NAME

AG_Textbox — agar text editor widget

SYNOPSIS

#include <agar/core.h>
#include <agar/gui.h>

DESCRIPTION

The AG_Textbox widget implements text edition. AG_Textbox may be bound to a fixed-size buffer containing a "C" string (a NUL-terminated string) or a dynamically-sized AG_TextElement(3).

The string bound to AG_Textbox may use different encodings (support for US-ASCII, UTF-8 and UCS-4 is built-in, conversion to/from other encodings requires that Agar be built with iconv(3) support).

Most of the functionality of AG_Textbox is actually implemented in AG_Editable(3). The AG_Textbox widget itself only acts as a container for an AG_Editable (adding an optional text label, scrollbars and buttons). Direct buffer-access routines are available in AG_Editable(3).

INHERITANCE HIERARCHY

AG_Object(3) -> AG_Widget(3) -> AG_Textbox.

INITIALIZATION

AG_Textbox *
AG_TextboxNew(AG_Widget *parent, Uint flags, const char *format, ...);

AG_Textbox *
AG_TextboxNewS(AG_Widget *parent, Uint flags, const char *label);

void
AG_TextboxBindUTF8(AG_Textbox *textbox, char *buffer, AG_Size size);

void
AG_TextboxBindASCII(AG_Textbox *textbox, char *buffer, AG_Size size);

void
AG_TextboxBindEncoded(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *encoding, char *buffer, AG_Size size);

void
AG_TextboxBindText(AG_Textbox *textbox, AG_Text *txt);

void
AG_TextboxSetLang(AG_Textbox *textbox, enum ag_language lang);

void
AG_TextboxSetExcl(AG_Textbox *textbox, int enable);

void
AG_TextboxSetPassword(AG_Textbox *textbox, int enable);

void
AG_TextboxSetWordWrap(AG_Textbox *textbox, int enable);

void
AG_TextboxSetIntOnly(AG_Textbox *textbox, int enable);

void
AG_TextboxSetFltOnly(AG_Textbox *textbox, int enable);

void
AG_TextboxSetLabel(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *format, ...);

void
AG_TextboxSetLabelS(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *label);

void
AG_TextboxSetPlaceholder(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *fmt, ...);

void
AG_TextboxSetPlaceholderS(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *s);

void
AG_TextboxSizeHint(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *text);

void
AG_TextboxSizeHintPixels(AG_Textbox *textbox, Uint w, Uint h);

void
AG_TextboxSizeHintLines(AG_Textbox *textbox, Uint nLines);

void
AG_TextboxAutocomplete(AG_Textbox *tb, void (*fn)(AG_Event *), const char *fnArgs, ...);

The AG_TextboxNew() function allocates, initializes, and attaches a new AG_Textbox widget. The optional string argument specifies a text label to display at the left of the textbox. Acceptable flags include:

AG_TEXTBOX_MULTILINE

Causes newlines to be entered literally into the string, and arranges for horizontal and vertical scrollbars to appear if the text is larger than the display area.

AG_TEXTBOX_WORDWRAP

Enable word wrapping in multiline mode.

AG_TEXTBOX_MULTILINGUAL

Allow the user to select different languages from the right-click popup menu (provided the widget is bound to an AG_TextElement(3)).

AG_TEXTBOX_RETURN_BUTTON

Display a RETURN button which generates "textbox-return" when clicked.

AG_TEXTBOX_EXCL

By default, external changes to the contents of the buffer are allowed and handled in a safe manner (at the cost of frequent character set conversions and periodical redrawing of the widget). If AG_TEXTBOX_EXCL is set, AG_Textbox will assume exclusive access to the buffer, permitting some important optimizations (i.e., periodic redrawing and character set conversions are avoided).

AG_TEXTBOX_UPPERCASE

Display all characters in upper-case.

AG_TEXTBOX_LOWERCASE

Display all characters in lower-case.

AG_TEXTBOX_PASSWORD

Password-style entry where characters are hidden. AG_TextboxSetPassword() sets this flag.

AG_TEXTBOX_ABANDON_FOCUS

Arrange for the widget to abandon its focus when the return key is pressed.

AG_TEXTBOX_INT_ONLY

Restricts input to valid integers only. Use AG_TextboxSetIntOnly() to change at runtime.

AG_TEXTBOX_FLT_ONLY

Restricts input to valid floating-point numbers in decimal and scientific notation ("inf" and the Unicode symbol for Infinity may also be used). Use AG_TextboxSetFltOnly() to change at runtime.

AG_TEXTBOX_CATCH_TAB

Cause tabs to be entered literally into the string (by default, the tab key moves focus to the next widget).

AG_TEXTBOX_NO_KILL_YANK

Disable Kill (ctrl-K) and Yank (ctrl-Y) functions.

AG_TEXTBOX_NO_ALT_LATIN1

Disable alt-key mappings to extended Latin1 characters.

