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TAEdit |
Creates a multi-line edit control
Properties:
| Align | Design only property, does not generate code, helps with aligning controls while editing. alBottom - control moves to bottom of client area, resizes to width of client area x original height alClient - control occupies the whole of the client area alCustom - not used alLeft - control moves to left edge of client area, resizes to original width x height of client area alNone - no aligning alRight - control moves to right edge of client area, resizes to original width x height of client area alTop - control moves to top of client area, resizes to width of client area x original height |
| Color | Background color of control. Choose from the list, or enter your own. Format is 0xnumber where number is 6 hexadecimal digits: 2 for blue, 2 for green and 2 for red |
| Cursor | Cursor shape to display when mouse is over this control |
| Enabled | False generates GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) |
| Font | Double-click to the right to open the Font dialog. Click on + to show the Color, Name, Size and Style properties |
| Left,Top | Position of control relative to its parent |
| Width,Height | Size of control in pixels |
| Hint | Text that appears when cursor hovers over control. Generates call to GUICtrlSetTip |
| Lines | Text to show in control. Double-click to the right to open Strings Editor to specify |
| MaxLength | Maximum length of text |
| Name | Name of control and of the variable that is assigned its control ID in generated code. If not specified, no variable is generated |
| OnChange | Generates (in Message Loop mode) a Case or (in OnEvent mode) a call to GUISetOnEvent and a skeleton event function. Double-click to right to open Events Editor |
| Resizing | Click on + to expand resize modes: DocAuto - resize and reposition according to new window size DocRight - Do not move right side DocLeft - Do not move left side DocTop - Do not move top DocBottom - Do not move bottom DocHCenter - Horizontal center remains fixed DocVCenter - Vertical center remains fixed DocWidth - Width does not change DocHeight - Height does not change |
| TabOrder | Sequence in which controls are selected with the Tab and Shift+Tab keys. For a Form and for each Group, TabOrder starts with 0. You may prefer to use the TabOrder Visual Editor: press Ctrl+T to open it. |
| Visible | If False, generates GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_HIDE) |
Styles:
| ES_LEFT | Left-aligns text |
| ES_CENTER | Center-aligns text |
| ES_RIGHT | Right-aligns text |
| ES_UPPERCASE | Text is upper-cased |
| ES_LOWERCASE | Text is lower-cased |
| ES_PASSWORD | Displays an asterisk (*) for each character that is typed |
| ES_AUTOHSCROLL | When user enters characters beyond width of control, text automatically scrolls |
| ES_AUTOVSCROLL | When user enters characters beyond height of control, text automatically scrolls |
| ES_NOHIDESEL | Retains highlighting of selected text when control loses focus |
| ES_OEMCONVERT | Ensures proper conversion of characters entered into control |
| ES_READONLY | Prevents changing the text |
| ES_WANTRETURN | Enter inserts carriage return rather than simulating Form's default Button |
| ES_NUMBER | Restricts entered characters to digits |
| WS_TABSTOP | Control can be selected with Tab and Shift+Tab |
| WS_HSCROLL | Control has horizontal scroll bar |
| WS_VSCROLL | Control has horizontal scroll bar |
| WS_VISIBLE | Control is visible |
| WS_BORDER | Control has a thin-line border |
| WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | If this control overlaps with another, this control shows partially |
Extra Styles:
| WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE | Control has border with sunken edge |
| WS_EX_STATICEDGE | Control has a three-dimensional border |
Remarks:
None
Related:
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