Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

EDITOR widget

An editor is a field-level widget that allows you to perform complex text manipulation on a character value. You can set up a static editor widget with the VIEW-AS phrase. You can create a dynamic editor widget with the CREATE widget statement.

Attributes

AUTO-INDENT attribute	AUTO-RESIZE attribute	BGCOLOR attribute5
BOX attribute3, 5	BUFFER-CHARS attribute1,2	BUFFER-LINES attribute1,2
COLUMN attribute	CONTEXT-HELP-ID attribute3,5	CURSOR-CHAR attribute
CURSOR-LINE attribute	CURSOR-OFFSET attribute	DATA-TYPE attribute
DBNAME attribute	DCOLOR attribute2	DROP-TARGET attribute
DYNAMIC attribute4	EDIT-CAN-PASTE attribute3, 4, 5	EDIT-CAN-UNDO attribute3, 5
EMPTY attribute4	FGCOLOR attribute5	FONT attribute5
FRAME attribute4	FRAME-COL attribute4	FRAME-NAME attribute4
FRAME-ROW attribute4	FRAME-X attribute4	FRAME-Y attribute4
HANDLE attribute4	HEIGHT-CHARS attribute	HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute
HELP attribute	HIDDEN attribute	HTML-CHARSET attribute3, 4
INNER-CHARS attribute	INNER-LINES attribute	INPUT-VALUE attribute
LABEL attribute	LABELS attribute4	LARGE attribute1,3
LENGTH attribute	MANUAL-HIGHLIGHT attribute5	MAX-CHARS attribute1, 5
MENU-KEY attribute	MENU-MOUSE attribute5	MODIFIED attribute
MOUSE-POINTER attribute	MOVABLE attribute5	NAME attribute
NEXT-SIBLING attribute4	NEXT-TAB-ITEM attribute4	NUM-DROPPED-FILES attribute4
NUM-LINES attribute	NUM-REPLACED attribute	PARENT attribute
PFCOLOR attribute2	POPUP-MENU attribute	PREV-SIBLING attribute4
PREV-TAB-ITEM attribute4	PRIVATE-DATA attribute	PROGRESS-SOURCE attribute1,2
READ-ONLY attribute	RESIZABLE attribute5	RETURN-INSERTED attribute1,3
ROW attribute	SCREEN-VALUE attribute	SCROLLBAR-HORIZONTAL attribute1
SCROLLBAR-VERTICAL attribute1	SELECTABLE attribute5	SELECTED attribute
SELECTION-END attribute4	SELECTION-START attribute4	SELECTION-TEXT attribute4
SENSITIVE attribute	SIDE-LABEL-HANDLE attribute	TABLE attribute4
TAB-POSITION attribute4	TAB-STOP attribute	TEXT-SELECTED attribute4
TOOLTIP attribute3,5	TYPE attribute4	VISIBLE attribute
WIDGET-ID attribute 3,5	WIDTH-CHARS attribute	WIDTH-PIXELS attribute
WINDOW attribute4	WORD-WRAP attribute1	X attribute
Y attribute
Can be set only before the editor widget is realized. Supported in character interfaces only. Supported in Windows only. Readable only. Supported in graphical interfaces only.

Methods

CLEAR-SELECTION( ) method	CONVERT-TO-OFFSET( ) method
DELETE-CHAR( ) method	DELETE-LINE( ) method
EDIT-CLEAR( ) method	EDIT-COPY( ) method
EDIT-CUT( ) method	EDIT-PASTE( ) method
EDIT-UNDO( ) method	END-FILE-DROP( ) method
GET-DROPPED-FILE( ) method	INSERT-BACKTAB( ) method1
INSERT-FILE( ) method	INSERT-STRING( ) method
INSERT-TAB( ) method1	LOAD-MOUSE-POINTER( ) method
MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) method	MOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) method
MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method	MOVE-TO-EOF( ) method
MOVE-TO-TOP( ) method	READ-FILE( ) method
REPLACE( ) method	REPLACE-SELECTION-TEXT( ) method
SAVE-FILE( ) method	SEARCH( ) method
SET-SELECTION( ) method	VALIDATE( ) method
Supported in character interfaces only.

Events

Default keyboard events	Developer events
General direct manipulation events	Mouse events
Navigation key function events	Universal key function events
DROP-FILE-NOTIFY	ENTRY
LEAVE	VALUE-CHANGED

See also

The chapter on representing data in OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Handbook .