EditText

Description

An editable text field that the user can select and change.

Calls the?onChange()?callback if the text is changed and the user types Enter or the control loses focus, or if its?notify()?method is called. Calls the?onChanging()?callback when any change is made to the text. The?textselection?property contains currently selected text.

Properties

active readonly	True if this element is active.
alignment readonly	The alignment style for this element. If defined, this value overrides the alignChildren setting for the parent container.
bounds readonly	The boundaries of the element, in parent-relative coordinates.
characters readonly	A number of characters for which to reserve space when calculating the preferred size of the element.
children readonly	An array of child elements.
enabled readonly	True if this element is enabled.
graphics readonly	The graphics object that can be used to customize the element’s appearance, in response to the?onDraw()?event.
helpTip readonly	The help text that is displayed when the mouse hovers over the element.
indent readonly	The number of pixels to indent the element during automatic layout.
justify readonly	The text justification style.
location readonly	The upper left corner of this element relative to its parent.
maximumSize readonly	The maximum height and width to which the element can be resized.
minimumSize readonly	The minimum height and width to which the element can be resized.
parent readonly	The parent element.
preferredSize readonly	The preferred size, used by layout managers to determine the best size for each element.
properties readonly	An object that contains one or more creation properties of the container (properties used only when the element is created).
shortcutKey readonly	The key sequence that invokes the?onShortcutKey()?callback for this element (in Windows only).
size readonly	The current dimensions of this element.
text readonly	The current text displayed in the field, a localizable string.
textselection readonly	The currently selected text, or the empty string if there is no text selected.
type readonly	The element type; “edittext”.
visible readonly	True if this element is shown, false if it is hidden.
window readonly	The window that this element belongs to.
windowBounds readonly	The bounds of this element relative to the top-level parent window.

Methods

addEventListener readonly	Registers an event handler for a particular type of event occuring in this element.
dispatchEvent readonly	Simulates the occurrence of an event in this target.
hide readonly	Hides this element.
notify readonly	Sends a notification message, simulating the specified user interaction event.
removeEventListener readonly	Unregisters an event handler for a particular type of event occuring in this element.
show readonly	Shows this element.

Events

onActivate readonly	An event-handler callback function, called when the element acquires the keyboard focus.
onChange readonly	An event-handler callback function, called when the content of the element has been changed
onChanging readonly	An event-handler callback function, called when the content of the element is in the process of changing
onDeactivate readonly	An event-handler callback function, called when the element loses the keyboard focus.
onDraw readonly	An event-handler callback function, called when the window is about to be drawn.
onShortcutKey readonly	An event-handler callback function, called when the element’s?shortcutKey?sequence is typed in the active window.