WoW:UIHANDLER OnTabPressed: Difference between revisions

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Fires when tab is pressed

EditBox:OnTabPressed(self)

EditBox:SetScript("OnTabPressed", function(self)
    self:Insert("    "); -- (4 spaces)
end;

This will insert 4 spaces at your cursor's position. A tab character or \t will not work, therefore spaces are used.

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-{{wowapi}}
+{{widgethandler}}
+Fires when tab is pressed
+ EditBox:OnTabPressed(self)
- EditBox:OnTabPressed()
+== Example ==
+  EditBox:SetScript("OnTabPressed", function(self)
-You can only append or prepend a tab no matter what. I don't think there's a way to insert a tab at the cursor position,
+     self:Insert("    "); -- ''(4 spaces)''
-unless there's a function that will get the position of the cursor. [[User:Egingell|Egingell]] 09:27, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
-Possible for inserting a tab character("\t")?
-  EditBox:SetScript("OnTabPressed", function()
-  this:SetText(this:GetText().."\t");
   end;
+This will insert 4 spaces at your cursor's position. A tab character or \t will not work, therefore spaces are used.
--- As documented by [[user:egingell|egingell]]