+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxTextCtrl %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
\section{\class{wxTextCtrl}}\label{wxtextctrl}
A text control allows text to be displayed and edited. It may be
-single line or multiline.
+single line or multi-line.
\wxheading{Derived from}
\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/textctrl.h>
+
\wxheading{Window styles}
\twocolwidtha{5cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_PROCESS\_ENTER}}{The callback function will
-receive the message wxEVENT\_TYPE\_TEXT\_ENTER\_COMMAND. Note
-that this will break tab traversal for this panel item under
-Windows.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_PROCESS\_ENTER}}{The control will generate
+the event wxEVT\_COMMAND\_TEXT\_ENTER (otherwise pressing Enter key
+is either processed internally by the control or used for navigation between
+dialog controls).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB}}{The control will receive
+wxEVT\_CHAR events for TAB pressed - normally, TAB is used for passing to the
+next control in a dialog instead. For the control created with this style,
+you can still use Ctrl-Enter to pass to the next control from the keyboard.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_MULTILINE}}{The text control allows multiple lines.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_PASSWORD}}{The text will be echoed as asterisks.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_READONLY}}{The text will not be user-editable.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{A vertical scrollbar will be present.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_RICH}}{Use rich text control under Win32, this
+allows to have more than 64KB of text in the control even under Win9x. This
+style is ignored under other platforms.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_RICH2}}{Use rich text control version 2.0 or 3.0
+under Win32, this style is ignored under other platforms}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_AUTO\_URL}}{Highlight the URLs and generate the
+wxTextUrlEvents when mouse events occur over them. This style is only supported
+for wxTE\_RICH Win32 and multi-line wxGTK2 text controls.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_NOHIDESEL}}{By default, the Windows text control
+doesn't show the selection when it doesn't have focus - use this style to force
+it to always show it. It doesn't do anything under other platforms.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{A horizontal scrollbar will be created and
+used, so that text won't be wrapped. No effect under wxGTK1.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_LEFT}}{The text in the control will be left-justified (default).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_CENTRE}}{The text in the control will be centered (currently wxMSW and wxGTK2 only).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_RIGHT}}{The text in the control will be right-justified (currently wxMSW and wxGTK2 only).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_DONTWRAP}}{Same as {\tt wxHSCROLL} style: don't wrap at all, show horizontal scrollbar instead.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_CHARWRAP}}{Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at any position (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_WORDWRAP}}{Wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at word boundaries (wxUniv and wxGTK2 only).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_BESTWRAP}}{Wrap the lines at word boundaries or at any other character if there are words longer than the window width (this is the default).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTE\_CAPITALIZE}}{On PocketPC and Smartphone, causes the first letter to be capitalized.}
\end{twocollist}
-See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
+See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles} and \helpref{wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrlctor}.
+
+\wxheading{wxTextCtrl text format}
+
+The multiline text controls always store the text as a sequence of lines
+separated by {\tt $\backslash$n} characters, i.e. in the Unix text format even
+on non-Unix platforms. This allows the user code to ignore the differences
+between the platforms but at a price: the indices in the control such as those
+returned by \helpref{GetInsertionPoint}{wxtextctrlgetinsertionpoint} or
+\helpref{GetSelection}{wxtextctrlgetselection} can {\bf not} be used as
+indices into the string returned by \helpref{GetValue}{wxtextctrlgetvalue} as
+they're going to be slightly off for platforms using
+{\tt $\backslash$r$\backslash$n} as separator (as Windows does), for example.
+
+Instead, if you need to obtain a substring between the $2$ indices obtained
+from the control with the help of the functions mentioned above, you should
+use \helpref{GetRange}{wxtextctrlgetrange}. And the indices themselves can
+only be passed to other methods, for example
+\helpref{SetInsertionPoint}{wxtextctrlsetinsertionpoint} or
+\helpref{SetSelection}{wxtextctrlsetselection}.
+
+To summarize: never use the indices returned by (multiline) wxTextCtrl as
+indices into the string it contains, but only as arguments to be passed back
+to the other wxTextCtrl methods.
