Properties (9)

fontsize

<attribute name="fontsize" value="13" />

public var fontsize;

Font size of the text. Default is 13.

height

<attribute name="height" value="20" />

public var height;

The height of the edit text box, default: 20.

maxlength

<attribute name="maxlength" type="number" value="null" />

public var maxlength : Number;

The maximum number of chars that can be entered. Default is unlimited.

multiline

<attribute name="multiline" value="false" />

public var multiline;

Set to true for multiple lines. Default is false.

password

<attribute name="password" value="false" />

public final var password;

Set to true for a password field. Text will appear as ****. This attribute cannot be changed at runtime. Default: false.

pattern

<attribute name="pattern" type="string" value="$once{null}" />

public var pattern : String;

An expression to restrict the set of characters that are allowed to be entered. For example, [0-9]*, [012]*, [a-zA-Z]*, [0-9A-Z]*. You can restrict the number of characters using maxlength. Default is any character.

text

<attribute name="text" type="html" />

public var text : html;

The text that appears in the component. Text and value are the same.

value

<attribute name="value" value="null" />

public var value;

The text that appears in the component. Text and value are the same.

width

<attribute name="width" value="106" />

public var width;

The width of the edit text box, default: 106.

Methods (10)

clearText()

<method name="clearText" args="isinitvalue" />

public function clearText(isinitvalue : Boolean);

Clears the text field.

getSelectionPosition()

<method name="getSelectionPosition" />

public function getSelectionPosition();

Get the current selection position.

getSelectionSize()

<method name="getSelectionSize" />

public function getSelectionSize();

Get the current selection size.

getText()

<method name="getText" />

public function getText() : String;

Returns the text displayed in this component. The same as calling getValue(false).

getValue()

<method name="getValue" />

public function getValue() : String;

Returns string displayed in this component. Also see getText().

setMaxlength()

<method name="setMaxlength" args="n" />

public function setMaxlength(n);

setPattern()

<method name="setPattern" args="r" />

public function setPattern(r);

setSelection()

<method name="setSelection" args="start, end" />

public function setSelection(start : Number, end : Number);

Positions the text selection within the text field. If this object does not already have the focus, this has the ancillary effect of giving it the focus.

setText()

<method name="setText" args="t, isinitvalue" />

public function setText(t : String, isinitvalue : Boolean);

Set text. Wraps setValue().

setValue()

<method name="setValue" args="value, isinitvalue, _ignorecalldown" />

public function setValue(value : String, isinitvalue : Boolean, _ignorecalldown);

Set the value (text) of baseedittext.

Events (1)

onvalue

<attribute name="onvalue" />

public event onvalue;

Sent when the value of the text changes.