Class TextView

Multi-line text editing View
Inheritance
System.Object
Responder
View
TextView
Implements
System.IDisposable
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize
Remarks

TextView provides a multi-line text editor. Users interact with it with the standard Emacs commands for movement or the arrow keys.

ShortcutAction performed
Left cursor, Control-b Moves the editing point left.
Right cursor, Control-f Moves the editing point right.
Alt-b Moves one word back.
Alt-f Moves one word forward.
Up cursor, Control-p Moves the editing point one line up.
Down cursor, Control-n Moves the editing point one line down
Home key, Control-a Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
End key, Control-e Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
Control-Home Scrolls to the first line and moves the cursor there.
Control-End Scrolls to the last line and moves the cursor there.
Delete, Control-d Deletes the character in front of the cursor.
Backspace Deletes the character behind the cursor.
Control-k Deletes the text until the end of the line and replaces the kill buffer with the deleted text. You can paste this text in a different place by using Control-y.
Control-y Pastes the content of the kill ring into the current position.
Alt-d Deletes the word above the cursor and adds it to the kill ring. You can paste the contents of the kill ring with Control-y.
Control-q Quotes the next input character, to prevent the normal processing of key handling to take place.
Inherited Members
Namespace: Terminal.Gui
Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll
Syntax
public class TextView : View

Constructors

TextView()

Initializes a TextView on the specified area, with dimensions controlled with the X, Y, Width and Height properties.
Declaration
public TextView()

TextView(Rect)

Initializes a TextView on the specified area, with absolute position and size.
Declaration
public TextView(Rect frame)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Rect frame

Properties

AllowsReturn

Gets or sets a value indicating whether pressing ENTER in a TextView creates a new line of text in the view or activates the default button for the toplevel.
Declaration
public bool AllowsReturn { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

AllowsTab

Gets or sets whether the TextView inserts a tab character into the text or ignores tab input. If set to `false` and the user presses the tab key (or shift-tab) the focus will move to the next view (or previous with shift-tab). The default is `true`; if the user presses the tab key, a tab character will be inserted into the text.
Declaration
public bool AllowsTab { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Autocomplete

Provides autocomplete context menu based on suggestions at the current cursor position. Populate AllSuggestions to enable this feature
Declaration
public IAutocomplete Autocomplete { get; protected set; }
Property Value
Type Description
IAutocomplete

BottomOffset

The bottom offset needed to use a horizontal scrollbar or for another reason. This is only needed with the keyboard navigation.
Declaration
public int BottomOffset { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

CanFocus

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this Responder can focus.
Declaration
public override bool CanFocus { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean true if can focus; otherwise, false.
Overrides

ContextMenu

Get the ContextMenu for this view.
Declaration
public ContextMenu ContextMenu { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
ContextMenu

CurrentColumn

Gets the cursor column.
Declaration
public int CurrentColumn { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32 The cursor column.

CurrentRow

Gets the current cursor row.
Declaration
public int CurrentRow { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

CursorPosition

Sets or gets the current cursor position.
Declaration
public Point CursorPosition { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Point

DesiredCursorVisibility

Get / Set the wished cursor when the field is focused
Declaration
public CursorVisibility DesiredCursorVisibility { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
CursorVisibility

Frame

Gets or sets the frame for the view. The frame is relative to the view's container (SuperView).
Declaration
public override Rect Frame { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Rect The frame.
Overrides

HasHistoryChanges

Indicates whatever the text has history changes or not. true if the text has history changes false otherwise.
Declaration
public bool HasHistoryChanges { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

IsDirty

Indicates whatever the text was changed or not. true if the text was changed false otherwise.
Declaration
public bool IsDirty { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

LeftColumn

Gets or sets the left column.
Declaration
public int LeftColumn { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

Lines

Gets the number of lines.
Declaration
public int Lines { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

Maxlength

Gets the maximum visible length line.
Declaration
public int Maxlength { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

Multiline

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this TextView is a multiline text view.
Declaration
public bool Multiline { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

ReadOnly

Gets or sets whether the TextView is in read-only mode or not
Declaration
public bool ReadOnly { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean Boolean value(Default false)