+
+\wxheading{wxTextCtrl styles}
+
+Multi-line text controls support the styles, i.e. provide a possibility to set
+colours and font for individual characters in it (note that under Windows {\tt
+wxTE\_RICH} style is required for style support). To use the styles you can
+either call \helpref{SetDefaultStyle}{wxtextctrlsetdefaultstyle} before
+inserting the text or call \helpref{SetStyle}{wxtextctrlsetstyle} later to
+change the style of the text already in the control (the first solution is
+much more efficient).
+
+In either case, if the style doesn't specify some of the attributes (for
+example you only want to set the text colour but without changing the font nor
+the text background), the values of the default style will be used for them.
+If there is no default style, the attributes of the text control itself are
+used.
+
+So the following code correctly describes what it does: the second call
+to \helpref{SetDefaultStyle}{wxtextctrlsetdefaultstyle} doesn't change the
+text foreground colour (which stays red) while the last one doesn't change the
+background colour (which stays grey):
-\wxheading{Remarks}
+{\small%
+\begin{verbatim}
+ text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxRED));
+ text->AppendText("Red text\n");
+ text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(wxNullColour, *wxLIGHT_GREY));
+ text->AppendText("Red on grey text\n");
+ text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxBLUE);
+ text->AppendText("Blue on grey text\n");
+\end{verbatim}
+}%
+
+\wxheading{wxTextCtrl and C++ streams}
-This class multiply-inherits from {\bf streambuf} where compilers allow, allowing code such
-as the following:
+This class multiply-inherits from {\bf streambuf} where compilers allow,
+allowing code such as the following:
{\small%
\begin{verbatim}
\end{verbatim}
}%
-If your compiler does not support derivation from {\bf streambuf} and gives a compile error, define the symbol {\bf NO\_TEXT\_WINDOW\_STREAM} in the
+If your compiler does not support derivation from {\bf streambuf} and gives a
+compile error, define the symbol {\bf NO\_TEXT\_WINDOW\_STREAM} in the
wxTextCtrl header file.
+Note that independently of this setting you can always use wxTextCtrl itself
+in a stream-like manner:
+
+{\small%
+\begin{verbatim}
+ wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
+
+ *control << 123.456 << " some text\n";
+\end{verbatim}
+}%
+
+always works. However the possibility to create an ostream associated with
+wxTextCtrl may be useful if you need to redirect the output of a function
+taking an ostream as parameter to a text control.
+
+Another commonly requested need is to redirect {\bf std::cout} to the text
+control. This could be done in the following way:
+
+{\small%
+\begin{verbatim}
+ #include <iostream>
+
+ wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
+
+ std::streambuf *sbOld = std::cout.rdbuf();
+ std::cout.rdbuf(*control);
+
+ // use cout as usual, the output appears in the text control
+ ...
+
+ std::cout.rdbuf(sbOld);
+\end{verbatim}
+}%
+
+But wxWidgets provides a convenient class to make it even simpler so instead
+you may just do
+
+{\small%
+\begin{verbatim}
+ #include <iostream>
+
+ wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
+
+ wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(control);
+
+ // all output to cout goes into the text control until the exit from current
+ // scope
+\end{verbatim}
+}%
+
+See \helpref{wxStreamToTextRedirector}{wxstreamtotextredirector} for more
+details.
+
+\wxheading{Constants}
+
+The values below are the possible return codes of the
+\helpref{HitTest}{wxtextctrlhittest} method:
+
+{\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+// the point asked is ...
+enum wxTextCtrlHitTestResult
+{
+ wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN = -2, // this means HitTest() is simply not implemented
+ wxTE_HT_BEFORE, // either to the left or upper
+ wxTE_HT_ON_TEXT, // directly on
+ wxTE_HT_BELOW, // below [the last line]
+ wxTE_HT_BEYOND // after [the end of line]
+};
+// ... the character returned
+\end{verbatim}
+}
+
+
\wxheading{Event handling}
+The following commands are processed by default event handlers in wxTextCtrl: wxID\_CUT, wxID\_COPY,
+wxID\_PASTE, wxID\_UNDO, wxID\_REDO. The associated UI update events are also processed
+automatically, when the control has the focus.
+
To process input from a text control, use these event handler macros to direct input to member
functions that take a \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent} argument.
