Accessors for class IlvTextField

Properties

alignment
cursorPosition
editable
label
maxChar
selectionEnd
selectionStart
focusChange

Description

The IlvTextField class handles a rectangular area where a line of text may be displayed and edited.
The contents of the gadget can be modified by clicking on it and entering new text. IlvTextField instances manipulate a cursor that indicates where new text should be inserted. It is also possible to select a text area by dragging the mouse over it.

Type Name Description Notes

Direction alignment Sets or returns the alignment of the text inside the text field. The text can be right-aligned (IlvRight), left-aligned (IlvLeft) or centered (IlvCenter).

Boolean focusChange Specifies whether the keyboard focus is moved to the next gadget when the Return key is pressed (true).

Int cursorPosition Sets or returns the cursor position. A value of 0 means that the cursor is just before the first character of the label.

Boolean editable Sets the text as editable. Returns true if the text is editable and false otherwise. Non-editable text may be selected for copying.

String label Sets or returns the label that is currently displayed.

Int maxChar Gets or sets the maximal number of characters that the user can type in a text field. If maxChar has a negative value, there is no limit. This limit does not apply to character strings that were entered before maxChar was set.

Int selectionEnd Int selectionEnd

Int selectionStart Get or set the selection range. To set the selected characters, count the number of delimiters rather than the number of intervals, as follows:
If there are six characters: |A|B|C|D|E|F|, then there are seven delimiters from 0 to 6 starting from the left. Thus (selectionStart=1, selectionEnd=5) selects B,C,D and E and (selectionStart=1, selectionEnd=2) selects B.

Type	Name	Description
`Direction`	`alignment`	Sets or returns the alignment of the text inside the text field. The text can be right-aligned (`IlvRight`), left-aligned (`IlvLeft`) or centered (`IlvCenter`).
`Boolean`	`focusChange`	Specifies whether the keyboard focus is moved to the next gadget when the Return key is pressed (`true`).
`Int`	`cursorPosition`	Sets or returns the cursor position. A value of 0 means that the cursor is just before the first character of the label.
`Boolean`	`editable`	Sets the text as editable. Returns `true` if the text is editable and `false` otherwise. Non-editable text may be selected for copying.
`String`	`label`	Sets or returns the label that is currently displayed.
`Int`	`maxChar`	Gets or sets the maximal number of characters that the user can type in a text field. If `maxChar` has a negative value, there is no limit. This limit does not apply to character strings that were entered before `maxChar` was set.
`Int`	`selectionEnd`	Int selectionEnd
`Int`	`selectionStart`	Get or set the selection range. To set the selected characters, count the number of delimiters rather than the number of intervals, as follows: If there are six characters: \|A\|B\|C\|D\|E\|F\|, then there are seven delimiters from 0 to 6 starting from the left. Thus `(selectionStart=1, selectionEnd=5)` selects B,C,D and E and `(selectionStart=1, selectionEnd=2)` selects B.