RightOffset

The right offset needed to use a vertical scrollbar or for another reason. This is only needed with the keyboard navigation.
Declaration
public int RightOffset { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

SelectedLength

Length of the selected text.
Declaration
public int SelectedLength { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

SelectedText

The selected text.
Declaration
public ustring SelectedText { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
NStack.ustring

Selecting

Get or sets the selecting.
Declaration
public bool Selecting { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

SelectionStartColumn

Start column position of the selected text.
Declaration
public int SelectionStartColumn { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

SelectionStartRow

Start row position of the selected text.
Declaration
public int SelectionStartRow { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

TabWidth

Gets or sets a value indicating the number of whitespace when pressing the TAB key.
Declaration
public int TabWidth { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

Text

Sets or gets the text in the TextView.
Declaration
public override ustring Text { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
NStack.ustring
Overrides

TopRow

Gets or sets the top row.
Declaration
public int TopRow { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

Used

Tracks whether the text view should be considered "used", that is, that the user has moved in the entry, so new input should be appended at the cursor position, rather than clearing the entry
Declaration
public bool Used { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

WordWrap

Allows word wrap the to fit the available container width.
Declaration
public bool WordWrap { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Methods

ClearHistoryChanges()

Allows clearing the Terminal.Gui.HistoryText.HistoryTextItem items updating the original text.
Declaration
public void ClearHistoryChanges()

CloseFile()

Closes the contents of the stream into the TextView.
Declaration
public bool CloseFile()
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean true, if stream was closed, false otherwise.

ColorNormal()

Sets the driver to the default color for the control where no text is being rendered. Defaults to Normal.
Declaration
protected virtual void ColorNormal()

ColorNormal(List<Rune>, Int32)

Sets the Driver to an appropriate color for rendering the given idx of the current line. Override to provide custom coloring by calling SetAttribute(Attribute) Defaults to Normal.
Declaration
protected virtual void ColorNormal(List<Rune> line, int idx)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Rune> line
System.Int32 idx

ColorSelection(List<Rune>, Int32)

Sets the Driver to an appropriate color for rendering the given idx of the current line. Override to provide custom coloring by calling SetAttribute(Attribute) Defaults to Focus.
Declaration
protected virtual void ColorSelection(List<Rune> line, int idx)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Rune> line
System.Int32 idx

ColorUsed(List<Rune>, Int32)

Sets the Driver to an appropriate color for rendering the given idx of the current line. Override to provide custom coloring by calling SetAttribute(Attribute) Defaults to HotFocus.
Declaration
protected virtual void ColorUsed(List<Rune> line, int idx)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Rune> line
System.Int32 idx

Copy()

Copy the selected text to the clipboard contents.
Declaration
public void Copy()

Cut()

Cut the selected text to the clipboard contents.
Declaration
public void Cut()

DeleteAll()

Deletes all text.
Declaration
public void DeleteAll()

DeleteCharLeft()

Deletes all the selected or a single character at left from the position of the cursor.
Declaration
public void DeleteCharLeft()

DeleteCharRight()

Deletes all the selected or a single character at right from the position of the cursor.
Declaration
public void DeleteCharRight()

FindNextText(ustring, out Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, ustring, Boolean)

Find the next text based on the match case with the option to replace it.
Declaration
public bool FindNextText(ustring textToFind, out bool gaveFullTurn, bool matchCase = false, bool matchWholeWord = false, ustring textToReplace = null, bool replace = false)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring textToFind The text to find.
System.Boolean gaveFullTurn trueIf all the text was forward searched.falseotherwise.
System.Boolean matchCase The match case setting.
System.Boolean matchWholeWord The match whole word setting.
NStack.ustring textToReplace The text to replace.
System.Boolean replace trueIf is replacing.falseotherwise.
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean trueIf the text was found.falseotherwise.

