TextEditor (gb.form.editor)

This control is an enhanced text editor with syntax highlighting support.

This editor has the following special features:

Source code syntax highlighting for Gambas, HTML, CSS, C, C++, JavaScript, SQL and diff files.
Fully managed editing including Copy, Paste, Cut, Undo and Redo.
Line wrapping!
Many IDE selectable display features (Line numbering, block folding indicators, brace matching indicators...
Coding enhancements such as bookmarks, tab expansion, breakpoint indicatiors...
...and much more!

This class inherits UserControl in gb.qt4.
This class is .
This class acts like a array.

Properties	Methods	Events
Returns or sets the action string associated with the control. Action Returns or sets the background color used by the control. Background Return or set the list of lines having a bookmark Bookmarks Returns or sets if the control has a border. Border Return or set the list of lines having a breakpoint Breakpoints Returns a collection of each control included in the container. Children A synonymous for the ClientHeight property. ClientH Returns the height of the area containing the controls. ClientHeight A synonymous for the ClientWidth property. ClientW Returns the width of the area containing the controls. ClientWidth Returns the position of the left border of the area containing the controls. ClientX Returns the position of the top border of the area containing the controls. ClientY Return or set if braces are automatically closed. CloseBraces Return or set if strings are automatically closed. CloseStrings Return the cursor position in the current line. Column Return the number of lines. Count Return the current line as a virtual object. Current Use this property for assigning a custom cursor to a control. Cursor Indicates that the control is in design mode. Design Return or set if the "diff mode" is activated. DiffMode Return or set the control text direction. Direction Return or set the list of lines having a disabled breakpoint DisabledBreakpoints Returns or sets if a control accepts drops. Drop Indicates that the control is enabled. Enabled Return or set the newline separator used by the editor. EndOfLine Returns or sets if a control will expand if included in a container that arranges its contents. Expand Returns or sets the font used to draw text in the control. Font Returns or sets the foreground color used by the control. Foreground A synonymous for the Height property. H Returns the internal X11 window handle of the control. Handle Returns whether the control has the focus. HasFocus Returns or sets the height of the control. Height Return or set the highlighting mode. Highlight Returns whether the mouse cursor is inside the control. Hovered A synonymous for the Handle property. Id Returns or sets if a control must be ignored when its parent arranges its children. Ignore Return the language keywords associated with the editor mode, as defined by the Mode property. Keywords Return the old column position before a cursor move. LastColumn Return the old line position before a cursor move. LastLine Returns or sets the position of the left border of the control relative to its parent. Left Compute and return the length of the Text property as UTF-8 characters. Length Return the cursor line position. Line Return the height of a line in pixels. LineHeight Return or set the line number offset. LineNumberOffset Return the number of lines minus one. Max Return or set the editor mode. Mode Returns or sets the appearence of the cursor when it points inside the control. Mouse Returns or sets the name of the control. Name Returns the next control having the same parent. Next Return or set if a control cannot be focused with the TAB key. NoTabFocus Return or set if the editor is in overwrite mode. Overwrite Returns the control container. Parent Return or set the name of the menu that will be popped-up when the user presses the right mouse button or the keyboard `MENU` key. PopupMenu Returns the previous control having the same parent. Previous Return or set the "proxy" of a control. Proxy Return or set if the editor is read-only. ReadOnly RightToLeft Returns the position of the left border of the control in screen coordinates. ScreenX Returns the position of the top border of the control in screen coordinates. ScreenY Return or set which scrollbars are displayed. ScrollBar Returns the contents height. ScrollH Returns the contents height. ScrollHeight Returns the contents width. ScrollW Returns the contents width. ScrollWidth Returns or sets the horizontal scrolling position. ScrollX Returns or sets the vertical scrolling position. ScrollY Return if some text is selected. Selected Return the editor selected text. SelectedText Return the column position of the selection mark. SelectionColumn Return the line position of the selection mark. SelectionLine Return or set if matching braces are highlighted. ShowBraces Return or set if the current line is highlighted. ShowCurrent Return or set if the cursor is visible. ShowCursor Return or set if the functions can be collapsed and expanded. ShowExpand Return or set if the breakpoint or bookmark icons are visible. ShowIcon Return or set if the editor displays tab characters as little gray arrows. ShowIndent Return or set if the function limits are visible. ShowLimit Return or set if the editor show line numbers. ShowLineNumber Return or set if the modified lines are highlighted in the margin. ShowModified Return or set if the cursor current position is displayed. ShowPosition Return or set if the editor replaces its scrollbar by a minified preview. ShowPreview Return or set if trailing whitespaces are displayed as dots. ShowSpaces Return or set the debugger stop line. StopLine Return a virtual object that allows to define the editor highlighting style. Styles Return or set if the ident is made of tab characters. TabIndent Return or set the tab size. TabSize Returns or sets the control tag. Tag Return or set the editor text contents. Text Return or set the theme used for highlighting. Replace the Styles property. Theme Returns or sets the tooltip shown when the mouse stays on the control for a short time. Tooltip Returns or sets the position of the top border of the control relative to its parent. Top Returns or sets if the control will receive MouseMove events. Tracking Return or set