Package eu.webtoolkit.jwt

Class WTextArea

  • Direct Known Subclasses:
    WTextEdit
    public class WTextArea
extends WFormWidget
    A widget that provides a multi-line edit.

    To act upon text changes, connect a slot to the WFormWidget.changed() signal. This signal is emitted when the user changed the content, and subsequently removes the focus from the line edit.

    To act upon editing, connect a slot to the WInteractWidget.keyWentUp() signal.

    At all times, the current content may be accessed with the getText() method.

    WTextArea is an inline widget.

    CSS

    The widget corresponds to an HTML <textarea> tag can be styled using inline or external CSS as appropriate. The emptyText style can be configured via .Wt-edit-emptyText.

    See Also:
    WLineEdit

    • Constructor Detail

      • WTextArea

        public WTextArea​(WContainerWidget parentContainer)
        Creates a text area with empty content and optional parent.

      • WTextArea

        public WTextArea​(java.lang.String text,
                 WContainerWidget parentContainer)
        Creates a text area with given content and optional parent.

    • Method Detail

      • setColumns

        public void setColumns​(int columns)
        Sets the number of columns.

        The default value is 20.

      • setRows

        public void setRows​(int rows)
        Sets the number of rows.

        The default value is 5.

      • getRows

        public int getRows()
        Returns the number of rows.

        See Also:
        setRows(int rows)

      • getText

        public java.lang.String getText()
        Returns the current content.

      • setText

        public void setText​(java.lang.String text)
        Sets the content of the text area.

        The default text is "".

      • getSelectionStart

        public int getSelectionStart()
        Returns the current selection start.

        Returns -1 if there is no selected text.

        See Also:
        hasSelectedText(), getSelectedText()

      • getSelectedText

        public java.lang.String getSelectedText()
        Returns the currently selected text.

        Returns an empty string if there is currently no selected text.

        See Also:
        hasSelectedText()

      • hasSelectedText

        public boolean hasSelectedText()
        Returns whether there is selected text.

      • getCursorPosition

        public int getCursorPosition()
        Returns the current cursor position.

        Returns -1 if the widget does not have the focus.

      • setValueText

        public void setValueText​(java.lang.String value)
        Sets the current value.

        Calls setText().

        Specified by:
        setValueText in class WFormWidget

      • boxPadding

        protected int boxPadding​(Orientation orientation)
        Description copied from class: WWidget
        Returns the widget's built-in padding.

        This is used by the layout managers to correct for a built-in padding which interferes with setting a widget's width (or height) to 100%.

        A layout manager needs to set the width to 100% only for form widgets (WTextArea, WLineEdit, WComboBox, etc...). Therefore, only for those widgets this needs to return the padding (the default implementation returns 0).

        For form widgets, the padding depends on the specific browser/platform combination, unless an explicit padding is set for the widget.

        When setting an explicit padding for the widget using a style class, you will want to reimplement this method to return this padding in case you want to set the widget inside a layout manager.

        Overrides:
        boxPadding in class WWidget
        See Also:
        WWidget.boxBorder(Orientation orientation)

      • boxBorder

        protected int boxBorder​(Orientation orientation)
        Description copied from class: WWidget
        Returns the widget's built-in border width.

        This is used by the layout managers to correct for a built-in border which interferes with setting a widget's width (or height) to 100%.

        A layout manager needs to set the width to 100% only for form widgets (WTextArea, WLineEdit, WComboBox, etc...). Therefore, only for those widgets this needs to return the border width (the default implementation returns 0).

        For form widgets, the border width depends on the specific browser/platform combination, unless an explicit border is set for the widget.

        When setting an explicit border for the widget using a style class, you will want to reimplement this method to return this border width, in case you want to set the widget inside a layout manager.

        Overrides:
        boxBorder in class WWidget
        See Also:
        WWidget.boxPadding(Orientation orientation)