\twocolwidtha{7cm}%
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_TEXT(id, func)}}{Respond to a wxEVT\_COMMAND\_TEXT\_UPDATED event,
-generated when the text changes.}
+generated when the text changes. Notice that this event will always be sent
+when the text controls contents changes - whether this is due to user input or
+comes from the program itself (for example, if SetValue() is called)}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_TEXT\_ENTER(id, func)}}{Respond to a wxEVT\_COMMAND\_TEXT\_ENTER event,
-generated when enter is pressed in a single-line text control.}
+generated when enter is pressed in a text control (which must have
+wxTE\_PROCESS\_ENTER style for this event to be generated).}
+\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_TEXT\_URL(id, func)}}{A mouse event occurred over an URL
+in the text control (wxMSW and wxGTK2 only)}
+\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_TEXT\_MAXLEN(id, func)}}{User tried to enter more text
+into the control than the limit set by
+\helpref{SetMaxLength}{wxtextctrlsetmaxlength}.}
\end{twocollist}%
-%\wxheading{See also}
-%
-%\helpref{wxRichTextCtrl}{wxrichtextctrl}
-%
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl}\label{wxtextctrlconstr}
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl}\label{wxtextctrlctor}
\func{}{wxTextCtrl}{\void}
Default constructor.
\func{}{wxTextCtrl}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID}{ id},\rtfsp
-\param{const wxString\& }{value = ``"}, \param{const wxPosition\& }{pos}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
-\param{long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``text"}}
+\param{const wxString\& }{value = ``"}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
+\param{long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator = wxDefaultValidator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxTextCtrlNameStr}}
Constructor, creating and showing a text control.
\wxheading{Remarks}
-Under Windows, if the {\bf wxTE\_MULTILINE} style is used, the window is implemented
-as a Windows rich text control with unlimited capacity. Otherwise, normal edit control limits
-apply.
+The horizontal scrollbar ({\bf wxHSCROLL} style flag) will only be created
+for multi-line text controls.
+Without a horizontal scrollbar, text lines that don't fit in the control's
+size will be wrapped (but no newline character is inserted). Single line
+controls don't have a horizontal scrollbar, the text is automatically scrolled
+so that the \helpref{insertion point}{wxtextctrlgetinsertionpoint} is always
+visible.
+
+% VZ: this is no longer true
+%Under Windows, if the {\bf wxTE\_MULTILINE} style is used, the window is implemented
+%as a Windows rich text control with unlimited capacity. Otherwise, normal edit control limits
+%apply.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxTextCtrl::Create}{wxtextctrlcreate}, \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
-\membersection{wxTextCtrl::\destruct{wxTextCtrl}}
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::\destruct{wxTextCtrl}}\label{wxtextctrldtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxTextCtrl}}{\void}
Destructor, destroying the text control.
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::AppendText}\label{wxtextctrlappendtext}
+
+\func{void}{AppendText}{\param{const wxString\& }{ text}}
+
+Appends the text to the end of the text control.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{text}{Text to write to the text control.}
+
+\wxheading{Remarks}
+
+After the text is appended, the insertion point will be at the end of the text control. If this behaviour is not desired,
+the programmer should use \helpref{GetInsertionPoint}{wxtextctrlgetinsertionpoint} and \helpref{SetInsertionPoint}{wxtextctrlsetinsertionpoint}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxTextCtrl::WriteText}{wxtextctrlwritetext}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::CanCopy}\label{wxtextctrlcancopy}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{CanCopy}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the selection can be copied to the clipboard.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::CanCut}\label{wxtextctrlcancut}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{CanCut}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the selection can be cut to the clipboard.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::CanPaste}\label{wxtextctrlcanpaste}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{CanPaste}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the contents of the clipboard can be pasted into the
+text control. On some platforms (Motif, GTK) this is an approximation
+and returns {\tt true} if the control is editable, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::CanRedo}\label{wxtextctrlcanredo}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{CanRedo}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if there is a redo facility available and the last operation
+can be redone.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::CanUndo}\label{wxtextctrlcanundo}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{CanUndo}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if there is an undo facility available and the last operation
+can be undone.
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Clear}\label{wxtextctrlclear}
\func{virtual void}{Clear}{\void}
Clears the text in the control.
