### ITextControl

  The ITextControl class is an abstract base class for all text control window classes. It provides functions that manipulate text strings.

#### AIX Considerations

  ITextControl is not the class corresponding to a text widget. If you are looking for a class for a text widget, see IEntryField and IMultiLineEdit.

### ITextControl - Member Functions and Data by Group

### Constructors & Destructor

Because this class is an abstract base class, you cannot directly construct objects of this class. The only way to construct objects of this class is from a derived class. To enforce this, the only constructor we provide for this class is protected. You can destruct objects of this class.

~ITextControl

      public:
      virtual ~ITextControl()

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

ITextControl

      protected:
      ITextControl()

  Derived classes use this protected constructor to create objects of this class.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

### Clipboard Operations

Use these members to interface with the clipboard.

clipboardHasTextFormat

      public:
      static bool clipboardHasTextFormat()

  Returns true if the clipboard is in text format.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

AIX Considerations

  If one of the registered formats for the clipboard data is of type "STRING," this function returns true.

### Layout Support

Layout-support members are overrides that supply information used by the canvas classes to provide dialog-like behavior.

setLayoutDistorted

      public:
      virtual ITextControl&
        setLayoutDistorted( unsigned long layoutAttributeOn,
                            unsigned long layoutAttributeOff )

  Processes a font change like a minimum size change. This is a virtual override of setLayoutDistorted.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

### Notification Members

Use these members to identify and enable notifications sent to observer objects.

textId

      public:
      static INotificationId const textId

  Notification identifier provided to observers when the text of a text control window changes.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

### Text Processing

Use these members to manage the text. You can query and set the text as well as query the length of the text for objects of this class.

setText

  Sets the control window's text.

  If the setText member function is used to set the text in an IComboBox constructed with the readOnlyDropDown style, non-null text specified must already exist in the combo box list. The item matching the new text will be selected. If the new text specified is the null string, all items in the list will be deselected.

  Overload 1

      public:
      virtual ITextControl& setText(const IResourceId& text)

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

  Overload 2

      public:
      virtual ITextControl& setText(const char* text)

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

text

      public:
      virtual IString text() const

  Returns the control window's text.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

textLength

      public:
      virtual unsigned long textLength() const

  Returns the current length of the control window's text in bytes.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

### Window Painting

Use these members to update the window.

displaySize

      public:
      virtual ISize displaySize(const char* text = 0) const

  Returns the width and height of the rectangle enclosing the string. If you do not specify a string, the size needed to contain the current text is returned.

  text
    String to be enclosed.

Exception

  IAccessError | The operating system's request to query the size of the text box failed.

Supported Platforms

  Windows | OS/2 | AIX
  Yes | Yes | Yes

AIX Considerations

  This member uses the underlying widget's current font list. It supports multiple-byte character sets but not sheared or rotated strings.

OS/2 Considerations

  This function uses the font attribute of the presentation space, including a sheared or rotated string. This function also supports double-byte character set (DBCS) characters.

### ITextControl - Inherited Member Functions and Data

#### Inherited Public Functions

  IControl

  -     virtual ~IControl()

  INotifier

  -     virtual ~INotifier()

  -     virtual INotifier& disableNotification() = 0

  -     virtual INotifier&
          enableNotification( bool enable = true ) = 0

  -     INotifier()

  -     virtual bool isEnabledForNotification() const = 0

  -     virtual INotifier&
          notifyObservers( const INotificationEvent& event ) = 0

  -     virtual INotifier&
          notifyObserversAsync( const INotificationEvent& event )

  -     const IThreadId& threadId() const

  IWindow

  -     virtual ~IWindow()

  -     IAccelTblHandle acceleratorHandle() const

  -     IAcceleratorTable acceleratorTable() const

  -     virtual IColor activeColor() const

  -     IWindow&
          addOrReplaceAttribute( const IAttributeName& name,
                                 const IAttribute& attribute )

  -     IWindow&
          adoptWindowData( const DataHandle& typeToken,
                           IWindowData* windowData )

  -     virtual IString asDebugInfo() const

  -     virtual IString asString() const

  -     IAttributeName
          attributeNameAt( const AttributeCursor& cursor ) const

