BTextControl

Derived From:BControl
Mix-in Classes:
Declared In:interface/TextControl.h
Library:libbe.so
Allocation:
Class Overview

Constructor and Destructor

BTextControl()

BTextControl(BRect frame,
             const char* name,
             const char* label,
             const char* text,
             BMessagemessage,
             uint32 resizingMode = B_FOLLOW_LEFT | B_FOLLOW_TOP,
             uint32 flags = B_WILL_DRAW | B_NAVIGABLE);
BTextControl(BMessagearchive);

Initializes the BTextControl by assigning it a label and some text, both of which can be NULL. If the label is NULL, the entire bounds rectangle is assigned to the text. Otherwise, half the view is assigned to the label and half to the text, though the exact proportion can be changed by the SetDivider() function. The label always is on the left and the text always on the right. By default, both label and text are aligned at the left margins of their respective sections; call SetAlignment() to alter the alignment.

The message parameter is the same as the one declared for the BControl constructor. It establishes a model for the messages the BTextControl will send when it's invoked. It can be NULL. See SetMessage() and SetTarget() in the BInvoker class and Invoke() in the BControl class for more information.

The frame, name, resizingMode, and flags arguments are the same as those declared for the BView class and are passed up the inheritance hierarchy to the BView constructor without change. When the BTextControl is attached to a window, it will be resized to the optimal height for displaying the label and text.

~BTextControl()

virtual ~BTextControl();

Frees memory allocated by the BTextControl and its BTextView child.


Hook Functions

AttachedToWindow()

virtual void AttachedToWindow();

Augments the BControl version of AttachedToWindow() to set up its child BTextView and to make the view and low colors of the BTextControl the same as the background view color of its new parent . This function also adjusts the height of the BTextControl to fit the height of the label and text, given the fonts used to display them.

See also: BView::AttachedToWindow()

Draw()

virtual void Draw(BRect updateRect);

Draws the label. (The BTextControl defers to its child BTextView to draw the editable text string.)

See also: BView::Draw()

GetPreferredSize() , ResizeToPreferred()

virtual void GetPreferredSize(float* width,
                              float* height);
virtual void ResizeToPreferred();

GetPreferredSize() calculates the optimal size for the BTextControl to display the label and the text, given its current font and the current font of its BTextView child; it places the result in the variables that the width and height arguments refer to.

ResizeToPreferred() resizes the BTextControl to its preferred size, keeping its left and top sides constant, and adjusts the size of the BTextView to fit.

See also: BView::GetPreferredSize()

MessageReceived()

virtual void MessageReceived(BMessagemessage);

Handles scripting requests for the BTextControl.

See also: BHandler::MessageReceived()

MouseDown()

virtual void MouseDown(BPoint point);

Makes the child BTextView the focus view when the user clicks in the BTextControl but outside the text.

See also: BTextView::MouseDown()

WindowActivated()

virtual void WindowActivated(bool active);

Makes sure that the BTextControl is redrawn when the window is activated and deactivated, if its child BTextView is the current focus view. This gives the BTextControl a chance to draw or erase the indication that it's the current focus for keyboard navigation.


Member Functions

Archive()

virtual status_t Archive(BMessagearchive,
                         bool deep = true) const;

Calls the inherited version of Archive(), which will archive the child BTextView if the deep flag is true, then adds the alignment of the label and the text, the modification message, and the divider to the BMessage archive.

See also: BArchivable::Archive(), Instantiate() static function

MakeFocus()

virtual void MakeFocus(bool focused = true);

Passes the MakeFocus() instruction on to the child BTextView. If the flag is true, this function selects all the text in the child BTextView, which becomes the new focus view for the window. If the flag is false, the child will no longer be the focus view. If the text has changed when the child ceases to be the focus view, the BTextControl is considered to have been invoked; a copy of its model message is posted so that it will be delivered to the target handler.

Note that the BTextControl itself never becomes the focus view, so will return false to all IsFocus() queries.