+Note that this function will generate a {\tt wxEVT\_COMMAND\_TEXT\_UPDATED}
+event.
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Copy}\label{wxtextctrlcopy}
\func{virtual void}{Copy}{\void}
Copies the selected text to the clipboard under Motif and MS Windows.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Create}\label{wxtextctrlcreate}
\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID}{ id},\rtfsp
-\param{const wxString\& }{value = ``"}, \param{const wxPosition\& }{pos}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
-\param{long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``text"}}
+\param{const wxString\& }{value = ``"}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
+\param{long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator = wxDefaultValidator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxTextCtrlNameStr}}
Creates the text control for two-step construction. Derived classes
-should call or replace this function. See \helpref{wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrlconstr}\rtfsp
+should call or replace this function. See \helpref{wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrlctor}\rtfsp
for further details.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Cut}\label{wxtextctrlcut}
\func{virtual void}{Cut}{\void}
Copies the selected text to the clipboard and removes the selection.
-\membersection{wxTextCtrl::DiscardEdits}
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::DiscardEdits}\label{wxtextctrldiscardedits}
\func{void}{DiscardEdits}{\void}
Resets the internal `modified' flag as if the current edits had been saved.
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress}\label{wxtextctrlemulatekeypress}
+
+\func{bool}{EmulateKeyPress}{\param{const wxKeyEvent\& }{event}}
+
+This functions inserts into the control the character which would have been
+inserted if the given key event had occurred in the text control. The
+{\it event} object should be the same as the one passed to {\tt EVT\_KEY\_DOWN}
+handler previously by wxWidgets.
+
+Please note that this function doesn't currently work correctly for all keys
+under any platform but MSW.
+
+\wxheading{Return value}
+
+{\tt true} if the event resulted in a change to the control, {\tt false}
+otherwise.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetDefaultStyle}\label{wxtextctrlgetdefaultstyle}
+
+\constfunc{const wxTextAttr\& }{GetDefaultStyle}{\void}
+
+Returns the style currently used for the new text.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetDefaultStyle}{wxtextctrlsetdefaultstyle}
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetInsertionPoint}\label{wxtextctrlgetinsertionpoint}
\constfunc{virtual long}{GetInsertionPoint}{\void}
-Returns the insertion point.
+Returns the insertion point. This is defined as the zero based index of the
+character position to the right of the insertion point. For example, if
+the insertion point is at the end of the text control, it is equal to
+both \helpref{GetValue()}{wxtextctrlgetvalue}.Length() and
+\helpref{GetLastPosition()}{wxtextctrlgetlastposition}.
+
+The following code snippet safely returns the character at the insertion
+point or the zero character if the point is at the end of the control.
+
+{\small%
+\begin{verbatim}
+ char GetCurrentChar(wxTextCtrl *tc) {
+ if (tc->GetInsertionPoint() == tc->GetLastPosition())
+ return '\0';
+ return tc->GetValue[tc->GetInsertionPoint()];
+ }
+\end{verbatim}
+}%
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetLastPosition}\label{wxtextctrlgetlastposition}
-\constfunc{virtual long}{GetLastPosition}{\void}
+\constfunc{virtual wxTextPos}{GetLastPosition}{\void}
+
+Returns the zero based index of the last position in the text control,
+which is equal to the number of characters in the control.
-Returns the last position in the text control.
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetLineLength}\label{wxtextctrlgetlinelength}
\constfunc{int}{GetLineLength}{\param{long}{ lineNo}}
-Gets the length of the specified line.
+Gets the length of the specified line, not including any trailing newline
+character(s).
\wxheading{Parameters}
The length of the line, or -1 if {\it lineNo} was invalid.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetLineText}\label{wxtextctrlgetlinetext}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetLineText}{\param{long}{ lineNo}}
-Returns the contents of a given line in the text control.
+Returns the contents of a given line in the text control, not including
+any trailing newline character(s).
\wxheading{Parameters}
The contents of the line.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetNumberOfLines}\label{wxtextctrlgetnumberoflines}
\constfunc{int}{GetNumberOfLines}{\void}
Returns the number of lines in the text control buffer.
