Adds a text input box.

syntaxSyntax:
DlxDialog.AddEditText(x, y, width, height, mode, text)

Parameters

Parameter Description
x The horizontal position in which to position the upper left corner of the control.
y The vertical position in which to position the upper left corner of the control.
width The width of the control in pixels.
height The height of the control in pixels. If you specify zero, a box is created for entering only one line of text, otherwise you can enter multi-line text and use the enter key as a new line.
mode Specify the text format. Enter one of the following values:
DlxApp.DIALOGEDITTEXT_PLAINTEXT Plain text not formatted.
DlxApp.DIALOGEDITTEXT_FORMATTED Formatted text with the possibility to specify text in bold, italic, underlined etc.
Combine the previous values with DlxApp.DIALOGEDITTEXT_NOEMPTY to indicate that the text cannot be empty.
text The text to be displayed in the control.

Return Value

The last newly created DlxDialogControl object. Call the IsValid() method to determine if the object was created correctly.

Remarks

When the dialog box is closed, you can read the text in the control using the GetText() method.

Example

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var dlg = new DlxDialog(400, 350, "Example Dialog");
if (dlg.IsValid())
{
  dlg.AddStaticGroup(10, 10, 190, 155, "EditNumber");
  dlg.AddStaticText(20, 33, 60, "Int:");
  dlg.AddStaticText(20, 58, 60, "Float:");
  dlg.AddStaticText(20, 83, 60, "Length:");
  dlg.AddStaticText(20, 108, 60, "Angle:");
  dlg.AddStaticText(20, 133, 60, "Percent:");
  var ctrl_int = dlg.AddEditNumber(90, 30, 100, DlxApp.DIALOGEDITNUMBER_INTEGER, 5, -100, 100);
  var ctrl_float = dlg.AddEditNumber(90, 55, 100, DlxApp.DIALOGEDITNUMBER_FLOAT, 10.5, -100, 100);
  var ctrl_length = dlg.AddEditNumber(90, 80, 100, DlxApp.DIALOGEDITNUMBER_LENGTH, 10.5, -100, 100);
  var ctrl_angle = dlg.AddEditNumber(90, 105, 100, DlxApp.DIALOGEDITNUMBER_ANGLE, 45, -360, 360);
  var ctrl_pcent = dlg.AddEditNumber(90, 130, 100, DlxApp.DIALOGEDITNUMBER_PERCENT, 0.5, 0, 1);

  dlg.AddStaticText(10, 188, 60, "ComboList: ");
  var ctrl_cbl = dlg.AddComboBox(90, 185, 110);
  ctrl_cbl.AddString("Value1", 1, false);
  ctrl_cbl.AddString("Value2", 2, false);
  ctrl_cbl.AddString("Value3", 3, true);
  ctrl_cbl.AddString("Value4", 4, false);
  ctrl_cbl.AddString("Value5", 5, false);

  dlg.AddStaticText(10, 213, 60, "ComboEdit: ");
  var ctrl_cbe = dlg.AddComboBox(90, 210, 110, "Value0");
  ctrl_cbe.AddString("Value1", 1, false);
  ctrl_cbe.AddString("Value2", 2, false);
  ctrl_cbe.AddString("Value3", 3, true);
  ctrl_cbe.AddString("Value4", 4, false);
  ctrl_cbe.AddString("Value5", 5, false);

  dlg.AddStaticText(10, 238, 60, "Edit text: ");
  var ctrl_ed = dlg.AddEditText(90, 235, 110, 0, DlxApp.DIALOGEDITTEXT_FORMATTED, "Text");

  var brush = new DlxBrushStyle("orange");
  dlg.AddStaticText(10, 263, 70, "Combo Style: ");
  var ctrl_cs = dlg.AddComboStyle(90, 260, 300, brush);

  var ctrl_ck = dlg.AddCheckBox(10, 300, 100, "check box", true);

  dlg.AddStaticGroup(210, 10, 180, 245, "List box");
  var ctrl_lb = dlg.AddListBox(220, 30, 160, 215);
  for (var i = 1; i <= 50; i++)
    ctrl_lb.AddString("Value"+i, i, i==10);

  dlg.AddOkButton(280, 320, 50, 25);
  dlg.AddCancelButton(340, 320, 50, 25);

  var r = dlg.DoModal();

  var brush;
  ctrl_cs.GetStyle(brush);

  DlxApp.Printf("Exit Button: %s", r ? "Ok" : "Cancel");
  DlxApp.Printf("Brush style: %s", brush.GetName());
  DlxApp.Printf("Edit text: %s", ctrl_ed.GetText());
  DlxApp.Printf("Edit angle: %.1f°", ctrl_angle.GetNumber());
  DlxApp.Printf("List box: index=%i, string=%s, data=%f", ctrl_lb.GetInt(), ctrl_lb.GetText(), ctrl_lb.GetNumber());
}

See also