AG_TEXTBOX_NOPOPUP

Disable the standard right-click popup menu.

AG_TEXTBOX_READONLY

Make the string read-only. This has the same effect as using AG_WidgetDisable(3), except that the textbox is not grayed out.

AG_TEXTBOX_NO_SHADING

Disable 3D-style shading around the field.

AG_TEXTBOX_HFILL

Expand horizontally in parent container.

AG_TEXTBOX_VFILL

Expand vertically in parent container.

AG_TEXTBOX_EXPAND

Shorthand for AG_TEXTBOX_HFILL | AG_TEXTBOX_VFILL.

AG_TextboxBindUTF8() and AG_TextboxBindASCII() connect a textbox to a buffer containing Unicode or US-ASCII, respectively. size is the size of the buffer in bytes (which must include space for the terminating NUL).

AG_TextboxBindEncoded() binds to a fixed-size buffer containing a C string in the specified encoding. Support for the "US-ASCII" and "UTF-8" encodings is built-in, but conversion to other encodings requires that Agar be compiled with iconv(3) support (see iconv_open(3) for the complete list of supported encodings).

AG_EditableBindText() connects the AG_Textbox to a AG_TextElement(3) object, which can represent text in different languages.

The AG_EditableSetLang() function selects the specified language for the current AG_TextElement(3).

The AG_TextboxSetExcl() function sets exclusive access to the buffer. Enable only if the bound string is guaranteed not to change externally (see AG_TEXTBOX_EXCL flag description above).

The AG_TextboxSetPassword() function enables/disables password-type input, where characters are substituted for ‘*’ in the display.

AG_TextboxSetWordWrap() enables/disable word wrapping.

AG_TextboxSetIntOnly() restricts input to integers (see flags) AG_TextboxSetFltOnly() restricts input to real numbers (see flags).

AG_TextboxSetLabel() changes the current label text to the specified string.

AG_TextboxSetPlaceholder() sets the "place holder" text to display when the buffer is empty. An argument of NULL disables placeholder text.

AG_TextboxSizeHint() requests that the initial geometry of textbox is to be sufficient to display the string text in its entirety. The AG_TextboxSizeHintPixels() variant accepts arguments in pixels. AG_TextboxSizeHintLines() accepts a number of lines.

AG_TextboxAutocomplete() sets up an autocomplete routine fn, which will be passed a pointer to an AG_Tlist(3) as first argument (and a pointer to the AG_Editable(3) instance as SELF). The autocomplete routine is expected to populate the tlist with suggestions based on the current buffer contents. If the fn argument is NULL, disable autocomplete (closing any active windows). If an autocomplete context has already been configured, only its function and arguments are updated (and any active timers are cancelled). If non-NULL, fnArgs indicates additional AG_Event(3) style arguments to be passed to the autocomplete routine.

CURSOR MANIPULATION

int
AG_TextboxMapPosition(AG_Textbox *textbox, int x, int y, int *pos);

void
AG_TextboxMoveCursor(AG_Textbox *textbox, int x, int y);

int
AG_TextboxGetCursorPos(AG_Textbox *textbox);

int
AG_TextboxSetCursorPos(AG_Textbox *textbox, int pos);

The AG_TextboxMapPosition() function translates pixel coordinates x and y to a character position within the text buffer. On success, the position is returned into pos. The function returns 0 on success or -1 on failure.

AG_TextboxMoveCursor() moves the text cursor to the position closest to the pixel coordinates mx and my.

AG_TextboxGetCursorPos() returns the current position of the cursor in the buffer. The return value is only valid as long as the widget remains locked.

AG_TextboxSetCursorPos() tries to move the cursor to the specified position in the string, after bounds checking is done. If pos is -1, the cursor is moved to the end of the string. AG_TextboxSetCursorPos() returns the new position of the cursor.

TEXT MANIPULATION

void
AG_TextboxPrintf(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *fmt, ...);

void
AG_TextboxSetString(AG_Textbox *textbox, const char *s);

void
AG_TextboxClearString(AG_Textbox *textbox);

char *
AG_TextboxDupString(AG_Textbox *textbox);

AG_Size
AG_TextboxCopyString(AG_Textbox *textbox, char *dst, AG_Size dst_size);

void
AG_TextboxBufferChanged(AG_Textbox *textbox);

int
AG_TextboxInt(AG_Textbox *textbox);

float
AG_TextboxFlt(AG_Textbox *textbox);

double
AG_TextboxDbl(AG_Textbox *textbox);

The AG_TextboxPrintf() function uses vsnprintf(3) to overwrite the contents of the buffer. If the fmt argument is NULL, a NUL string is assigned instead.

AG_TextboxSetString() overwrites the contents of the buffer with the given string. The argument may be NULL to clear the string.

AG_TextboxClearString() clears the contents of the buffer.

