QUICK REFERENCE: TEXTBOX OR TEXTBORDER

TextBox is the usual name for a "Form Control" used basicaly for data entry - but can be used to show data also. In Squeak-Croquet its name is: Textborder. The object is instatialized graphically dragging it from the "green window":


position

Drag the Move button of the Halo.


size

Drag the Size button of the Halo.


setCharacters:'abcdef'.


getCharacters.


setNumericValue:n.


getNumericValue.


size, style, bold, italic, underlined, textColor, autoFit, wrapping

Valid for the text inside.

autoFit enables the following feature: if the text contents changes, then the bounds will be adjusted to fit the minimum rectangle that encloses the text.

wrapping, the text will be wrapped at word boundaries based on the composition width (text margins!).


sendToBack, bringToFront, embedInto


changeColor

Changes the background color


borderColor, borderWidth, borderStyle


shadowColor, shadowOffset


beLocked

The TextBox/TextBorder will be used only for output; no input accepted.


roundCorners


gradientFill, secondColor, radialFill


show


hide 

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