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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
| 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. |
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
|
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
|
Action`1<TextEditor> | Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has started. |
EditingChanged
|
Action`1<TextEditor> | Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has changed. |
EditingFinished
|
Action`1<TextEditor> | Gives the TextEditor an action when the editing has finished. |
SubmitPressed
|
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