  -     const IAttribute*
          attributeWithName( const IAttributeName& name,
                             ESearchType search = kWindowOnly ) const

  -     virtual IColor backgroundColor() const

  -     virtual IWindow& capturePointer(bool capture = true)

  -     ISize characterSize() const

  -     IWindowHandle childAt(const ChildCursor& cursor) const

  -     IWindow* childWindowAt(const ChildCursor& cursor) const

  -     virtual IArgList
          convertToArgList( const IBitFlag& style ) const

  -     virtual unsigned long
          convertToGUIStyle( const IBitFlag& style,
                             bool extendedOnly = false ) const

  -     static DataHandle
          dataHandleWithKey( const char* dataKeyName )

  -     virtual IWindowHandle defaultEmphasisButton() const

  -     static SiblingOrder defaultOrdering()

  -     virtual IWindowHandle defaultPushButton() const

  -     static IWindow* desktopWindow()

  -     virtual IWindow& disable()

  -     virtual IColor disabledBackgroundColor() const

  -     virtual IColor disabledForegroundColor() const

  -     virtual IWindow& disableGroup()

  -     IWindow& disableMinimumSizeCaching()

  -     virtual IWindow& disableNotification()

  -     virtual IWindow& disableTabStop()

  -     virtual IWindow& disableUpdate()

  -     bool
          dispatchRemainingHandlers( IEvent& event,
                                     bool callDefProc = true )

  -     virtual IWindow& enable(bool enableWindow = true)

  -     virtual IWindow& enableGroup(bool enable = true)

  -     IWindow&
          enableMinimumSizeCaching( bool enableCaching = true )

  -     virtual IWindow& enableNotification(bool enable = true)

  -     virtual IWindow& enableTabStop(bool enable = true)

  -     virtual IWindow& enableUpdate(bool enableWindow = true)

  -     static IWindow::ExceptionFn* exceptionFunction()

  -     virtual IFont font() const

  -     virtual IColor foregroundColor() const

  -     virtual IWindowHandle handle() const

  -     virtual bool
          handleException( IException& dispatcherException,
                           IEvent& exceptionEvent )

  -     virtual IWindowHandle handleForChildCreation() const

  -     static IWindowHandle
          handleWithParent( unsigned long identifier,
                            const IWindowHandle& parent )

  -     static IWindowHandle handleWithPointerCaptured()

  -     virtual bool hasFocus() const

  -     virtual bool hasPointerCaptured() const

  -     unsigned long helpId() const

  -     virtual IWindow& hide()

  -     virtual IWindow& hideSourceEmphasis()

  -     virtual IColor hiliteBackgroundColor() const

  -     virtual IColor hiliteForegroundColor() const

  -     virtual unsigned long id() const

  -     virtual IColor inactiveColor() const

  -     virtual IRectangle invalidatedRect() const

  -     virtual IRegionHandle invalidatedRegion() const

  -     bool isAutoDeleteObject() const

  -     bool isAutoDestroyWindow() const

  -     bool isEnabled() const

  -     virtual bool isEnabledForNotification() const

  -     virtual bool isFrameWindow() const

  -     virtual bool isGroup() const

  -     bool isHandling(const EventMask& events) const

  -     virtual bool
          isLayoutDistorted( unsigned long layoutAttribute ) const

  -     bool isMinimumSizeCachingEnabled() const

  -     bool isShowing() const

  -     virtual bool isTabStop() const

  -     bool isUpdateEnabled() const

  -     virtual bool isValid() const

  -     bool isVisible() const

  -     static bool isWindowValid(const IWindow* window)

  -     IDMItemProvider* itemProvider() const

  -     IWindow(const IWindowHandle& handle)

  -     IWindow(unsigned long identifier, IWindow* parent)

  -     virtual IRectangle layoutAdjustment() const

  -     static IPoint
          mapPoint( const IPoint& point,
                    const IWindowHandle& from,
                    const IWindowHandle& to )

  -     virtual IWindowHandle
          matchForMnemonic( unsigned short character ) const

