Dgs-dxedit

DGS Properties is always used to change the gui style and make it more fantastic.

This page shows the properties of dgs-dxedit that you could use.

Main Functions

• dgsSetProperty
• dgsGetProperty

Properties

alignment

Alignment of the text within the edit.

The functions as follows are basic on this property.

dgsEditSetHorizontalAlign/dgsEditGetHorizontalAlign

dgsEditSetVerticalAlign/dgsEditGetVerticalAlign

dgsSetProperty(edit,"alignment",{alignX,alignY})

• alignX : Horizontal alignment of the text within the edit. Can be "left", "center" or "right".
• alignY : Vertical alignment of the text within the edit. Can be "top", "center" or "bottom".

allowCopy

This propertry determines whether the text can be copyed ( ctrl+c ) or cut ( ctrl+x )

dgsSetProperty(edit,"allowCopy",allowCopy)

• allowCopy : A bool indicates whether the text can be copyed ( ctrl+c ) or cut ( ctrl+x )

autoComplete

This propertry allows auto complete for edit. See dgsEditAddAutoComplete\dgsEditRemoveAutoComplete\dgsEditSetAutoComplete\dgsEditGetAutoComplete

dgsSetProperty(edit,"autoComplete",autoComplete)

• autoComplete : The auto complete table. Structure is as follows:

autoComplete = {
	name1 = isSensitive,
	name2 = isSensitive,
}

autoCompleteSkip

This propertry allows skip auto complete detect.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"autoCompleteSkip",autoCompleteSkip)

• autoCompleteSkip : A bool if whether disabling auto complete check

autoCompleteShow

This propertry stores current showing auto complete item.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"autoCompleteShow",autoCompleteShow)

• autoCompleteShow : A table stores the showing data. Structure is as follows:

autoCompleteShow = {matchedAutoCompletion,showingAutoCompletion}

matchedAutoCompletion may be different from showingAutoCompletion because of case sensitivity.

bgColor

This property determines the background color of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"bgColor",bgColor)

• bgColor : An integer of the color that can be converted by tocolor.

bgColorBlur

This property determines the background color of the edit when it is blurred.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"bgColorBlur",bgColorBlur)

• bgColorBlur: An integer of the color that can be converted by tocolor, leave to nil to use bgImage.

bgImage

This property determines the background image of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"bgImage",bgImage)

• bgImage : A material element that serves as the background image of the edit (texture/shader/screen source/renderTarget).

bgImageBlur

This property determines the background image of the edit when it is blurred.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"bgImageBlur",bgImageBlur)

• bgImageBlur: A material element that serves as the background image of the edit(texture/shader/screen source/renderTarget), leave to nil to use bgImage.

caretColor

This property determines the color of the caret

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretColor",caretColor)

• caretColor : An integer of the color that can be converted by tocolor.

caretHeight

This property determines what's the height of the caret.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretHeight",caretHeight)

• caretHeight : A float indicates what's the height of the caret.

caretOffset

The offset of the caret of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretOffset",offset)

• offset : A float of the offset of the caret of the edit.

caretPos

The position where the caret stays.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretPos",index)

• index : An integer of the index of the text that the caret stays.

clearSelection

This property determines whether the text selection will be cleared when the edit blurs.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"clearSelection",clearSelection)

• clearSelection : A bool indicates whether the text selection will be cleared when the edit blurs.

caretStyle

This is equivalent to dgsEditSetCaretStyle/dgsEditGetCaretStyle.

This property allows us to change the style of caret of the edit. ( 0 is "|"; 1 is "_" )

Example(0):

This is Text|

Example(1):

This is Text_

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretStyle",caretStyle)

• caretStyle : An integer of the caret style of the edit.

caretThick

This property allows us to change the thickness of caret of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretThick",caretThick)

• caretThick : An integer of the thickness of the caret of the edit.

caretWidth

This property allows us to change the caret width in caretStyle "1".

dgsSetProperty(edit,"caretWidth",{caretWidth,caretDefaultWidth,relative})

• caretWidth : A float of the width of the caret of the edit. If relative is true, this will refer to font width of a character.
• caretDefaultWidth : A float of the width of the caret of the edit when there is no text to refer. If relative is true, this will refer to textSize.
• relative : A bool indicates whether caret width is relative or absolute.

enableTabSwitch

This property determines whether we can use the key "tab" to switch to another edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"enableTabSwitch",enableTabSwitch)

• enableTabSwitch : A bool indicates whether we can use the key tab to switch to another edit.

font

This is equivalent to dgsSetFont/dgsGetFont. Learn More dxDrawText

dgsSetProperty(edit,"font",font)

• font : A dx font element of the text font of the edit.

masked

This is equivalent to dgsEditSetMasked/dgsEditGetMasked

dgsSetProperty(edit,"masked",masked)

• masked : A boolean value indicating whether masking is to be enabled or disabled.

maskText

This property determines what the masked text will be, and the default is "*".

dgsSetProperty(edit,"maskText",maskText)

• maskText : A string that the masked text will be.

maxLength

This is equivalent to dgsEditGetMaxLength/dgsEditSetMaxLength

dgsSetProperty(edit,"maxLength",maxLength)

• maxLength : An integer indicating the maximum number of characters that can be typed into the edit box.

padding

This property determines the padding of the text.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"padding",{paddingX,paddingY})

• paddingX : An integer of 2D x padding value.
• paddingY : An integer of 2D y padding value.

placeHolder

This is equivalent to dgsEditSetPlaceHolder//dgsEditGetPlaceHolder

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolder",placeHolder)

• placeHolder : A string of the place holder text of dgs edit ( This text will show when there is no text in a blurred dgs edit ).

placeHolderColor

This property determines the color of the place holder text. The color which can be translated by tocolor.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolderColor",placeHolderColor)

• placeHolderColor : An integer of the color of the place holder text of the edit.

placeHolderColorcoded

This property determines whether the place holder supports color code.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolderColorcoded",placeHolderColorcoded)

• placeHolderColorcoded : A bool indicates whether the place holder supports color code.

placeHolderFont

This property changes the font of place holder.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolderFont",placeHolderFont)

• placeHolderFont : A string/dx-font element of the font of the place holder.

placeHolderIgnoreRenderTarget

This property determines whether the place holder isn't restricted by render target.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolderIgnoreRenderTarget",placeHolderIgnoreRenderTarget)

• placeHolderIgnoreRenderTarget : A bool indicates whether the place holder isn't restricted by render target.

placeHolderOffset

This property allows place holder has offsets relative to its original position.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolderOffset",{ xOffset, yOffset })

• xOffset : An integer of 2D x offset.
• yOffset : An integer of 2D y offset.

placeHolderVisibleWhenFocus

This property allows place holder to be visible even when edit is focused.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"placeHolderVisibleWhenFocus",placeHolderVisibleWhenFocus)

• placeHolderVisibleWhenFocus : A bool indicates whether the place holder when the edit is focused.

placeHolderTextSize

The scale of the place holder of the edit. Learn More dxDrawText

dgsSetProperty(edit,"textSize",{scaleX,scaleY})

• scaleX : A float of the 2D X scale of the place holder of the edit.
• scaleY : A float of the 2D Y scale of the place holder of the edit.

readOnly

This is equivalent to dgsEditSetReadOnly/dgsEditGetReadOnly.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"readOnly",readOnly)

• readOnly : A bool indicates whether the edit is only readable.

readOnlyCaretShow

Whether the caret of edit will show/hide under read-only mode.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"readOnlyCaretShow",readOnlyCaretShow)

• readOnlyCaretShow : A bool indicates whether the caret is shown or hidden when the edit is read-only.

renderTarget

This property stores a render target of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"renderTarget",renderTarget)

• renderTarget : A render target that is used to render the text.

selectColorBlur

The color which can be translated by tocolor of the rectangle of text selection of the edit when blurred.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"selectColorBlur",selectColorBlur)

• selectColorBlur : An integer of the color of the rectangle of text selection of the edit when blurred.

selectColor

The color which can be translated by tocolor of the rectangle of text selection of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"selectColor",selectColor)

• selectColor : An integer of the color of the rectangle of text selection of the edit.

selectFrom

The position from which the text is selected.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"selectFrom",{index,line})

• index : An integer of the index of the text that selected from.

shadow

The shadow text of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"shadow",{offsetX,offsetY,color,outline})

• offsetX: A float of the 2D X offset of the shadow text of the edit.
• offsetY: A float of the 2D Y offset of the shadow text of the edit.
• color: An integer of the color of the shadow text of the edit.
• outline: An integer of the outline style of the shadow text.

text

This is equivalent to dgsSetText/dgsGetText.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"text",text)

• text : A table of the text of the edit.( Because of multi lines, I use table instead of string )

textColor

The color which can be translated by tocolor of the text of the edit.

dgsSetProperty(edit,"textColor",textColor)

• textColor : An integer of the color of the text of the edit.

textSize

The scale of the text of the edit. Learn More dxDrawText

dgsSetProperty(edit,"textSize",{scaleX,scaleY})

• scaleX : A float of the 2D X scale of the text of the edit.
• scaleY : A float of the 2D Y scale of the text of the edit.

typingSound

Typing sound, nil for disabled. This is equivalent to dgsEditSetTypingSound/dgsEditGetTypingSound

dgsSetProperty(edit,"typingSound",typingSound)

• typingSound: A string of the path/url of typing sound.

typingSoundVolume

Typing sound, nil for disabled. This is equivalent to dgsEditSetTypingSoundVolume/dgsEditGetTypingSoundVolume

dgsSetProperty(edit,"typingSoundVolume",typingSoundVolume)

• typingSoundVolume: A float of the volume of the typing sound. Range is from 0.0 to 1.0. This can go above 1.0 for amplification.

See Also

General Properties

• DGS General Basic Properties

Unique Properties For DGS Core Elements

• dgs-dx3dinterface
• dgs-dx3dimage
• dgs-dx3dtext
• dgs-dx3dline
• dgs-dxbutton
• dgs-dxcheckbox
• dgs-dxcombobox
• dgs-dxdetectarea
• dgs-dxedit
• dgs-dxgridlist
• dgs-dximage
• dgs-dxlabel
• dgs-dxline
• dgs-dxmemo
• dgs-dxprogressbar
• dgs-dxradiobutton
• dgs-dxscrollbar
• dgs-dxscrollpane
• dgs-dxselector
• dgs-dxswitchbutton
• dgs-dxtabpanel
• dgs-dxtab
• dgs-dxwindow