Re: [Unicon-group] Question regarding use of TextFields in GUI

[Bruce & B. R. <br...@dc...>]

Thanks Jafar,

I'll check and see if this is available in the IVIB. i'll let you know
what happens.

regards

Bruce Rennie

On 02/11/15 10:46, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> I know that some GUI components have the concept of text wrapping but
> not sure which ones do that. I quick look in unicon/uni/gui revealed
> that TextDisplay should do what you want. It has a wrap attribute and
> the comment around for   method set_wrap_mode(s) reads as follows
>
>
>    #
>    # Set the word-wrap mode, which should be one of the following
>    # values :-
>    #
>    # &null, "false", "off", "no", meaning don't do word-wrap (the
> default).
>    #
>    # an integer (eg 20), meaning wrap at that line length.
>    #
>    # "width", meaning wrap at the width of the component.
>    #
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jafar
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Bruce & Breeanna Rennie
> <br...@dc... <mailto:br...@dc...>> wrote:
>
>     Good morning all,
>
>     I hope you all have had a pleasant spring weekend.
>
>     I have designed a form in IVIB which contains a TextField element into
>     which I am placing a string that is built up from various text
>     elements
>     taken from a table. What I am wanting to do is have the TextField
>     display the text over multiple lines. The text contains long lines as
>     well as newlines.
>
>     At present, it simple displays the text as one line. Is there any
>     way to
>     display it is multiple lines. I have looked at a TextList but this
>     will
>     require dynamic calculation on my part as to where to place the breaks
>     on ling lines.
>
>     When a specific button is pressed the text is copied to the clipboard
>     for pasting into another application.
>
>     I have pretty much everything else working, but have hit this bump of
>     displaying the text for the user. Any ideas?
>
>     regards
>
>     Bruce Rennie
>
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