See also: BView::MakeFocus()

ResolveSpecifier()

virtual BHandlerResolveSpecifier(BMessagemessage,
                                   int32 index,
                                   BMessagespecifier,
                                   int32 command,
                                   const char* property);

Resolves specifiers for the Label and Value properties. See "Scripting" section of The Application Kit chapter for more information.

See also: BHandler::ResolveSpecifier()

SetAlignment() , GetAlignment()

virtual void SetAlignment(alignment forLabel,
                          alignment forText);
void GetAlignment(alignment* forLabel,
                  alignment* forText) const;

These functions set and report the alignment of the label and the text within their respective portions of the view. Three settings are possible:

ConstantDescription

B_ALIGN_LEFT

The label or text is aligned at the left boundary of its part of the view rectangle.

B_ALIGN_RIGHT

The label or text is aligned at the right boundary of its part of the view rectangle.

B_ALIGN_CENTER

The label or text is centered within its part of the view rectangle.

The default alignment is B_ALIGN_LEFT for both label and text.

See also: SetDivider()

SetDivider(), Divider()

virtual void SetDivider(float xCoordinate);float Divider() const;

These functions set and return the x coordinate value that marks the division between the label portion of the view rectangle on the left and the text portion on the right. It's stated in the coordinate system of the BTextControl.

See also: The BTextControl constructor

SetEnabled()

virtual void SetEnabled(bool enabled);

Disables the BTextControl if the enabled flag is false, and reenables it if enabled is true. BTextControls are enabled by default.

This function augments the BControl version of SetEnabled(). When the control is disabled, it makes the text unselectable (and therefore uneditable) and draws it in a way that displays its disabled state. When the control is re-enabled, it makes the text editable (and therefore selectable) and draws it as normal text.

SetModificationMessage(), ModificationMessage()

virtual void SetModificationMessage(BMessagemessage);BMessageModificationMessage() const;

These functions set and return the message that the BTextControl sends to its target when the user begins to enter or edit text.

SetModificationMessage() assigns message to the BTextControl, freeing the message previously assigned, if any. The message becomes the responsibility of the BTextControl object and will be freed only when it's replaced by another message or the BTextControl is freed; you shouldn't free it yourself. Passing a NULL pointer to this function deletes the current modification message without replacing it.

The assigned BMessage becomes the model for the message that the BTextControl sends whenever the user modifies the text when the child BTextView is the focus view.

Before sending the message, the BTextControl adds these two pieces of information to it:

FieldType codeDescription
"when"B_INT64_TYPEWhen the user modified the text, as measured by the number of microseconds since 12:00:00 AM January 1, 1970.
"source"B_POINTER_TYPEA pointer to the BTextControl object.

These names should not be used for any data that you place in the model message.

ModificationMessage() returns the model message.

SetText(), Text()

virtual void SetText(const char* text);const char* Text() const;

These functions set and return the text displayed by the BTextControl—or rather by its child BTextView. The text is first set by the constructor.

TextView()

BTextViewTextView() const;

Returns the child BTextView object that handles the BTextControl's editing chores.


Static Functions

Instantiate()

static BArchivableInstantiate(BMessagearchive);

Returns a new BTextControl object, allocated by new and created with the version of the constructor that takes a BMessage archive. However, if the archive message doesn't contain data for a BTextControl object, Instantiate() returns NULL.

See also: BArchivable::Instantiate(), instantiate_object(), Archive()


Archived Fields

The Archive() function adds the following fields to its BMessage argument:

FieldType codeDescription
_a_labelB_INT32_TYPEAlignment of label in frame.
_a_textB_INT32_TYPEAlignment of text in frame.
_divideB_FLOAT_TYPEx-coordinate dividing label and text in frame.
_mod_msgB_MESSAGE_TYPEInvocation message for the control (only present if one was defined).

The following view is added to the "_views" field (deep copy only):

NameLevelDescription
_input_0Text input view.
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