the main view of a editor. View Indicates if the control is visible or not. Visible A synonymous for the Width property. W Returns or sets the width of the control. Width Returns the top-level window that contains the control. Window Return or set if the editor wraps the lines to fit the control width. Wrap Returns or sets the position of the left border of the control relative to its parent. X Returns or sets the position of the top border of the control relative to its parent. Y	Append some text to the editor's end without moving the cursor. Append Start a serie of changes that will be undone in one shot. Begin Clear the editor contents Clear Collapse all functions CollapseAll Copy the currently selected text to the clipboard. Copy Convert a cursor position into pixel position CursorAt Copy the currently selected text to the clipboard, and delete the selected text. Cut Destroys the control. Delete Starts a drag & drop process. Drag End a serie of changes. End Enter "diff mode". EnterDiffMode Expand all functions. ExpandAll Finds the first child control pointed by the X and Y coordinates. FindChild Find the line position of the next difference. FindNextDiff Find the line position of the next function limit. FindNextLimit Find the next line containing a specific string. FindNextString Find the line position of the previous difference. FindPreviousDiff Find the line position of the previous function limit. FindPreviousLimit Find the previous line containing a specific string. FindPreviousString Return the highlighting a specific line. GetHighlight Return the indent of a line or of a line range. GetIndent Return the selected lines if any. GetSelectedLines Move the cursor to the specified position. Goto Move the cursor to the specified position and center the view around it. GotoCenter Grab the keyboard and the mouse so that all keyboard and mouse events are received by the control. Grab Hides the control. Hide Hide the current selection if any. HideSelection Highlight a specific string everywhere in the editor. HighlightString Indent the selected text, or the current line if there is no selected text. Indent Insert some text at the current cursor position. Insert Return if the editor contents is void. IsVoid Leave `diff mode`. LeaveDiffMode Load a file into the editor. Load Sends the control to the background of its parent. Lower Convert the selected text to lower case. LowerCase Moves and/or resizes the control. Move Moves and/or resizes the control. MoveScaled Paste the contents of the clipboard inside the editor. Paste Print some text inside the editor. Print Sends the control to the foreground of its parent. Raise Redo the last undone editor modification. Redo Refresh the editor view. Refresh Remove the text located between two cursor positions. Remove Changes the container of a control. Reparent Reset the modified and saved flags of each line. Reset Resizes the control. Resize Resizes the control. ResizeScaled Restore the cursor position and selection range saved by the SaveCursor method. RestoreCursor Save the editor contents into a file. Save Save the current cursor position and selection range. SaveCursor Scroll the contents to the given position. Scroll Select a specific text range. Select Select all editor contents SelectAll Gives the focus to the control. SetFocus Shows the control. Show Display the text search panel. ShowFindPanel Display the goto line panel. ShowGotoPanel Return the column located under the specified mouse cursor position. ToColumn Return the line located under the specified mouse cursor position. ToLine Return the relative position in pixels of a specific cursor position. ToPos Return the relative horizontal position in pixels of a specific cursor position. ToPosX Return the relative vertical position in pixels of a specific cursor position. ToPosY Undo the last editor modification. Undo Unindent the selected text, or the current line if there is no selected text. Unindent Convert the selected text to upper case. UpperCase	This event is raised when a container has just finished arranging its contents. Arrange This event is raised just before a container arranges its contents. BeforeArrange This event is raised when the editor contents has changed. Change This event is raised when the cursor has moved. Cursor Raised when the user quickly clicks twice on the control. DblClick This event is raised when the mouse enters the control during a drag & drop process. Drag This event is raised when the mouse leaves the control during a drag & drop operation. DragLeave This event is raised while the mouse moves inside the control during a drag & drop process. DragMove This event is raised when a drag is dropped in the control. Drop Raised when the mouse enters the control. Enter Raised when the control has got the focus. GotFocus This event is raised when a text line must be highlighted. Highlight Raised when a key is pressed while the control has the focus. KeyPress Raised when a key is released while the control has the focus. KeyRelease Raised when the mouse leaves the control. Leave Raised when the control has lost the focus. LostFocus This event is raised when the user has clicked twice inside the margin. Margin Raised when the user clicks on the control with the right mouse button, or if it hits the `MENU` key. Menu Raised when a mouse button is pressed while the cursor is inside the control. MouseDown This event is raised when a drag operation should be started. MouseDrag Raised when the mouse moves inside the control while a mouse button is pressed. MouseMove Raised when a mouse button is depressed while the cursor is inside the control. MouseUp This event is raised when the user moves or presses the mouse wheel while the mouse is inside the control. MouseWheel This event is raised when a new child Control has just been inserted into the container. NewChild This event is raised when the editor has scrolled. Scroll

Guess where it's used within Gambas itself

Do not use the normal Background and Foreground properties to change the look of a TextEditor.

To change background colors or other highlighting styles within the Editor control you must use the Styles property and a Highlight constant.

For example:

TextEditor1.Styles[Highlight.Background].Color = Color.RGB(200, 200, 200)

See the Highlight class for all available constants.