The AG_TextboxDupString() function returns a copy of the text buffer, as-is. AG_TextboxCopyString() copies the contents of the text buffer to a fixed-size buffer (up to dst_size - 1 bytes will be copied). Returns the number of bytes that would have been copied were dst_size unlimited (i.e., if the return value is >= dst_size, truncation has occurred). Both AG_TextboxDupString() and AG_TextboxCopyString() return the raw contents of the text buffer, without performing any character set conversion.

The AG_TextboxBufferChanged() function signals an outside change in the buffer contents. It is only useful if the AG_TEXTBOX_STATIC flag is set.

AG_TextboxInt(), AG_TextboxFlt() and AG_TextboxDbl() perform conversion of the string contents to int float and double, respectively and return the value. You probably want to be using the AG_Numerical(3) widget instead of these functions.

BINDINGS

The AG_Textbox widget provides the following bindings:

char *string

Fixed-size buffer containing a "C" string (a NUL-terminated string) in the specified encoding (UTF-8 by default).

AG_Text *text

Bound AG_TextElement(3), which can represent text in different languages.

EVENTS

The AG_Textbox widget generates the following events:

textbox-return(void)

Return was pressed and AG_TEXTBOX_MULTILINE is not set.

textbox-prechg(void)

The string is about to be modified.

textbox-postchg(void)

The string was just modified.

STRUCTURE DATA

For the AG_Textbox object:

AG_Editable *ed

Pointer to the underlying AG_Editable(3) widget.

AG_Label *lbl

Pointer to the AG_Label(3) (if any). A call to AG_TextboxSetLabel() will create a new label object.

AG_Text *text

An initially empty AG_TextElement(3) used as the default binding (where AG_TextboxBind*() is not used).

EXAMPLES

The following code fragment binds an AG_Textbox to a fixed-size buffer (which accepts UTF-8 encoding):

char name[32];
AG_Textbox *tb;

tb = AG_TextboxNew(parent, 0, "Name: ");
AG_TextboxBindUTF8(tb, name, sizeof(name));

When no specific binding is provided (as in the following case), AG_Textbox uses an internal, built-in text buffer:

AG_Textbox *tb;
char *s;

tb = AG_TextboxNew(parent, 0, "Value: ");
AG_TextboxPrintf(tb, "Foo");

/* Retrieve the string. */
s = AG_TextboxDupString(tb);

An AG_TextElement(3) can accomodate a potentially large, dynamically-allocated string:

AG_TextElement *txt;
AG_Textbox *tb;

txt = AG_TextNew(0);
tb = AG_TextboxNew(parent, AG_TEXTBOX_EXCL |
                           AG_TEXTBOX_MULTILINE, NULL);
AG_TextboxBindText(tb, txt);

The following code fragment sets up a simple autocomplete routine:

static void
MyAutocomplete(AG_Event *event)
{
	const char *dict[] = { "Apple", "Orange", "Banana", NULL }, **dp;
	AG_Editable *ed = AG_EDITABLE_SELF();
	AG_Tlist *tl = AG_TLIST_PTR(1);
	char *s, *sp;

	if ((sp = s = AG_EditableDupString(ed)) == NULL) {
		return;
	}
	while (*sp == ' ')                /* Strip leading whitespace */
		sp++;

	AG_TlistBegin(tl);
	for (dp = dictFirst; *dp != NULL; dp++) {
		if (sp[0] == '\0' ||
		    AG_Strncasecmp(*dp, sp, strlen(sp)) == 0) {
			AG_TlistAddPtr(tl, NULL, *dp, (void *)*dp);
		}
	}
	AG_TlistEnd(tl);
	free(s);
}


AG_Textbox *tb;

tb = AG_TextboxNew(NULL, 0, "Fruit: ");
AG_TextboxAutocomplete(tb, MyAutocomplete, NULL);

SEE ALSO

AG_Intro(3), AG_Editable(3), AG_Text(3), AG_TextElement(3), AG_Tlist(3), AG_Widget(3), AG_Window(3)

HISTORY

An AG_Textbox widget first appeared in Agar 1.0. It was rewritten as a front-end to AG_Editable(3) in Agar 1.3.2. Support for dynamically-resized text buffers was added in Agar 1.4.0. AG_TextboxAutocomplete() and AG_TEXTBOX_RETURN_BUTTON appeared in Agar 1.6.0. AG_TEXTBOX_UPPERCASE and AG_TEXTBOX_LOWERCASE appeared in Agar 1.6.0. The former AG_TEXTBOX_NOEMACS flag was renamed AG_TEXTBOX_NO_KILL_YANK and AG_TEXTBOX_NOLATIN1 was renamed AG_TEXTBOX_NO_ALT_LATIN1 in Agar 1.6.0. Clipboard integration, AG_EditableAutocomplete() and AG_EditableCatString() appeared in Agar 1.6.0.