EDITOR widget

An editor is a field‑level widget that allows you to perform complex text manipulation on a character value. You can set up a static editor widget with the VIEW-AS phrase. You can create a dynamic editor widget with the CREATE widget statement. For example:

Attributes

 

AUTO-INDENT attribute	AUTO-RESIZE attribute	BGCOLOR attribute
BOX attribute	BUFFER-CHARS attribute	BUFFER-LINES attribute
COLUMN attribute	CONTEXT-HELP-ID attribute	CURSOR-CHAR attribute
CURSOR-LINE attribute	CURSOR-OFFSET attribute	DATA-TYPE attribute
DBNAME attribute	DCOLOR attribute	DROP-TARGET attribute
DYNAMIC attribute	EDIT-CAN-PASTE attribute	EDIT-CAN-UNDO attribute
EMPTY attribute	FGCOLOR attribute	FONT attribute
FRAME attribute	FRAME-COL attribute	FRAME-NAME attribute
FRAME-ROW attribute	FRAME-X attribute	FRAME-Y attribute
HANDLE attribute	HEIGHT-CHARS attribute	HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute
HELP attribute	HIDDEN attribute	HTML-CHARSET attribute
INNER-CHARS attribute	INNER-LINES attribute	INPUT-VALUE attribute
INSTANTIATING-PROCEDURE attribute	LABEL attribute	LABELS attribute
LARGE attribute	LENGTH attribute	MANUAL-HIGHLIGHT attribute
MAX-CHARS attribute	MENU-KEY attribute	MENU-MOUSE attribute
MODIFIED attribute	MOUSE-POINTER attribute	MOVABLE attribute
NAME attribute	NEXT-SIBLING attribute	NEXT-TAB-ITEM attribute
NUM-DROPPED-FILES attribute	NUM-LINES attribute	NUM-REPLACED attribute
PARENT attribute	PFCOLOR attribute	POPUP-MENU attribute
PREV-SIBLING attribute	PREV-TAB-ITEM attribute	PRIVATE-DATA attribute
PROGRESS-SOURCE attribute	READ-ONLY attribute	RESIZABLE attribute
RETURN-INSERTED attribute	ROW attribute	SCREEN-VALUE attribute
SCROLLBAR-HORIZONTAL attribute	SCROLLBAR-VERTICAL attribute	SELECTABLE attribute
SELECTED attribute	SELECTION-END attribute	SELECTION-START attribute
SELECTION-TEXT attribute	SENSITIVE attribute	SIDE-LABEL-HANDLE attribute
TABLE attribute	TAB-POSITION attribute	TAB-STOP attribute
TEXT-SELECTED attribute	TOOLTIP attribute	TYPE attribute
VISIBLE attribute	WIDGET-ID attribute	WIDTH-CHARS attribute
WIDTH-PIXELS attribute	WINDOW attribute	WORD-WRAP attribute
X attribute	Y attribute	–

Methods

 

CLEAR-SELECTION( ) method	CONVERT-TO-OFFSET( ) method
DELETE-CHAR( ) method	DELETE-LINE( ) method
EDIT-CLEAR( ) method	EDIT-COPY( ) method
EDIT-CUT( ) method	EDIT-PASTE( ) method
EDIT-UNDO( ) method	END-FILE-DROP( ) method
GET-DROPPED-FILE( ) method	INSERT-BACKTAB( ) method
INSERT-FILE( ) method	INSERT-STRING( ) method
INSERT-TAB( ) method	LOAD-MOUSE-POINTER( ) method
MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) method	MOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) method
MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method	MOVE-TO-EOF( ) method
MOVE-TO-TOP( ) method	READ-FILE( ) method
REPLACE( ) method	REPLACE-SELECTION-TEXT( ) method
SAVE-FILE( ) method	SEARCH( ) method
SET-SELECTION( ) method	VALIDATE( ) method

Events

 

Default keyboard events	Developer events
General direct manipulation events	Mouse events
Navigation key function events	Universal key function events
DROP-FILE-NOTIFY ,	ENTRY
LEAVE	VALUE-CHANGED

See also 

CREATE widget statement, VIEW-AS phrase