  -     IMessageQueueHandle messageQueue() const

  -     ISize minimumSize(bool windowCalculatedSize = false) const

  -     virtual IPointerHandle mousePointer() const

  -     static void movePointerTo(const IPoint& position)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          moveSizeTo( const IRectangle& newSizeAndPosition )

  -     virtual IWindow& moveTo(const IPoint& newPosition)

  -     virtual IRectangle nativeRect() const

  -     virtual INotifierAddress notifierAddress() const

  -     virtual IWindow&
          notifyObservers( const INotificationEvent& event )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          notifyObserversAsync( const INotificationEvent& event )

  -     static IWindow* objectWindow()

  -     virtual IWindow* owner() const

  -     IWindow* parent() const

  -     virtual ISize parentSize() const

  -     static ISize parentSize(const IWindowHandle& windowHandle)

  -     static IPoint pointerPosition()

  -     virtual IPoint position() const

  -     virtual IWindow&
          positionBehindSibling( const IWindowHandle& siblingWindow )

  -     virtual IWindow& positionBehindSiblings()

  -     virtual IWindow& positionOnSiblings()

  -     virtual const IWindow& postEvent(const IEvent& event) const

  -     virtual const IWindow&
          postEvent( EventType eventType,
                     const IEventParameter1& parm1 = 0,
                     const IEventParameter2& parm2 = 0 ) const

  -     virtual const IWindow&
          postEvent( unsigned long eventId,
                     const IEventParameter1& parm1 = 0,
                     const IEventParameter2& parm2 = 0 ) const

  -     virtual IPresSpaceHandle presSpace() const

  -     virtual IRectangle rect() const

  -     virtual IWindow&
          refresh( const IRectangle& invalidRectangle,
                   bool immediate = false )

  -     virtual IWindow& refresh(RefreshType type = paintAll)

  -     virtual IWindow& releasePointer()

  -     virtual void
          releasePresSpace( const IPresSpaceHandle& presentationSpaceHandle ) const

  -     IWindow& removeAllAttributes()

  -     IWindow& removeAttribute(const IAttributeName& name)

  -     virtual IWindow& resetActiveColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetBackgroundColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetDisabledBackgroundColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetDisabledForegroundColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetFont()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetForegroundColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetHiliteBackgroundColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetHiliteForegroundColor()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetInactiveColor()

  -     IWindow& resetMinimumSize()

  -     virtual IWindow& resetShadowColor()

  -     virtual IEventResult
          sendEvent( unsigned long eventId,
                     const IEventParameter1& parm1 = 0,
                     const IEventParameter2& parm2 = 0 ) const

  -     virtual IEventResult
          sendEvent( EventType eventType,
                     const IEventParameter1& parm1 = 0,
                     const IEventParameter2& parm2 = 0 ) const

  -     virtual IEventResult sendEvent(const IEvent& event) const

  -     IWindow&
          setAcceleratorHandle( const IAccelTblHandle& handle )

  -     IWindow&
          setAcceleratorTable( const IAcceleratorTable* acceleratorTable )

  -     virtual IWindow& setActiveColor(const IColor& color)

  -     IWindow& setAutoDeleteObject(bool autoDelete = true)

  -     IWindow& setAutoDestroyWindow(bool autoDestroy = false)

  -     virtual IWindow& setBackgroundColor(const IColor& color)

  -     static void setDefaultOrdering(SiblingOrder order)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setDisabledBackgroundColor( const IColor& color )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setDisabledForegroundColor( const IColor& color )

  -     static IWindow::ExceptionFn*
          setExceptionFunction( IWindow::ExceptionFn* exceptionFunction )

  -     virtual IWindow& setFocus()

  -     virtual IWindow& setFont(const IFont& font)

  -     virtual IWindow& setForegroundColor(const IColor& color)

  -     IWindow& setHelpId(unsigned long helpTopicId)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setHiliteBackgroundColor( const IColor& color )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setHiliteForegroundColor( const IColor& color )

  -     virtual IWindow& setId(unsigned long newIdentifier)

  -     virtual IWindow& setInactiveColor(const IColor& color)