FindPreviousText(ustring, out Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, ustring, Boolean)

Find the previous text based on the match case with the option to replace it.
Declaration
public bool FindPreviousText(ustring textToFind, out bool gaveFullTurn, bool matchCase = false, bool matchWholeWord = false, ustring textToReplace = null, bool replace = false)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring textToFind The text to find.
System.Boolean gaveFullTurn trueIf all the text was backward searched.falseotherwise.
System.Boolean matchCase The match case setting.
System.Boolean matchWholeWord The match whole word setting.
NStack.ustring textToReplace The text to replace.
System.Boolean replace trueIf the text was found.falseotherwise.
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean trueIf the text was found.falseotherwise.

FindTextChanged()

Reset the flag to stop continuous find.
Declaration
public void FindTextChanged()

GetCurrentLine()

Returns the characters on the current line (where the cursor is positioned). Use CurrentColumn to determine the position of the cursor within that line
Declaration
public List<Rune> GetCurrentLine()
Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Rune>

InsertText(String)

Inserts the given toAdd text at the current cursor position exactly as if the user had just typed it
Declaration
public void InsertText(string toAdd)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String toAdd Text to add

LoadFile(String)

Loads the contents of the file into the TextView.
Declaration
public bool LoadFile(string path)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String path Path to the file to load.
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean true, if file was loaded, false otherwise.

LoadStream(Stream)

Loads the contents of the stream into the TextView.
Declaration
public void LoadStream(Stream stream)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.IO.Stream stream Stream to load the contents from.

MouseEvent(MouseEvent)

Method invoked when a mouse event is generated
Declaration
public override bool MouseEvent(MouseEvent ev)
Parameters
Type Name Description
MouseEvent ev
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean true, if the event was handled, false otherwise.
Overrides

MoveEnd()

Will scroll the TextView to the last line and position the cursor there.
Declaration
public void MoveEnd()

MoveHome()

Will scroll the TextView to the first line and position the cursor there.
Declaration
public void MoveHome()

OnEnter(View)

Method invoked when a view gets focus.
Declaration
public override bool OnEnter(View view)
Parameters
Type Name Description
View view The view that is losing focus.
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean true, if the event was handled, false otherwise.
Overrides

OnKeyUp(KeyEvent)

Method invoked when a key is released.
Declaration
public override bool OnKeyUp(KeyEvent kb)
Parameters
Type Name Description
KeyEvent kb
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean true if the event was handled
Overrides

OnLeave(View)

Method invoked when a view loses focus.
Declaration
public override bool OnLeave(View view)
Parameters
Type Name Description
View view The view that is getting focus.
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean true, if the event was handled, false otherwise.
Overrides

Paste()

Paste the clipboard contents into the current selected position.
Declaration
public void Paste()

PositionCursor()

Positions the cursor on the current row and column
Declaration
public override void PositionCursor()
Overrides

ProcessKey(KeyEvent)

If the view is focused, gives the view a chance to process the keystroke.
Declaration
public override bool ProcessKey(KeyEvent kb)
Parameters
Type Name Description
KeyEvent kb
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean
Overrides

Redraw(Rect)

Redraws this view and its subviews; only redraws the views that have been flagged for a re-display.
Declaration
public override void Redraw(Rect bounds)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Rect bounds The bounds (view-relative region) to redraw.
Overrides

ReplaceAllText(ustring, Boolean, Boolean, ustring)

Replaces all the text based on the match case.
Declaration
public bool ReplaceAllText(ustring textToFind, bool matchCase = false, bool matchWholeWord = false, ustring textToReplace = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring textToFind The text to find.
System.Boolean matchCase The match case setting.
System.Boolean matchWholeWord The match whole word setting.
NStack.ustring textToReplace The text to replace.
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean trueIf the text was found.falseotherwise.

ScrollTo(Int32, Boolean)

Will scroll the TextView to display the specified row at the top if isRow is true or will scroll the TextView to display the specified column at the left if isRow is false.
Declaration
public void ScrollTo(int idx, bool isRow = true)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 idx Row that should be displayed at the top or Column that should be displayed at the left, if the value is negative it will be reset to zero
System.Boolean isRow If true (default) the idx is a row, column otherwise.

SelectAll()

Select all text.
Declaration
public void SelectAll()

Events

TextChanged

Raised when the Text of the TextView changes.
Declaration
public event Action TextChanged
Event Type
Type Description
System.Action

Implements

System.IDisposable
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize