renoise.Views.TextField

Shows a text string that can be clicked and edited by the user.

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• Properties
  • active : TextActive
  • value : TextValue
  • text : TextValueAlias
  • align : TextAlignment
  • edit_mode : TextEditMode
  • visible : ViewVisibility
  • origin : ViewOrigin
  • width : ViewDimension
  • height : ViewDimension
  • size : ViewSize
  • tooltip : ViewTooltip
  • cursor : ViewCursorShape
  • views : renoise.Views.View[]
• Functions
  • add_notifier(self, notifier : StringValueNotifierFunction)
  • remove_notifier(self, notifier : StringValueNotifierFunction)
  • add_view(self, child : renoise.Views.View)
  • remove_view(self, child : renoise.Views.View)
  • swap_views(self, child1 : renoise.Views.View, child2 : renoise.Views.View)
  • add_child(self, child : renoise.Views.View)
  • remove_child(self, child : renoise.Views.View)
  • swap_childs(self, child1 : renoise.Views.View, child2 : renoise.Views.View)
• Aliases
  • StringValueNotifierFunction
  • TextActive
  • TextAlignment
  • TextEditMode
  • TextValue
  • TextValueAlias
  • ViewCursorShape
  • ViewDimension
  • ViewOrigin
  • ViewPosition
  • ViewSize
  • ViewTooltip
  • ViewVisibility

Properties

active : TextActive

When false, text is displayed but can not be entered/modified by the user.

• Default: true

value : TextValue

The currently shown text. The text will not be updated when editing, rather only after editing is complete (return is pressed, or focus is lost).

• Default: ""

text : TextValueAlias

Exactly the same as "value"; provided for consistency.

• Default: ""

align : TextAlignment

Only used when not editing.

edit_mode : TextEditMode

True when the text field is focused. setting it at run-time programmatically will focus the text field or remove the focus (focus the dialog) accordingly.

• Default: false

visible : ViewVisibility

Set visible to false to hide a view (make it invisible without removing it). Please note that view.visible will also return false when any of its parents are invisible (when its implicitly invisible).

• Default: true

origin : ViewOrigin

The position of a view within its parent view. Only the stack layouts allows to freely position child views. Other layout views will automatically set the origin, but the origin then still can be read in for example mouse handlers.

width : ViewDimension

Deprecated. Use property size instead.

height : ViewDimension

Deprecated. Use property size instead.

size : ViewSize

The dimensions of a view has to be larger than 0. For nested views you can also specify relative size, for example vb:text { size = { width = "80%", height = 20}}. The percentage values are relative to the view's parent size and will automatically update when the parent view's size changes.

tooltip : ViewTooltip

A ViewTooltip text that should be shown for this view on mouse hover.

• Default: "" (no tip will be shown)

cursor : ViewCursorShape

The cursor cursor for this view which apears on mouse hover. Using a "none" shape will use use underlying view's cursor or the default cursor.

views : renoise.Views.View[]

READ-ONLY Empty for all controls, for layout views this contains the layout child views in the order they got added

Functions

add_notifier(self, notifier : StringValueNotifierFunction)

Add value change (text change) notifier

remove_notifier(self, notifier : StringValueNotifierFunction)

Remove value change (text change) notifier

add_view(self, child : renoise.Views.View)

Add a new child view to this view.

remove_view(self, child : renoise.Views.View)

Remove a child view from this view.

swap_views(self, child1 : renoise.Views.View, child2 : renoise.Views.View)

Swap position of two child views in this view. With a series of swaps views can be moved to any position in the parent.

add_child(self, child : renoise.Views.View)

Deprecated. Use add_view instead

remove_child(self, child : renoise.Views.View)

Deprecated. Use remove_view instead

swap_childs(self, child1 : renoise.Views.View, child2 : renoise.Views.View)

Deprecated. Use swap_views instead

Aliases

StringValueNotifierFunction

(value : string)

TextActive

boolean

When false, text is displayed but can not be entered/modified by the user.

• Default: true

TextAlignment

"center" | "left" | "right"

-- Setup the text's alignment. Applies only when the view's size is larger than
-- the needed size to draw the text
TextAlignment:
    | "left" -- (Default)
    | "right" -- aligned to the right
    | "center" -- center text

TextEditMode

boolean

True when the text field is focused. setting it at run-time programmatically will focus the text field or remove the focus (focus the dialog) accordingly.

• Default: false

TextValue

string

The currently shown text. The text will not be updated when editing, rather only after editing is complete (return is pressed, or focus is lost).

• Default: ""

TextValueAlias

string

Exactly the same as "value"; provided for consistency.

• Default: ""

ViewCursorShape

"busy" | "change_value" | "crosshair" | "default" | "drag" | "drop" | "edit_text" | "empty" | "erase" | "extend_bottom" | "extend_bottom_alias" | "extend_left" | "extend_left_alias" | "extend_right" | "extend_right_alias" | "extend_top" | "extend_top_alias" | "marker" | "move" | "nodrop" | "none" | "pencil" | "play" | "resize_edge_diagonal_left" | "resize_edge_diagonal_right" | "resize_edge_horizontal" | "resize_edge_vertical" | "resize_horizontal" | "resize_vertical" | "zoom" | "zoom_horizontal" | "zoom_vertical"

-- The cursor cursor for this view which apears on mouse hover.
-- Using a "none" shape will use use underlying view's cursor or the default cursor.
ViewCursorShape:
    | "none"
    | "empty"
    | "default"
    | "change_value"
    | "edit_text"
    | "pencil"
    | "marker"
    | "crosshair"
    | "move"
    | "erase"
    | "play"
    | "drag"
    | "drop"
    | "nodrop"
    | "busy"
    | "resize_vertical"
    | "resize_horizontal"
    | "resize_edge_vertical"
    | "resize_edge_horizontal"
    | "resize_edge_diagonal_left"
    | "resize_edge_diagonal_right"
    | "extend_left"
    | "extend_right"
    | "extend_top"
    | "extend_bottom"
    | "extend_left_alias"
    | "extend_right_alias"
    | "extend_top_alias"
    | "extend_bottom_alias"
    | "zoom_vertical"
    | "zoom_horizontal"
    | "zoom"

ViewDimension

string | integer

The dimensions of a view has to be larger than 0. For nested views you can also specify relative size for example vb:text { width = "80%"}. The percentage values are relative to the view's parent size and will automatically update on size changes.

ViewOrigin

{ 1 : ViewPosition, 2 : ViewPosition } | { x : ViewPosition, y : ViewPosition }

The position of a view within its parent view. Only the stack layouts allows to freely position child views. Other layout views will automatically set the origin, but the origin then still can be read in for example mouse handlers.

ViewPosition

integer

Horizontal (x) or Vertical (y) position of a view within its parent view.

ViewSize

{ 1 : ViewDimension, 2 : ViewDimension } | { height : ViewDimension, width : ViewDimension }

The dimensions of a view has to be larger than 0. For nested views you can also specify relative size, for example vb:text { size = { width = "80%", height = 20}}. The percentage values are relative to the view's parent size and will automatically update when the parent view's size changes.

ViewTooltip

string

A ViewTooltip text that should be shown for this view on mouse hover.

• Default: "" (no tip will be shown)

ViewVisibility

boolean

Set visible to false to hide a view (make it invisible without removing it). Please note that view.visible will also return false when any of its parents are invisible (when its implicitly invisible).

• Default: true