TextEdit (hwx.gui)

A TextEdit Widget.

It is used to display and modify formatted and HTML text. It can be editable or not. Ctrl+Wheel zooms in/out.

Inherits:

Properties

Public Methods

addChildren (self, children)

destroy (self)

enableGlobalActions (self, enable)

getMousePosition (self)

getRelativeMousePosition (self)

hide (self)

onKeyPress (self, event)

onWheelHandler (self, event)

saveAsPng (self, fname)

setF1HelpTopic (self, helptopic)

setProperties (self, kwds)

show (self)

Property Details

property html

The HTML formatted text.

property readonly

Returns and sets whether text/value can be edited.

property text

The text to display.

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.

onKeyPress(self, event)

Callback method when a key is pressed on the TextEdit widget.

<Ret> adds a new line, lets add <Shift+Ret> for onCommand.

param event

Event to get key pressed.

type event

KeyEvent

onWheelHandler(self, event)

Callback method when the mouse wheel is rotated inside the TextEdit widget.

Ctrl+Wheel Zooms in/out.

param event

The key event to capture the ctrl pressed and mouse wheel event to determine if is used zoom in or out.

type event

KeyEvent, MouseEvent

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.