TextEdit
TextEdit is an advanced WYSIWYG viewer and editor supporting rich text formatting with HTML-style tags. It is optimized to handle large documents and to respond quickly to user input. TextEdit supports plain text and rich text and can be used as viewer (Read-Only).
Available functions | Description |
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"append" | Adds a text to a textEdit document. |
"alignment" | Changes the alignment at a cursor position or the alignment of the selected text. |
"autoFormatting" |
This attribute sets the format of a TextEdit to either:
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"bold" | Sets the font to bold. |
"contentsHeight", "contentsWidth" | The attribute "contentsHeight" returns the height of a TextEdit text area or of a tree widget. The attribute "contentsWidth", again, returns the width of a TextEdit text area or tree widget. |
"contentX, "contentY" | The attributes contentsX and contentsY return the coordinates of a TextEdit text or of a tree widget. Attribute contentsX returns the X coordinate of the contents (text) on the left side of the view. Attribute contentsY returns the Y coordinate of the contents (text) at the top of the view. |
"currentFont" | Changes the font at a cursor position. |
"cursorWidth" | The attribute "cursorWidth" sets the cursor width of a textEdit. |
"documentTitle" | The attribute "documentTitle" returns the title of a textEdit document. |
"family" | The attribute "family" returns the font family of the current font. |
"font" | Sets the font for a textEdit object. |
"frameShadow" | The attribute "frameShadow" specifies the frame effect (3D effect) for an object (textEdit, progress bar, tree widget, thumb wheel, LCD number or zoom navigator). |
"frameShape" | The attribute "frameShape" sets the style of a textEdit frame, thumb wheel, tree widget, zoom navigator, LCD number or progress bar. |
"frameWidth" | The attribute "frameWidth" returns the width of a frame (textEdit, tree widget, zoom navigator, LCD number or thumb wheel). |
"getCursorPosition" | Returns the cursor position in a textEdit document. |
"hasSelectedText" | The attribute "hasSelectedText" returns TRUE if a text of a textEdit has been selected. |
"height" | The attribute "height" returns the height of an object (textEdit, progress bar, tree widget, zoom navigator, LCD number or thumb wheel). |
"hScrollBarMode" | The attribute "hScrollBarMode" sets the horizontal scroll bar mode of a textEdit, tree widget or table. |
"insert" | Inserts a text at the current position. |
"insertAt" | Adds a text to a textEdit document at the given position. |
"insertHtml" | Inserts an HTML text at the current cursor position. |
"insertHtmlAt" | Inserts an HTML text at the given position. |
"insertParagraph" | Adds a paragraph to a textEdit document at the given position. |
"isActiveWindow" | The attribute "isActiveWindow" returns TRUE if this widget is the active window, otherwise FALSE. |
"italic" | The attribute "italic" sets the font (of a textEdit) to italic type (beginning from the cursor position). The attribute also returns TRUE if the current font is italic type. |
"length" | The attribute "length" returns the length of a textEdit text. |
"lineWidth" | The attribute "lineWidth" sets the width of an object line (textEdit, progress bar, tree widget, zoom navigator, LCD number or thumb wheel (frame)). |
"linkUnderline" - obsolete | The attribute "linkUnderline" underlines a link. |
"margin" | The attribute sets the distance between the edge of the Text Edit and the text within the shape. |
"margin" - obsolete | The attribute "margin" specifies the distance between the innermost pixel of a frame and the outermost pixel of the rectangle inside the frame. |
"maximumHeight", "maximumWidth" | The attribute "maximumHeight" returns the maximum height of a textEdit (excluding any window frame), tree widget or slider and the attribute "maximumWidth" returns the maximum width of a textEdit, tree widget or slider. |
"minimumHeight", "minimumWidth" | The attribute "minimumHeight" returns the minimum height of a textEdit (excluding any window frame), tree widget or slider and the attribute "minimumWidth" returns the minimum width of a textEdit, tree widget or slider. |
"modified" | The attribute "modified" returns TRUE if a textEdit has been modified. |
"overwriteMode" | Sets the overwrite mode for a textEdit. |
"pointSize" | The attribute "pointSize" sets the font size for a textEdit text. |
"readOnly" | The attribute "readOnly" sets a textEdit document to read only. |
"removeParagraph" | Removes a paragraph from a textEdit document at the given position. |
"scrollBy" | Scrolls the content by dx to the left and dy upwards. |
"selectedText" | The attribute "selectedText" returns the selected text of a textEdit. |
"setCursorPosition" | Sets the cursor position in a textEdit document. |
"setSelection" | Highlights a part of a textEdit text. |
"tabChangesFocus" | If the attribute "tabChangesFocus" is set to TRUE, it is not possible to input tabulators. |
"tabStopWidth" | The attribute "tabStopWidth" sets the tab stop width of a textEdit. |
"text" | Button labelling or the text of a textEdit. |
"textFormat" | Sets the text format for a textEdit. |
"underline" | Underlines the current font (text) or returns TRUE if the current font (text) has been underlined. |
"undoRedoEnabled" | This property holds whether undo or redo has been enabled. |
"updatesEnabled" | This attribute specifies whether updates of a widget (textEdit, slider, progress bar, zoom navigator, LCD number or thumb wheel) have been enabled. |
"visibleHeight" | This property holds the vertical amount of the visible content. |
"visibleWidth" | This property holds the horizontal amount of the visible content. |
"vScrollBarMode" | The attribute "vScrollBarMode" sets the vertical scroll bar mode of a textEdit, tree widget or table. |
"width" | The attribute "width" returns the width of an object (textEdit, zoom navigator or slider). |
"wordWrap" | The attribute "wordWrap" specifies the different word wrap modes. |
"wrapColumnOrWidth" | The attribute "wrapColumnOrWidth" sets the number of characters for the wrap mode "FixedColumnWidth" and the number of pixels for the wrap mode "FixedPixelWidth" (see chapter "wordWrap"). |
"wrapPolicy" | The attribute "wrapPolicy" specifies where text (of a textEdit) can be wrapped in word wrap mode. |
"x","y" | The attributes x and y return the coordinates of an object (textEdit, progress bar, slider, zoom navigator, LCD number or thumb wheel. Attribute x returns the X coordinate of an object and attribute y returns the Y coordinate of an object. |