+\wxheading{Remarks}
+
+Note that even empty text controls have one line (where the insertion point
+is), so GetNumberOfLines() never returns $0$.
+
+For wxGTK using GTK+ 1.2.x and earlier, the number of lines in a multi-line
+text control is calculated by actually counting newline characters in the
+buffer, i.e. this function returns the number of logical lines and doesn't
+depend on whether any of them are wrapped. For all the other platforms, the
+number of physical lines in the control is returned.
+
+Also note that you may wish to avoid using functions that work with line
+numbers if you are working with controls that contain large amounts of text as
+this function has $O(N)$ complexity for $N$ being the number of lines.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetRange}\label{wxtextctrlgetrange}
+
+\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetRange}{\param{long}{ from}, \param{long}{ to}}
+
+Returns the string containing the text starting in the positions {\it from} and
+up to {\it to} in the control. The positions must have been returned by another
+wxTextCtrl method.
+
+Please note that the positions in a multiline wxTextCtrl do {\bf not}
+correspond to the indices in the string returned by
+\helpref{GetValue}{wxtextctrlgetvalue} because of the different new line
+representations ({\tt CR} or {\tt CR LF}) and so this method should be used to
+obtain the correct results instead of extracting parts of the entire value. It
+may also be more efficient, especially if the control contains a lot of data.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetSelection}\label{wxtextctrlgetselection}
+
+\constfunc{virtual void}{GetSelection}{\param{long*}{ from}, \param{long*}{ to}}
+
+Gets the current selection span. If the returned values are equal, there was
+no selection.
+
+Please note that the indices returned may be used with the other wxTextctrl
+methods but don't necessarily represent the correct indices into the string
+returned by \helpref{GetValue()}{wxtextctrlgetvalue} for multiline controls
+under Windows (at least,) you should use
+\helpref{GetStringSelection()}{wxtextctrlgetstringselection} to get the selected
+text.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{from}{The returned first position.}
+
+\docparam{to}{The returned last position.}
+
+\pythonnote{The wxPython version of this method returns a tuple
+consisting of the from and to values.}
+
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns a
+2-element list {\tt ( from, to )}.}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetStringSelection}\label{wxtextctrlgetstringselection}
+
+\func{virtual wxString}{GetStringSelection}{\void}
+
+Gets the text currently selected in the control. If there is no selection, the
+returned string is empty.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetStyle}\label{wxtextctrlgetstyle}
+
+\func{bool}{GetStyle}{\param{long }{position}, \param{wxTextAttr\& }{style}}
+
+Returns the style at this position in the text control. Not all platforms
+support this function.
+
+\wxheading{Return value}
+
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if an error occurred - it may also mean that
+the styles are not supported under this platform.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxTextCtrl::SetStyle}{wxtextctrlsetstyle}, \helpref{wxTextAttr}{wxtextattr}
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::GetValue}\label{wxtextctrlgetvalue}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetValue}{\void}
-Gets the contents of the control.
+Gets the contents of the control. Notice that for a multiline text control,
+the lines will be separated by (Unix-style) $\backslash$n characters, even
+under Windows where they are separated by a $\backslash$r$\backslash$n
+sequence in the native control.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::HitTest}\label{wxtextctrlhittest}
+
+\constfunc{wxTextCtrlHitTestResult}{HitTest}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}, \param{wxTextCoord }{*col}, \param{wxTextCoord }{*row}}
+
+This function finds the character at the specified position expressed in
+pixels. If the return code is not \texttt{wxTE\_HT\_UNKNOWN} the row and column
+of the character closest to this position are returned in the \arg{col} and
+\arg{row} parameters (unless the pointers are {\tt NULL} which is allowed).
+
+Please note that this function is currently only implemented in wxUniv,
+wxMSW and wxGTK2 ports.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{PositionToXY}{wxtextctrlpositiontoxy}, \helpref{XYToPosition}{wxtextctrlxytoposition}
+
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this function takes only the position argument and
+returns a 3-element list \texttt{(result, col, row)}}.
