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This function sets the current position of the caret (the text cursor) within the edit box.
This function sets the current position of the caret (the text cursor) within the edit box.

Revision as of 16:07, 30 January 2009


Emblem-important.png This function is deprecated. This means that its use is discouraged and that it might not exist in future versions, but there should be a more generic way to perform what it does.

This function sets the current position of the caret (the text cursor) within the edit box.

This function has been renamed. Please use guiEditSetCaretIndex for 1.0

Syntax

bool guiEditSetCaratIndex ( element theElement, int index )

Required Arguments

  • theElement: The exit box to be changed.
  • index: An integer referring to the desired position within the box.

Returns

Returns true if the index was successfully set, false otherwise.

Example

This example makes the text cursor jump to the end of an edit box if the user is holding the Left Control button. 

function moveToEndOnClick()
	if ( getKeyState ( "lctrl" ) == true ) and ( getElementType(source) == "gui-edit" ) then          -- if the user is holding down left control
		local text = guiGetText ( source )
		local textLength = string.len ( text )
		guiEditSetCaratIndex ( source, textLength )  -- set the caret index. No need to check if the clicked control is actually an edit box as this function won't work on other controls anyway
	end
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", getRootElement(), moveToEndOnClick )    -- add an event handler for clicks

See Also

General functions

Browsers

Buttons

Checkboxes

Comboboxes

Edit Boxes

Gridlists

Memos

Progressbars

Radio Buttons

Scrollbars

Scrollpanes

Static Images

Tab Panels

Tabs

Text Labels

Windows

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