  -     IWindow& setItemProvider(IDMItemProvider* dragProvider)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setLayoutDistorted( unsigned long layoutAttributesOn,
                              unsigned long layoutAttributesOff )

  -     IWindow& setMinimumSize(const ISize& size)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setMousePointer( const IPointerHandle& mousePointer )

  -     virtual IWindow& setOwner(const IWindow* newOwner)

  -     virtual IWindow& setParent(const IWindow* newParent)

  -     virtual IWindow& setShadowColor(const IColor& color)

  -     virtual IColor shadowColor() const

  -     virtual IWindow& show(bool showWindow = true)

  -     virtual IWindow& showSourceEmphasis(bool show = true)

  -     virtual ISize size() const

  -     virtual IWindow& sizeTo(const ISize& newSize)

  -     IWindow& startHandling(const EventMask& events)

  -     IWindow& stopHandling(const EventMask& events)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          validateRect( const IRectangle& validatedRectangle )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          validateRegion( const IRegionHandle& validatedRegion )

  -     virtual IRectangle visibleRectangle() const

  -     IWindowData* windowData(const DataHandle& typeToken) const

  -     static IWindow*
          windowWithHandle( const IWindowHandle& windowHandle,
                            bool allThreads = true )

  -     static IWindow*
          windowWithOwner( unsigned long identifier,
                           const IWindow* owner,
                           bool allThreads = true )

  -     static IWindow*
          windowWithParent( unsigned long identifier,
                            const IWindow* parent,
                            bool allThreads = true )

#### Inherited Public Data

  IWindow

  -     static INotificationId const activeColorId

  -     static const EventMask allMouseMoves

  -     static INotificationId const
          attributeAddReplaceId

  -     static INotificationId const attributeRemoveId

  -     static INotificationId const backgroundColorId

  -     static INotificationId const borderColorId

  -     static const Style clipChildren

  -     static const Style clipSiblings

  -     static const Style clipToParent

  -     static INotificationId const commandId

  -     static const Style disabled

  -     static INotificationId const
          disabledBackgroundColorId

  -     static INotificationId const
          disabledForegroundColorId

  -     static INotificationId const enableId

  -     static INotificationId const focusId

  -     static INotificationId const fontId

  -     static INotificationId const foregroundColorId

  -     static const Style group

  -     static INotificationId const
          hiliteBackgroundColorId

  -     static INotificationId const
          hiliteForegroundColorId

  -     static INotificationId const inactiveColorId

  -     static const Style leftToRight

  -     static const EventMask mouseEntersLeaves

  -     static const Style noStyle

  -     static INotificationId const positionId

  -     static const Style rightToLeft

  -     static const Style saveBits

  -     static INotificationId const shadowColorId

  -     static INotificationId const sizeId

  -     static const EventMask someMouseMoves

  -     static const Style synchPaint

  -     static INotificationId const systemCommandId

  -     static const Style tabStop

  -     static const Style visible

  -     static INotificationId const visibleId

  INotifier

  -     static INotificationId const allChangesId

  -     static INotificationId const deleteId

#### Inherited Protected Functions

  IWindow

  -     IWindow& addHandler(IHandler* newHandler)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          addObserver( IObserver& observer,
                       const IInterest& interest )

  -     static void
          addToWindowSet( IWindow* window,
                          const IWindowHandle& windowHandle )

  -     IWindow& bindMessageQueue(bool bindToMessageQueue = true)

  -     virtual ISize calcMinimumSize() const

  -     IColor color(unsigned long colorArea) const

  -     IColor
          color( unsigned long colorArea,
                 const IColor& defaultColor ) const

  -     virtual IWindowHandle
          create( unsigned long id,
                  const char* text,
                  unsigned long style,
                  IXmCreateFunction createFunction,
                  const IWindowHandle& parent,
                  const IWindowHandle& owner,
                  const IRectangle& initRect,
                  const void* callerArgList,
                  unsigned int callerNumberArguments,
                  IWindow::SiblingOrder ordering = defaultOrdering ( ),
                  unsigned long extendedStyle = 0 )

