193 virtual wxString
GetLineText(long lineNo
) const;
1196 Returns the number of lines in the text control buffer.
1199 Note that even empty text controls have one line (where the
1200 insertion point is), so GetNumberOfLines() never returns 0.
1201 For wxGTK using GTK+ 1.2.x and earlier, the number of lines in a
1202 multi-line text control is calculated by actually counting newline
1203 characters in the buffer, i.e. this function returns the number of
1204 logical lines and doesn't depend on whether any of them are wrapped.
1205 For all the other platforms, the number of physical lines in the
1206 control is returned.
1207 Also note that you may wish to avoid using functions that work with
1208 line numbers if you are working with controls that contain large
1209 amounts of text as this function has O(N) complexity for N being
1210 the number of lines.
1212 virtual int GetNumberOfLines() const;
1215 Returns the style at this position in the text control.
1217 Not all platforms support this function.
1220 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1221 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1223 @see SetStyle(), wxTextAttr
1225 virtual bool GetStyle(long position
, wxTextAttr
& style
);
1228 This function finds the character at the specified position expressed
1231 If the return code is not @c wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN the row and column of the
1232 character closest to this position are returned in the @a col and @a
1233 row parameters (unless the pointers are @NULL which is allowed).
1234 Please note that this function is currently only implemented in wxUniv, wxMSW
1237 @see PositionToXY(), XYToPosition()
1239 wxTextCtrlHitTestResult
HitTest(const wxPoint
& pt
,
1241 wxTextCoord row
) const;
1244 Returns @true if the text has been modified by user.
1246 Note that calling SetValue() doesn't make the control modified.
1250 virtual bool IsModified() const;
1253 Returns @true if this is a multi line edit control and @false otherwise.
1257 bool IsMultiLine() const;
1260 Returns @true if this is a single line edit control and @false otherwise.
1262 @see IsSingleLine(), IsMultiLine()
1264 bool IsSingleLine() const;
1267 Loads and displays the named file, if it exists.
1270 The filename of the file to load.
1272 The type of file to load. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
1275 @true if successful, @false otherwise.
1277 bool LoadFile(const wxString
& filename
,
1278 int fileType
= wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY
);
1281 Mark text as modified (dirty).
1285 virtual void MarkDirty();
1288 This event handler function implements default drag and drop behaviour,
1289 which is to load the first dropped file into the control.
1292 The drop files event.
1294 @remarks This is not implemented on non-Windows platforms.
1296 @see wxDropFilesEvent
1298 void OnDropFiles(wxDropFilesEvent
& event
);
1301 Converts given position to a zero-based column, line number pair.
1306 Receives zero based column number.
1308 Receives zero based line number.
1311 @true on success, @false on failure (most likely due to a too large
1312 position parameter).
1316 virtual bool PositionToXY(long pos
, long* x
, long* y
) const;
1319 Saves the contents of the control in a text file.
1322 The name of the file in which to save the text.
1324 The type of file to save. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
1327 @true if the operation was successful, @false otherwise.
1329 bool SaveFile(const wxString
& filename
= wxEmptyString
,
1330 int fileType
= wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY
);
1333 Changes the default style to use for the new text which is going to be
1334 added to the control using WriteText() or AppendText().
1336 If either of the font, foreground, or background colour is not set in
1337 @a style, the values of the previous default style are used for them.
1338 If the previous default style didn't set them neither, the global font
1339 or colours of the text control itself are used as fall back.
1341 However if the @a style parameter is the default wxTextAttr, then the default
1342 style is just reset (instead of being combined with the new style which
1343 wouldn't change it at all).
1346 The style for the new text.
1349 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1350 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1352 @see GetDefaultStyle()
1354 virtual bool SetDefaultStyle(const wxTextAttr
& style
);
1357 Marks the control as being modified by the user or not.
1359 @see MarkDirty(), DiscardEdits()
1361 void SetModified(bool modified
);
1364 Changes the style of the given range.
1366 If any attribute within @a style is not set, the corresponding
1367 attribute from GetDefaultStyle() is used.
1370 The start of the range to change.
1372 The end of the range to change.
1374 The new style for the range.
1377 @true on success, @false if an error occurred (this may also mean
1378 that the styles are not supported under this platform).
1380 @see GetStyle(), wxTextAttr
1382 virtual bool SetStyle(long start
, long end
, const wxTextAttr
& style
);
1385 Makes the line containing the given position visible.
1388 The position that should be visible.
1390 virtual void ShowPosition(long pos
);
1393 Converts the given zero based column and line number to a position.
1401 The position value, or -1 if x or y was invalid.
1403 virtual long XYToPosition(long x
, long y
) const;
1407 Operator definitions for appending to a text control.
1409 These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for
1412 wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
1414 (*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";
1418 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(const wxString
& s
);
1419 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(int i
);
1420 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(long i
);
1421 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(float f
);
1422 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(double d
);
1423 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(char c
);
1424 wxTextCtrl
& operator<<(wchar_t c
);
1431 @class wxStreamToTextRedirector
1433 This class can be used to (temporarily) redirect all output sent to a C++
1434 ostream object to a wxTextCtrl instead.
1437 Some compilers and/or build configurations don't support multiply
1438 inheriting wxTextCtrl from @c std::streambuf in which case this class is
1440 You also must have @c wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM option on (i.e. set to 1) in your
1441 @c setup.h to be able to use it. Under Unix, specify @c --enable-std_iostreams
1442 switch when running configure for this.
1447 using namespace std;
1448 wxTextCtrl* text = new wxTextCtrl(...);
1450 wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(text);
1452 // this goes to the text control
1453 cout << "Hello, text!" << endl;
1455 // this goes somewhere else, presumably to stdout
1456 cout << "Hello, console!" << endl;
1464 class wxStreamToTextRedirector
1468 The constructor starts redirecting output sent to @a ostr or @a cout for
1469 the default parameter value to the text control @a text.
1472 The text control to append output too, must be non-@NULL
1474 The C++ stream to redirect, cout is used if it is @NULL
1476 wxStreamToTextRedirector(wxTextCtrl
*text
, ostream
* ostr
);
1479 When a wxStreamToTextRedirector object is destroyed, the redirection is ended
1480 and any output sent to the C++ ostream which had been specified at the time of
1481 the object construction will go to its original destination.
1483 ~wxStreamToTextRedirector();