NAME

Tk::XText - Extended Text widget

SYNOPSIS

require Tk::XText;
my $text= $window->XText(@options)->pack;

DESCRIPTION

Tk::XText inherits Tk::Text. It adds an advanced Undo/Redo stack, facilities for indenting and unindenting, commenting and uncommenting, autocomplete and autoindent, loading, saving and exporting.

It's main purpose is to serve as the text widget in the Tk::CodeText mega widget.

The options and methods below are only documented if they are not available within the Tk::CodeText context. Otherwise see there.

OPTIONS

Name: acPopSize

Class: AcPopSize

Switch: -acpopsize

.

Name: acScanSize

Class: AcScanSize

Switch: -acscansize

.

Name: activeDelay

Class: ActiveDelay

Switch: -activedelay

.

Name: autoBrackets

Class: AutoBrackets

Switch: -autobrackets

.

Name: autoComplete

Class: AutoComplete

Switch: -autocomplete

.

Name: autoIndent

Class: AutoIndent

Switch: -autoindent

.

Switch: -contextmenu

.

Switch: -escapepressed

Callback. Called when the user presses the escape key.

Switch: -findoptions

.

Switch: -findandreplacecall

.

Name: indentStyle

Class: IndentStyle

Switch: -indentstyle

.

Switch: -keyreleasecall

Callback. Called when the user releases a key. Gets the Ev(A) value of the event as parameter.

Switch: -logcall

.

Name: match

Class: Match

Switch: -match

.

Switch: -menuitems

.

Switch: -matchoptions

.

Switch: -mlcommentend

The end string of a multi line comment.

Switch: -mlcommentstart

The start string of a multi line comment.

Switch: -modifycall

This callback is called every time text is modified. used in Tk::Codetext for adjusting line numbers and triggering syntax highlighting/code folding.

Switch: -readonly

.

Switch: -slcomment

The start string of a single line comment.

EVENTS AND KEYBINDINGS

Besides the events of l<Tk::Text>, this module responds to the following events and key bindings:

Event:         Key:
<<Find>>       CONTROL+F
<<Replace>>    CONTROL+R
<<Indent>>     CONTROL+J
<<UnIndent>>   CONTROL+SHIFT+J or CONTROL+TAB
<<Comment>>    CONTROL+G
<<UnComment>>  CONTROL+SHIFT+G
<<Undo>>       CONTROL+Z
<<Redo>>       CONTROL+SHIFT+Z
<<UpperCase>>  CONTROL+I
<<LowerCase>>  CONTROL+SHIFT+I

Further more, CONTROL+A selects all text.

METHODS

canUndo

canRedo

clear

comment

getFontInfo

goTo

indent

linenumber

load

log

redo

replace$begin, $end, $string)

save

saveExport($file)

selectionExists

uncomment

undo

unindent

visualBegin

visualEnd

AUTHOR

Hans Jeuken (hanje at cpan dot org)

BUGS

Unknown. If you find any, please contact the author.

TODO

SEE ALSO

Tk::Text