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::IsEditable}\label{wxtextctrliseditable}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsEditable}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the controls contents may be edited by user (note that it
+always can be changed by the program), i.e. if the control hasn't been put in
+read-only mode by a previous call to
+\helpref{SetEditable}{wxtextctrlseteditable}.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::IsModified}\label{wxtextctrlismodified}
\constfunc{bool}{IsModified}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the text has been modified.
+Returns {\tt true} if the text has been modified by user. Note that calling
+\helpref{SetValue}{wxtextctrlsetvalue} doesn't make the control modified.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{MarkDirty}{wxtextctrlmarkdirty}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::IsMultiLine}\label{wxtextctrlismultiline}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsMultiLine}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if this is a multi line edit control and {\tt false}
+otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{IsSingleLine}{wxtextctrlissingleline}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::IsSingleLine}\label{wxtextctrlissingleline}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsSingleLine}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if this is a single line edit control and {\tt false}
+otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{IsMultiLine}{wxtextctrlissingleline}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::LoadFile}\label{wxtextctrlloadfile}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE if successful, FALSE otherwise.
-
-\membersection{wxTextCtrl::OnChar}\label{wxtextctrlonchar}
-
-\func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\& }{event}}
-
-Default handler for character input.
-
-\wxheading{Remarks}
-
-It is possible to intercept character
-input by overriding this member. Call this function
-to let the default behaviour take place; not calling
-it results in the character being ignored. You can
-replace the {\it keyCode} member of {\it event} to
-translate keystrokes.
-
-Note that Windows and Motif have different ways
-of implementing the default behaviour. In Windows,
-calling wxTextCtrl::OnChar immediately
-processes the character. In Motif,
-calling this function simply sets a flag
-to let default processing happen. This might affect
-the way in which you write your OnChar function
-on different platforms.
+{\tt true} if successful, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
+% VZ: commenting this out as: (a) the docs are wrong (you can't replace
+% anything), (b) wxTextCtrl doesn't have any OnChar() anyhow
+%% \membersection{wxTextCtrl::OnChar}\label{wxtextctrlonchar}
+%%
+%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\& }{event}}
+%%
+%% Default handler for character input.
+%%
+%% \wxheading{Remarks}
+%%
+%% It is possible to intercept character
+%% input by overriding this member. Call this function
+%% to let the default behaviour take place; not calling
+%% it results in the character being ignored. You can
+%% replace the {\it keyCode} member of {\it event} to
+%% translate keystrokes.
+%%
+%% Note that Windows and Motif have different ways
+%% of implementing the default behaviour. In Windows,
+%% calling wxTextCtrl::OnChar immediately
+%% processes the character. In Motif,
+%% calling this function simply sets a flag
+%% to let default processing happen. This might affect
+%% the way in which you write your OnChar function
+%% on different platforms.
+%%
+%% \wxheading{See also}
+%%
+%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty}\label{wxtextctrlmarkdirty}
+
+\func{void}{MarkDirty}{\void}
+
+Mark text as modified (dirty).
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}
+\helpref{IsModified}{wxtextctrlismodified}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::OnDropFiles}\label{wxtextctrlondropfiles}
\docparam{event}{The drop files event.}
+\wxheading{Remarks}
+
+This is not implemented on non-Windows platforms.
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Paste}\label{wxtextctrlpaste}
\func{virtual void}{Paste}{\void}
Pastes text from the clipboard to the text item.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::PositionToXY}\label{wxtextctrlpositiontoxy}
-\constfunc{long}{PositionToXY}{\param{long }{pos}, \param{long *}{x}, \param{long *}{y}}
+\constfunc{bool}{PositionToXY}{\param{long }{pos}, \param{long *}{x}, \param{long *}{y}}
-Converts given character and line position to a position.
+Converts given position to a zero-based column, line number pair.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{pos}{Position.}
-\docparam{x}{Receives character position.}
+\docparam{x}{Receives zero based column number.}
-\docparam{y}{Receives line position.}
+\docparam{y}{Receives zero based line number.}
+
+\wxheading{Return value}
+
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} on failure (most likely due to a too large position
+parameter).