  -     virtual IWindowHandle
          create( unsigned long id,
                  const char* text,
                  unsigned long style,
                  const char* windowClass,
                  const IWindowHandle& parent,
                  const IWindowHandle& owner,
                  const IRectangle& initRect,
                  const void* ctlData,
                  const void* presParams,
                  IWindow::SiblingOrder ordering = defaultOrdering ( ),
                  unsigned long extendedStyle = 0 )

  -     virtual IWindowHandle
          create( unsigned long id,
                  const char* text,
                  const IBitFlag& style,
                  const char* windowClass,
                  const IWindow* parent,
                  const IWindow* owner,
                  const IRectangle& initRect,
                  const void* ctlData,
                  const void* presParams,
                  IWindow::SiblingOrder ordering = defaultOrdering ( ) )

  -     virtual IWindowHandle
          create( unsigned long id,
                  const char* text,
                  const IBitFlag& style,
                  IXmCreateFunction createFunction,
                  const IWindow* parent,
                  const IWindow* owner,
                  const IRectangle& initRect,
                  IWindow::SiblingOrder ordering = defaultOrdering ( ) )

  -     IWindow& defaultProcedure(IEvent& event)

  -     bool deleteIsInProcess() const

  -     bool dispatch(IEvent& event)

  -     virtual unsigned long extendedStyle() const

  -     bool isBoundToMessageQueue() const

  -     virtual bool isDragStarting(IEvent& event)

  -     bool isPrimaryWindow() const

  -     bool isUserWindowWordReserved() const

  -     IWindow()

  -     IWindowNotifyHandler* notificationHandler() const

  -     virtual IWindow&
          notifyObservers( const INotificationId& notification )

  -     IObserverList&
          observerList( const IInterest* interest = 0 ) const

  -     virtual bool passEventToOwner(IEvent& event)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          prepareForUse( const IWindowHandle& windowHandle )

  -     virtual IWindow& removeAllObservers()

  -     static void removeFromWindowSet(IWindow* window)

  -     IWindow& removeHandler(IHandler* oldHandler)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          removeObserver( IObserver& observer,
                          const IInterest& interest )

  -     virtual IWindow& removeObserver(IObserver& observer)

  -     IWindow& reserveUserWindowWord(bool reserve = true)

  -     virtual IWindow& resetColor(unsigned long colorArea)

  -     ISize savedMinimumSize() const

  -     IWindow& saveMinimumSize(const ISize& size)

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setBidiSettings( const IBidiSettings& bidiSettings,
                           bool childInherit,
                           bool refresh )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setColor( unsigned long colorArea,
                    const IColor& color )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setDefaultEmphasisButton( const IWindowHandle& defaultEmphasisButton,
                                    bool enable )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setDefaultPushButton( const IWindowHandle& defaultPushButton )

  -     virtual IWindow&
          setExtendedStyle( unsigned long extendedStyle )

  -     IWindow&
          setNotificationHandler( IWindowNotifyHandler* notifyHandler )

  -     virtual IWindow& setStyle(unsigned long style)

  -     IWindow& setWindowData(long index, unsigned long dataValue)

  -     IWindow&
          setWindowData( long index,
                         unsigned short dataValue )

  -     IWindow&
          startHandlingEventsFor( const IWindowHandle& windowHandle )

  -     IWindow&
          startHandlingEventsFor( unsigned long identifier,
                                  IWindow* parent )

  -     virtual unsigned long style() const

  -     IWindow& unbindMessageQueue()

  -     unsigned long windowULong(long index) const

  -     unsigned short windowUShort(long index) const

  INotifier

  -     virtual INotifier&
          addObserver( IObserver& observer,
                       const IInterest& interest )

  -     virtual INotifier&
          notifyObservers( const INotificationId& id ) = 0

  -     virtual IObserverList&
          observerList( const IInterest* anInterest = 0 ) const = 0

  -     virtual INotifier& removeAllObservers() = 0

  -     virtual INotifier& removeObserver(IObserver& observer) = 0

  -     virtual INotifier&
          removeObserver( IObserver& observer,
                          const IInterest& interest )

  IControl

  -     IControl()

#### Inherited Protected Data

  - None