Class: TextEditorSpec

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • image specs
  • interface specs
  • interface-painter
  • queries
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • accessing-channels
  • building
  • converting
  • queries
  • queries-UIDefiner
  • visiting

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--UISpecification
      |
      +--ComponentSpec
         |
         +--NamedSpec
            |
            +--MenuComponentSpec
               |
               +--ViewWithScrollerSpec
                  |
                  +--TextEditorSpec
                     |
                     +--TextCollectorSpec
                     |
                     +--WorkspaceSpec

Package:

stx:libui

Category:

Interface-Support-UI-Specs

Version:

rev: 1.123 date: 2023/04/03 11:52:34

user: stefan

file: TextEditorSpec.st directory: libui

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libui

Description:

Not normally used by applications.

Notice: 
    this class was implemented using protocol information
    from alpha testers, literature and by reading public domain code
    - it may be incomplete or oncompatible to the corresponding ST-80 class. 
    If you encounter any incompatibilities, please forward a note 
    describing the incompatibility verbal (i.e. no code) to the ST/X team.

copyright
COPYRIGHT (c) 1996 by Claus Gittinger
             All Rights Reserved

This software is furnished under a license and may be used
only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
hereby transferred.

Class protocol:

 icon

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#icon

 basicsEditSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:TextEditorSpec andSelector:#basicsEditSpec

 channelsEditSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:TextEditorSpec andSelector:#channelsEditSpec

 detailsEditSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

Usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:TextEditorSpec andSelector:#detailsEditSpec

 addBindingsTo: env for: anInstance channel: aChannel

add bindings as required to allow the GUI Painter to operate on an instance of me

 slices

return the slices for the attribute sections in the GUI Painter

 supportsDrag

 supportsDrop

 supportsSubComponents

answer whether instances of the spec class support sub components

 viewClass

only needed for completeness;
UIPainter needs it to generate a replace-by list

Instance protocol:

 acceptCallBack

return the value of the instance variable 'acceptCallBack' (automatically generated)

 acceptCallBack: aspectName

set the value of the instance variable 'acceptCallBack' (automatically generated)

 allowDoIt

return the value of the instance variable 'allowDoIt' (automatically generated)

 allowDoIt: aBoolean

 callbacksSpec

return the value of the instance variable 'callbacksSpec' (automatically generated)

 callbacksSpec: something

set the value of the instance variable 'callbacksSpec' (automatically generated)

 hasHorizontalScrollBar

return the value of the instance variable 'hasHorizontalScrollBar' (automatically generated)

 hasHorizontalScrollBar: aBoolean

set the value of the instance variable 'hasHorizontalScrollBar' (automatically generated)

 hasKeyboardFocusInitially

(comment from inherited method)
this is true, if will catch the focus initially (there should only be one...)

 hasKeyboardFocusInitially: aBoolean

 hasVerticalScrollBar

return the value of the instance variable 'hasVerticalScrollBar' (automatically generated)

 hasVerticalScrollBar: aBoolean

set the value of the instance variable 'hasVerticalScrollBar' (automatically generated)

 isReadOnly

return true, if the text is readonly.

 isReadOnly: aBoolean

set the value of the instance variable 'isReadOnly' (automatically generated)

 miniScrollerHorizontal

return the value of the instance variable 'miniScrollerHorizontal' (automatically generated)

 miniScrollerHorizontal: aBoolean

set the value of the instance variable 'miniScrollerHorizontal' (automatically generated)

 miniScrollerVertical

return the value of the instance variable 'miniScrollerVertical' (automatically generated)

 miniScrollerVertical: aBoolean

set the value of the instance variable 'miniScrollerVertical' (automatically generated)

 showingCode

 showingCode: aBoolean

 tabRequiresControl

 tabRequiresControl: aBoolean

 acceptChannel

return the value of the instance variable 'acceptChannel' (automatically generated)

 acceptChannel: aspectName

set the value of the instance variable 'acceptChannel' (automatically generated)

 modifiedChannel

return the value of the instance variable 'modifiedChannel' (automatically generated)

 modifiedChannel: aspectName

set the value of the instance variable 'modifiedChannel' (automatically generated)

 x_acceptChannel

return the value of the instance variable 'acceptChannel' (automatically generated)

 x_acceptChannel: something

set the value of the instance variable 'acceptChannel' (automatically generated)

 x_modifiedChannel

return the value of the instance variable 'modifiedChannel' (automatically generated)

 x_modifiedChannel: something

set the value of the instance variable 'modifiedChannel' (automatically generated)

 createViewFor: aBuilder in: aView

low level create - no attributes are set.

 defineCallBacksFor: aBuilder view: aView

transform ST-80 Style callBackSpec

 nameShownWhileEditingFor: aView

 setAttributesIn: aView with: aBuilder

set my attributes to aView

 setChannelsIn: aView with: aBuilder

set channels in aView

 setKeyboardFocusAttributesIn: aView with: aBuilder

(comment from inherited method)
helper - common code for InputField and TextEditor

 setModelAttributeIn: aView with: aBuilder

set my model attributes to aView (or its model)

 fromLiteralArrayEncoding: aSpecArray

read my attributes from aSpecArray

 skippedInLiteralEncoding

define the inst-slots which are skipped when generating a literalArrayEncoding;
(to skip the ones with default values.)

 viewClass

return the corresponding view class of the spec

 actionSelectors

returns the list of action selectors

 aspectSelectors

add more aspect selectors (these generate aspect methods in the definer)

 defaultModelClassFor: someAspect

used by the UIPainters aspectGenerator

 defaultModelValueFor: someAspect

used by the UIDefiner - return the aspect's default value

 acceptUISpecVisitor: aVisitor

Double dispatch back to the visitor, passing my type encoded in
the selector (visitor pattern)