8.1.6. Text-edit Object Methods

arrow (code) -- Method on text-edit

Pass an arrow event to the text-edit block. The code must be one of WC_LEFT, WC_RIGHT, WC_UP or WC_DOWN (see module stdwinevents).

draw (rect) -- Method on text-edit

Pass a draw event to the text-edit block. The rectangle specifies the redraw area.

event (type, window, detail) -- Method on text-edit

Pass an event gotten from stdwin.getevent() to the text-edit block. Return true if the event was handled.

getfocus () -- Method on text-edit

Return 2 integers representing the start and end positions of the focus, usable as slice indices on the string returned by gettext().

getfocustext () -- Method on text-edit

Return the text in the focus.

getrect () -- Method on text-edit

Return a rectangle giving the actual position of the text-edit block. (The bottom coordinate may differ from the initial position because the block automatically shrinks or grows to fit.)

gettext () -- Method on text-edit

Return the entire text buffer.

move (rect) -- Method on text-edit

Specify a new position for the text-edit block in the document.

replace (str) -- Method on text-edit

Replace the text in the focus by the given string. The new focus is an insert point at the end of the string.

setfocus (i, j) -- Method on text-edit

Specify the new focus. Out-of-bounds values are silently clipped.

settext (str) -- Method on text-edit

Replace the entire text buffer by the given string and set the focus to (0, 0).

setview (rect) -- Method on text-edit

Set the view rectangle to rect. If rect is None, viewing mode is reset. In viewing mode, all output from the text-edit object is clipped to the viewing rectangle. This may be useful to implement your own scrolling text subwindow.

close () -- Method on text-edit

Discard the text-edit object. It should not be used again.