- autoSelect
- The autoSelect property indicates whether the text in the field
should be automatically selected when the field gets focus.
- backgroundColor (String)
- The backgroundColor attribute is the name of the RGB color for
the background of the part.
- borderWidth (Integer)
- The borderWidth attribute is the width of the border, specified
in pixels, that surrounds the part on all four sides. A width of zero
means that a border does not show.
On some platforms, the border width is limited to 1 pixel and any nonzero
value is set to 1.
- columns (Integer)
- The columns attribute specifies the width of the part measured
in average character spaces when either the left or right edge is not
attached.
The width of the control determines the initial setting of the
columns attribute unless another initialized value is connected to
the attribute. You can modify the width of the control at run time by
connecting a value to the columns attribute of the part.
- converter (AbtConverter)
- The converter attribute is an object that manages the
conversion of other objects to and from their display format for certain
visual parts, such as a Text part.
For many of the visual parts, you specify the type of data you want
displayed for the part in the Data type field in the Settings
window for the part. You can customize how you want this data to
display.
- dragDropSpec (AbtDragDropSpec)
- For more information on the dragDropSpec attribute, refer to Using the dragDropSpec attribute.
- editable (Boolean)
- The editable attribute specifies whether the text in the part
can be edited.
Note: | For the Container Details parts, this attribute along with the
columns attribute determine whether the column cells are
editable. However, the various edit events (such as editCellAt:
or editSelectedCell) will edit the column, regardless of the values of these
attributes.
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- enabled (Boolean)
- The enabled attribute specifies whether or not the part is
available for selection. If true, the part's contents are
available for selection.
- fontName (String)
- The fontName attribute is the name of the font to use for the
text displayed in the part.
- foregroundColor (String)
- The foregroundColor attribute is the name of the RGB color for
the foreground of the part.
- framingSpec (AbtViewAttachmentConstraint)
- The framingSpec attribute represents the values specified for
the edge specifications of the part. The edge specifications determine
the width, height, and position of the part.
- helpFile (String)
- The helpFile attribute is the name of the help file associated
with the part.
- helpKeysId (String)
- The helpKeysId attribute is the ID of the keys help associated
with the part. The ID can be a string or an integer value.
The ID must exist in the help file associated with the part.
- helpTitle (String)
- The helpTitle attribute is the title of the help window
associated with the part.
- helpTopicId (String)
- The helpTopicId attribute is the ID of the help topic
associated with the part. The ID can be a string or an integer
value.
The ID must exist in the help file associated with the part.
- mappedWhenManaged (Boolean)
- The mappedWhenManaged attribute specifies whether
the part should be shown. If the part is currently shown, setting this
attribute to false will hide the part. If the part is
currently hidden, setting this attribute to true will show the
part, if the parent part is shown.
- maxLength (Integer)
- The maxLength attribute specifies how long a string of data can
be in the field.
- menu (AbtCwMenuView)
- The menu attribute is the menu part to use as the part's
menu bar or pop-up menu.
- notifyChangeOnEachKeystroke (Boolean)
- The notifyChangeOnEachKeystroke attribute specifies whether
each keystroke sends a notification that the part has changed.
For example, if you connect the notifyChangeOnEachKeystroke
attribute of a Text part to an action you want to occur, such as a validation
routing, then the validation would occur after each keystroke within the entry
field.
- object
- The object attribute is the data that the part represents. If the
part represents non-string data, use this attribute; otherwise use the
labelString or string attribute.
For example, you can use the object attribute with a converter to display
the label of a button.
- passwordCharacter
- The passwordCharacter attribute contains the character that
displays for every character that the user types when the part is protected by
a password.
- passwordProtect (Boolean)
- The passwordProtect attribute specifies that the part has a
password associated with it. The password character is displayed as the
user types in the field.
- readOnly (Boolean)
- The readOnly attribute specifies that the user cannot modify
the existing text.
- reformatOnFocusChange (Boolean)
- The reformatOnFocusChange attribute specifies whether the part,
which has a converter specified, is reformatted when the focus changes.
- self (<className>)
- For more information on the self attribute, refer to Using the self attribute.
- showHorizontalScrollBar (Boolean)
- The showHorizontalScrollBar attribute specifies whether or not
to display a horizontal scroll bar so the user can scroll horizontally through
the text. If true, a horizontal scroll bar is displayed.
- showVerticalScrollBar (Boolean)
- The showVerticalScrollBar attribute adds a vertical scroll bar
so that the user can scroll vertically through the text.
- string (String)
- The string attribute is the string representation of the data
for the part.
- tabGroup (Boolean)
- The tabGroup attribute specifies whether or not the part is
included as a tab stop so users can use the Tab and
Backtab keys to access the part.
- tabSpacing (Integer)
- The tabSpacing attribute specifies the number of spaces you
want to use when the user presses the Tab key.
- textLimit (Integer)
- The textLimit attribute specifies the maximum length of the
text string that can be entered from the keyboard.
The limit for all text parts that are children of another part (for
example, a Form, Window, or Group Box part) is 32 KB. For a Multi-Line
Edit part this attribute represents the total length of all lines containing
text and line feed characters.
- traversalOn (Boolean)
- The traversalOn attribute specifies whether users can access
the part using the cursor movement keys. If the part is specified as a
tab stop by using the tabGroup attribute, users also can use the
Tab and Backtab keys to access the part.
- wordWrap (String)
- The wordWrap attribute breaks lines of text so that text does
not extend beyond the right edge of the window. If you have horizontal
scroll bars displayed, then this attribute has no effect. Valid values
include:
If no value is specified, the default value is OFF.
This attribute is equivalent to the WRAP attribute of the HTML
<TEXTAREA> tag available with Netscape 2.0 extensions.