Component:TextEditor

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Text Editor component as seen in the Scene Inspector

The TextEditor component takes in a reference to a Text or TextRenderer, and then outputs the result into that reference along with the parameters given and by what actions it should do so.

Fields

Fields

Name	Type	Description
persistent	Bool	Determines whether or not this item will be saved to the server.
UpdateOrder	Int	Controls the order in which this component is updated.
Enabled	Bool	Controls whether or not this component is enabled. Some components stop their functionality when this field is disabled, but some don't.
Text	IText	The output of where the text is going to be placed at.
Undo	Bool	If true, the setting of the text is undoable.
UndoDescription	String	This gets shown on the undo button on the Context menu.
FinishHandling	TextEditor.FinishAction	Lets the Text editor know what to do when the user leaves a text input.
AutoCaretColorField	Bool	Automatically sets the color of the caret (based on text color).
CaretColorField	ColorX	Sets the caret color.
SelectionColorField	ColorX	Sets the selection color for this caret.
EditingStarted	delegate of identity Action`1<TextEditor>	Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has started.
EditingChanged	delegate of identity Action`1<TextEditor>	Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has changed.
EditingFinished	delegate of identity Action`1<TextEditor>	Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has finished.
SubmitPressed	delegate of identity Action`1<TextEditor>	Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has been submitted.

Usage

This component is used in many places, including:

• Primitive Member Editor for directly editing TextFields (and Ref Hacking)
• UIX and TextFields
• Parsing floats and parsing ints