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# Class CL_InputBox

Inputbox component More...

Derived from: CL_Component
Derived by: none
Group: GUI (Controls)

#include <ClanLib/gui.h>

Construction:

CL_InputBox | InputBox Constructor
on_input_down |
on_input_up |
on_mouse_Ldown |
on_mouse_Lup |
on_mouse_move |
on_lost_focus |

Attributes:

get_text | Returns the inputfield text.
get_length | Returns the length of the inputfield text.
get_marked_text | Returns the marked text from the inputfield.
has_marked_text | Returns true if part of the text has been marked by the user.
get_selection_start | Returns the position where the selection starts.
get_selection_length | Returns the length of current selection.
get_max_length | Returns the maximum permitted length of the text.
in_password_mode | Returns true if password mode is enabled, false othewise.
is_read_only | Returns whether the inputfield is read-only.
get_cursor_position | Returns the current cursor position.
is_edited | Returns true if the contents has been edited.

Operations:

set_text | Sets the line edit text to text, clears the selection and moves the cursor to the end of the line.
set_max_length | Set the maximum length of the text in the editor.
set_password_mode | If enable is true, display asterisks instead of the characters actually entered.
set_read_only | Enables or disables read-only mode.
select_all | Selects all text, and moves the cursor to the end.
deselect | Deselects all text (i.e. removes marking) and leaves the cursor at the current position.
set_selection | Sets the marked area at start and be length characters long.
set_cursor_position | Sets the cursor position to pos.
clear | Syntactic sugar for set_text("").
backspace | Deletes the character to the left of the text cursor and moves the cursor one position to the left.
del | Deletes the character on the right side of the text cursor.
cut | Cut the selected text if any.
move_cursor | Moves the cursor position.
move_cursor_word | Moves the cursor by word.
home | Moves the text cursor to the left end of the line.
end | Moves the text cursor to the right end of the line.
set_edited | Sets the edited flag to on.

Signals:

sig_changed | This signal is emitted whenever text is changed in the inputfield.
sig_return_pressed | This signal is emitted when enter is pressed in the inputfield.
sig_activity | This signal is emitted whenever some character is changed/added/removed, cursor moved etc.
sig_validate_character | This signal is emitted after user enter some character, but before it added, to allow user to accept/decline it.

Detailed description:

!group=GUI/Controls! !header=gui.h!
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