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition}{wxtextctrlxytoposition}
+\pythonnote{In Python, PositionToXY() returns a tuple containing the x and
+y values, so (x,y) = PositionToXY() is equivalent to the call described
+above.}
+
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this method only takes the {\tt pos} parameter, and
+returns a 2-element list {\tt ( x, y )}.}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Redo}\label{wxtextctrlredo}
+
+\func{virtual void}{Redo}{\void}
+
+If there is a redo facility and the last operation can be redone, redoes the last operation. Does nothing
+if there is no redo facility.
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Remove}\label{wxtextctrlremove}
\func{virtual void}{Remove}{\param{long}{ from}, \param{long}{ to}}
-Removes the text between the two positions.
+Removes the text starting at the first given position up to (but not including)
+the character at the last position.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{to}{The last position.}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Replace}\label{wxtextctrlreplace}
\func{virtual void}{Replace}{\param{long}{ from}, \param{long}{ to}, \param{const wxString\& }{value}}
-Replaces the text between two positions with the given text.
+Replaces the text starting at the first position up to (but not including)
+the character at the last position with the given text.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{value}{The value to replace the existing text with.}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SaveFile}\label{wxtextctrlsavefile}
\func{bool}{SaveFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{ filename}}
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{filename}{The name of file in which to save the text.}
+\docparam{filename}{The name of the file in which to save the text.}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE if the operation was successful, FALSE otherwise.
+{\tt true} if the operation was successful, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetDefaultStyle}\label{wxtextctrlsetdefaultstyle}
+
+\func{bool}{SetDefaultStyle}{\param{const wxTextAttr\& }{style}}
+
+Changes the default style to use for the new text which is going to be added
+to the control using \helpref{WriteText}{wxtextctrlwritetext} or\rtfsp
+\helpref{AppendText}{wxtextctrlappendtext}.
+
+If either of the font, foreground, or background colour is not set in\rtfsp
+{\it style}, the values of the previous default style are used for them. If
+the previous default style didn't set them neither, the global font or colours
+of the text control itself are used as fall back.
+
+However if the {\it style} parameter is the default wxTextAttr, then the
+default style is just reset (instead of being combined with the new style which
+wouldn't change it at all).
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{style}{The style for the new text.}
+
+\wxheading{Return value}
+
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if an error occurred - may also mean that
+the styles are not supported under this platform.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetDefaultStyle}{wxtextctrlgetdefaultstyle}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetEditable}\label{wxtextctrlseteditable}
\func{virtual void}{SetEditable}{\param{const bool}{ editable}}
-Makes the text item editable or read-only.
+Makes the text item editable or read-only, overriding the {\bf wxTE\_READONLY} flag.
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{editable}{If TRUE, the control is editable. If FALSE, the control is read-only.}
+\docparam{editable}{If {\tt true}, the control is editable. If {\tt false}, the control is read-only.}
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{IsEditable}{wxtextctrliseditable}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPoint}\label{wxtextctrlsetinsertionpoint}
\func{virtual void}{SetInsertionPoint}{\param{long}{ pos}}
-Sets the insertion point. Windows only. ??
+Sets the insertion point at the given position.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{pos}{Position to set.}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPointEnd}\label{wxtextctrlsetinsertionpointend}
\func{virtual void}{SetInsertionPointEnd}{\void}
-Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control.
+Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control. This is equivalent
+to \helpref{SetInsertionPoint}{wxtextctrlsetinsertionpoint}(\helpref{GetLastPosition}{wxtextctrlgetlastposition}()).
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength}\label{wxtextctrlsetmaxlength}
+
+\func{virtual void}{SetMaxLength}{\param{unsigned long }{len}}
+
+This function sets the maximum number of characters the user can enter into the
+control. In other words, it allows to limit the text value length to {\it len}
+not counting the terminating {\tt NUL} character.
+
+If {\it len} is $0$, the previously set max length limit, if any, is discarded
+and the user may enter as much text as the underlying native text control
+widget supports (typically at least 32Kb).
+
+If the user tries to enter more characters into the text control when it
+already is filled up to the maximal length, a
+{\tt wxEVT\_COMMAND\_TEXT\_MAXLEN} event is sent to notify the program about it
+(giving it the possibility to show an explanatory message, for example) and the
+extra input is discarded.
+
+Note that under GTK+, this function may only be used with single line text controls.
