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ChoiceBox
Overview
The ChoiceBox class represents a choice box control.
Base Class
Constructor
- ChoiceBox(x_pos : Integer, y_pos : Integer, width : Integer, height : Integer)
Arguments
- x_pos
- The x position of the control.
- y_pos
- The y position of the control.
- width
- The width of the control.
- height
- The height of the control.
Events
- ChoiceBox.selectionChanged
- Fired when the choicebox's selection has changed.
Methods
- ChoiceBox.add
- Adds a text item to the choice box.
- ChoiceBox.clear
- Clears the choice box of all items.
- ChoiceBox.delete
- Deletes an item with a specified index from the choice box.
- ChoiceBox.findString
- Finds the index of a string in the choice box.
- ChoiceBox.getCount
- Gets the number of items in the choice box.
- ChoiceBox.getSelection
- Gets the index of the selected item in the choice box.
- ChoiceBox.getString
- Gets an item from the choice box based on the specified index.
- ChoiceBox.insert
- Inserts a text item at a specified index.
- ChoiceBox.isEmpty
- Indicates whether or not the choice box is empty or not.
- ChoiceBox.select
- Selects a choice box item at the specified index.
- ChoiceBox.setString
- Sets the text of a choice box item at the specified index.
Inherited Methods
- FormControl.captureMouse
- Captures the mouse on this form control.
- FormControl.disablePaint
- Disables the window from redrawing itself.
- FormControl.enablePaint
- Enables the window to redraw itself.
- FormControl.getBackgroundColor
- Gets the background color of the form control.
- FormControl.getClientSize
- Gets the client size of the form control.
- FormControl.getEnabled
- Indicates whether or not a form control is enabled.
- FormControl.getFont
- Gets the default font for the text of form control.
- FormControl.getForegroundColor
- Gets the foreground color of the form control.
- FormControl.getMaxSize
- Gets the maximum size of the form control.
- FormControl.getMinSize
- Gets the minimum size of the form control.
- FormControl.getMousePosition
- Gets the mouse position relative to this form control.
- FormControl.getNativeHandle
- Gets the native handle of the window/control
- FormControl.getPosition
- Gets the position of a form control.
- FormControl.getSize
- Gets the size of the form control.
- FormControl.invalidate
- Invalidates a form control, which will cause it to be repainted on the next paint event.
- FormControl.refresh
- Refreshes a form control, which immediately repaints the entire form control.
- FormControl.releaseMouse
- Releases the mouse from being captured on this form control.
- FormControl.setBackgroundColor
- Sets the background color of the form control.
- FormControl.setClientSize
- Sets the client size of a form control.
- FormControl.setEnabled
- Enables or disables the form control.
- FormControl.setFocus
- Sets the focus to the form control.
- FormControl.setFont
- Sets the default font for the text of the form control.
- FormControl.setForegroundColor
- Sets the foreground color of the form control.
- FormControl.setMaxSize
- Sets the maximum size of a form control.
- FormControl.setMinSize
- Sets the minimum size of a form control.
- FormControl.setPosition
- Sets the position of a form control relative to the the form control's parent.
- FormControl.setSize
- Sets the size of a form control.
- FormControl.show
- Shows or hides the form control.
- FormControl.update
- Updates a form control, which will immediately repaint any invalid areas.
ChoiceBox.add
- function ChoiceBox.add(text : String) : Integer
Arguments
- text
- The text to add to the list of choice box items.
Returns
Returns the index of the item that was added.
Description
Adds an item, specified by text, to the list of items in the choice box.
ChoiceBox.clear
- function ChoiceBox.clear()
Description
Clears the choice box of all items.
ChoiceBox.delete
- function ChoiceBox.delete(index : Integer)
Arguments
- index
- The index of the item to delete from the list of items in the choice box.
Description
Deletes an item with a specified index from the choice box.
ChoiceBox.findString
- function ChoiceBox.findString(text : String) : Integer
Arguments
- text
- The text to find in the choice box.
Returns
Returns the index of the text that's found in the choice box and -1 if the text isn't found.
Description
Finds the text item in the choice box and returns it's index if it's found and -1 if it isn't found.
ChoiceBox.getCount
- function ChoiceBox.getCount() : Integer
Returns
Returns the number of items in the choice box.
Description
Returns the number of items in the choice box.
ChoiceBox.getSelection
- function ChoiceBox.getSelection() : Integer
Returns
Returns the index of the selected item in the choice box.
Description
Returns the index of the selected item in the choice box.
ChoiceBox.getString
- function ChoiceBox.getString(index : Integer) : String
Arguments
- index
- The index of the item in the choice box to return.
Returns
The text item at the specified index.
Description
Returns the text item at the specified index. If index isn't specified, then the currently selected string is returned, which may include the item that's currently being entered in the choice box before it actually becomes part of the list.
ChoiceBox.insert
- function ChoiceBox.insert(text : String, index : Integer)
Arguments
- text
- The text item to add to the choice box.
- index
- The index at which to insert the text in the choice box.
Description
Inserts a text item at a specified index.
ChoiceBox.isEmpty
- function ChoiceBox.isEmpty() : Boolean
Returns
Returns true if the choice box does not contain any items, and false if the choice box contains items.
Description
Returns true if the choice box does not contain any items, and false if the choice box contains items.
ChoiceBox.select
- function ChoiceBox.select(index : Integer)
Arguments
- index
- The index of the item to select in the choice box.
Description
Selects a choice box item at the specified index.
ChoiceBox.setString
- function ChoiceBox.setString(index : Integer, text : String)
Arguments
- index
- The index of the item in the choice box for which to change the text.
- text
- The new text for the item at the specified index.
Description
Sets the new text of a choice box item at a specified index.