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    Class TextEdit

    Widget for multi-line text input.

    // Create a TextEdit widget const textEdit = new Ui.TextEdit(widget); textEdit.placeholderText = 'Enter text here...'; textEdit.setFixedHeight(Ui.Sizes.TextEditHeight);  // Connect to text change signal textEdit.onTextChange.connect(function() {     if (textEdit.plainText.length > 6) {         // Limit text to 10 characters         textEdit.blockSignals(true);         const text = textEdit.plainText.substring(0, 10);         textEdit.plainText = text;                  // Move cursor to end         const cursor = textEdit.textCursor;         cursor.movePosition(Ui.TextCursor.MoveOperation.End, Ui.TextCursor.MoveMode.MoveAnchor);         textEdit.textCursor = cursor;                  textEdit.blockSignals(false);     } });  // Set readonly mode textEdit.readOnly = false;  // Enable rich text if needed textEdit.acceptRichText = true;

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    acceptRichText autoFillBackground backgroundRole contextMenuPolicy devicePixelRatio enabled fontRole foregroundRole height hidden isNull layout onClose onHide onKeyPress onMouseDoubleClick onMouseMove onMousePress onMouseRelease onResize onShow onTextChange placeholderText plainText readOnly textCursor toolTip visible width windowTitle

    Methods

    activateWindow adjustSize blockSignals close deleteLater getTypeName grab isOfType isSame move raise resize setContentsMargins setCursor setCursorPixmap setFixedHeight setFixedWidth setFocus setMaximumHeight setMaximumWidth setMinimumHeight setMinimumWidth setSizePolicy setUndoable setUndoableRecursive show unsetCursor

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    acceptRichText: boolean

    Controls whether rich text formatting is accepted (true = formatted, false = plain text only).

    autoFillBackground: boolean

    Whether the widget automatically fills its background before painting.

    backgroundRole: ColorRole

    The color role used for the widget's background.

    contextMenuPolicy: ContextMenuPolicy

    Controls how the widget handles context menu requests.

    devicePixelRatio: number

    The ratio between physical and logical pixels for the widget's display.

    enabled: boolean

    Whether the widget is interactive and accepts user input.

    fontRole: FontRole

    The font role applied to the widget's text rendering.

    foregroundRole: ColorRole

    The color role used for the widget's foreground elements.

    height: number

    Current height of the widget in pixels.

    hidden: boolean

    Whether the widget is hidden from view.

    isNull: boolean

    True if the underlying native widget object has been destroyed.

    layout: Layout

    The layout manager assigned to arrange child widgets.

    onClose: signal1<CloseEvent, void>

    Signal emitted when the widget is closed.

    onHide: signal0<void>

    Signal emitted when the widget becomes hidden.

    onKeyPress: signal1<number, void>

    Signal emitted when a key is pressed while the widget has focus.

    onMouseDoubleClick: signal1<MouseEvent, void>

    Signal emitted when the user double-clicks on the widget.

    onMouseMove: signal1<MouseEvent, void>

    Signal emitted when the mouse moves over the widget.

    onMousePress: signal1<MouseEvent, void>

    Signal emitted when a mouse button is pressed on the widget.

    onMouseRelease: signal1<MouseEvent, void>

    Signal emitted when a mouse button is released on the widget.

    onResize: signal2<number, number, void>

    Signal emitted when the widget is resized.

    onShow: signal0<void>

    Signal emitted when the widget becomes visible.

    onTextChange: signal0<void>

    Signal emitted whenever the text content changes.

    placeholderText: string

    String displayed when TextEdit is empty, shown in dimmed text as a hint to the user.

    plainText: string

    When set, replaces entire content with plain text.

    readOnly: boolean

    Controlling edit permissions (true = read-only, false = editable).

    textCursor: TextCursor

    Object reppresenting cursor position and selection, used to move cursor or select text.

    toolTip: string

    Text displayed in a tooltip when the user hovers over the widget.

    visible: boolean

    Whether the widget is currently visible.

    width: number

    Current width of the widget in pixels.

    windowTitle: string

    Title text displayed in the widget's title bar when shown as a window.

    Methods

    • Brings the widget's top-level window to the foreground and gives it focus.

      Returns void

    • Resizes the widget to fit its contents based on the size hint.

      Returns void

    • Blocks or unblocks signal emission from the widget.

      Parameters

      • blocked: boolean

      Returns void

    • Closes the widget, hiding it and emitting the onClose signal.

      Returns void

    • Schedules the widget for deletion after the current event loop iteration.

      Returns void

    • Returns the name of this object's type.

      Returns string

    • Captures the widget's current rendered content as a Pixmap.

      Returns Pixmap

    • Returns true if the object is of the specified type.

      Parameters

      • type: string

      Returns boolean

    • Returns true if this object refers to the same instance as the given object.

      Parameters

      Returns boolean

    • Moves the widget to the specified position.

      Parameters

      • ax: number
      • ay: number

      Returns void

    • Raises the widget to the top of the parent widget's stack.

      Returns void

    • Resizes the widget to the specified width and height.

      Parameters

      • width: number
      • height: number

      Returns void

    • Sets the margins around the widget's contents.

      Parameters

      • left: number
      • top: number
      • right: number
      • bottom: number

      Returns void

    • Sets a custom pixmap as the cursor when the mouse is over the widget.

      Parameters

      Returns void

    • Parameters

      • height: number

      Returns void

    • Locks the widget's width to the given value, preventing resizing.

      Parameters

      • width: number

      Returns void

    • Gives keyboard input focus to the widget.

      Returns void

    • Sets the maximum height the widget can be resized to.

      Parameters

      • height: number

      Returns void

    • Sets the maximum width the widget can be resized to.

      Parameters

      • width: number

      Returns void

    • Sets the minimum height the widget must maintain.

      Parameters

      • height: number

      Returns void

    • Sets the minimum width the widget must maintain.

      Parameters

      • width: number

      Returns void

    • Marks property changes on this widget as undoable via the undo stack.

      Parameters

      • undoable: boolean

      Returns void

    • Marks property changes on this widget and all its children as undoable.

      Parameters

      • undoable: boolean

      Returns void

    • Makes the widget visible.

      Returns void

    • Resets the cursor to the parent widget's cursor.

      Returns void

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