+
+\wxheading{Compatibility}
+
+Only implemented in wxMSW/wxGTK starting with wxWidgets 2.3.2.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetModified}\label{wxtextctrlsetmodified}
+
+\func{void}{SetModified}{\param{bool }{modified}}
+
+Marks the control as being modified by the user or not.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{MarkDirty}{wxtextctrlmarkdirty}, \helpref{DiscardEdits}{wxtextctrldiscardedits}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetSelection}\label{wxtextctrlsetselection}
\func{virtual void}{SetSelection}{\param{long}{ from}, \param{long}{ to}}
-Selects the text between the two positions.
+Selects the text starting at the first position up to (but not including) the
+character at the last position. If both parameters are equal to $-1$ all text
+in the control is selected.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{to}{The last position.}
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetStyle}\label{wxtextctrlsetstyle}
+
+\func{bool}{SetStyle}{\param{long }{start}, \param{long }{end}, \param{const wxTextAttr\& }{style}}
+
+Changes the style of the given range. If any attribute within {\it style} is
+not set, the corresponding attribute from \helpref{GetDefaultStyle()}{wxtextctrlgetdefaultstyle} is used.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{start}{The start of the range to change.}
+
+\docparam{end}{The end of the range to change.}
+
+\docparam{style}{The new style for the range.}
+
+\wxheading{Return value}
+
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if an error occurred - it may also mean that
+the styles are not supported under this platform.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxTextCtrl::GetStyle}{wxtextctrlgetstyle}, \helpref{wxTextAttr}{wxtextattr}
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::SetValue}\label{wxtextctrlsetvalue}
\func{virtual void}{SetValue}{\param{const wxString\& }{ value}}
-Sets the text value.
+Sets the text value and marks the control as not-modified (which means that
+\helpref{IsModified}{wxtextctrlismodified} would return {\tt false} immediately
+after the call to SetValue).
+
+Note that this function will generate a {\tt wxEVT\_COMMAND\_TEXT\_UPDATED}
+event.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{value}{The new value to set. It may contain newline characters if the text control is multi-line.}
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::ShowPosition}\label{wxtextctrlshowposition}
\func{void}{ShowPosition}{\param{long}{ pos}}
\docparam{pos}{The position that should be visible.}
+
+\membersection{wxTextCtrl::Undo}\label{wxtextctrlundo}
+
+\func{virtual void}{Undo}{\void}
+
+If there is an undo facility and the last operation can be undone, undoes the last operation. Does nothing
+if there is no undo facility.
+
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::WriteText}\label{wxtextctrlwritetext}
\func{void}{WriteText}{\param{const wxString\& }{ text}}
-Writes the text into the text control at the current position.
+Writes the text into the text control at the current insertion position.
\wxheading{Parameters}
Newlines in the text string
are the only control characters allowed, and they will cause appropriate
-line breaks. See \helpref{wxTextCtrl::\cinsert}{wxtextctrlinsert} for more convenient ways of writing to the
-window.
+line breaks. See \helpref{wxTextCtrl::\cinsert}{wxtextctrlinsert} and \helpref{wxTextCtrl::AppendText}{wxtextctrlappendtext} for more convenient ways of writing to the window.
+
+After the write operation, the insertion point will be at the end of the inserted text, so subsequent write operations will be appended. To append text after the user may have interacted with the control, call \helpref{wxTextCtrl::SetInsertionPointEnd}{wxtextctrlsetinsertionpointend} before writing.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition}\label{wxtextctrlxytoposition}
\func{long}{XYToPosition}{\param{long}{ x}, \param{long}{ y}}
-Converts the given character and line position to a position.
+Converts the given zero based column and line number to a position.
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{x}{The character position.}
+\docparam{x}{The column number.}
-\docparam{y}{The line position.}
+\docparam{y}{The line number.}
\wxheading{Return value}
-The position value.
+The position value, or -1 if {\tt x} or {\tt y} was invalid.
+
\membersection{wxTextCtrl::operator \cinsert}\label{wxtextctrlinsert}
\func{wxTextCtrl\&}{operator \cinsert}{\param{char}{ c}}
-Operator definitions for writing to a text control, for example:
+Operator definitions for appending to a text control, for example:
\begin{verbatim}
wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";
\end{verbatim}
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