LineEdit (hwx.gui)¶
A LineEdit Widget that can display/edit a string.
A line edit allows the user to enter and edit a single line of plain text with a useful collection of editing functions, including undo and redo, cut and paste, and drag and drop.
- Inherits:
Properties¶
Public Methods¶
addChildren (self, children)
destroy (self)
enableGlobalActions (self, enable)
getMousePosition (self)
getRelativeMousePosition (self)
hide (self)
saveAsPng (self, fname)
setF1HelpTopic (self, helptopic)
setProperties (self, kwds)
show (self)
validate (self, widget)
Property Details¶
- property alignment¶
Alignment of text (left, center or, right).
- property readonly¶
Returns and sets whether text/value can be edited.
- property text¶
Alias for value property.
Method Details¶
- addChildren(self, children)¶
Add child widgets/layouts into this widget.
Widget children get layed out using a VBoxLayout.
Typically, you’ll pass the parent/children into the constructor instead of calling this function directly.
- param children
- type children
list[Widget] | Layout
- destroy(self)¶
Deletes this and all its children.
- enableGlobalActions(self, enable)¶
Sets the state of Global Actions.
Disable the global actions to get key events.
- param enable
Determines whether to enable or disable global actions.
- type enable
bool
- getMousePosition(self)¶
Returns the mouse position.
- getRelativeMousePosition(self)¶
Returns the mouse position relative to this widget.
- hide(self)¶
Hides the widget.
- saveAsPng(self, fname)¶
Saves the widget as a .png file.
- param fname
The file name for the .png
- type fname
str
- returns
True if it was saved succesfully, False otherwise.
- rtype
bool
- setF1HelpTopic(self, helptopic)¶
Popup web-browser helps when the user hits F1 when over this.
- param helptopic
Topic name user needs help in.
- type helptopic
str
- setProperties(self, kwds)¶
Internal method called from constructors.
- show(self)¶
Shows the widget.
- validate(self, widget)¶
Validates the value of the widget.