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WoWWiki>Fandyllic: editing

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	SetText fails when the text contains characters that aren't renderable (e.g. control chars, invalid UTF8). In that case the EditBox is cleared and [[API EditBox GetText\|EditBox:GetText()]] returns the empty string.		SetText fails when the text contains characters that aren't renderable (e.g. control chars, invalid UTF8). In that case the EditBox is cleared and [[API EditBox GetText\|EditBox:GetText()]] returns the empty string.

	(Before ~~WoW 8.0~~ unrenderable chars were displayed as '?')		Before {{battle-inline}} ''Battle for Azeroth'', unrenderable chars were displayed as '?'.{{fact\|What does it do now?}}

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

2001:16B8:1479:3900:55DA:DFEA:DDFB:F53D: /* Details */

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Details

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	== Details ==		== Details ==
	You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.		You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.

			SetText fails when the text contains characters that aren't renderable (e.g. control chars, invalid UTF8). In that case the EditBox is cleared and [[API EditBox GetText\|EditBox:GetText()]] returns the empty string.

			(Before WoW 8.0 unrenderable chars were displayed as '?')

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

WoWWiki>Fibby at 05:20, 8 September 2007

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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	~~<center>'''SetText''' ''-Documentation by DerGhulbus-''</center>~~

	editBox~~:SetText(String)~~		Sets editBox's text to the specified string.

	~~Sets the~~ editBox~~'s text to the specified string.~~		editBox:SetText(str)

	~~==Parameters==~~
	~~===Arguments===~~

	:(~~"String"~~)		== Arguments ==
	~~:;String:~~ the string you want to appear in the EditBox		:'''str''' (string) -- the string you want to appear in the EditBox

	===Returns===		== Returns ==
			:''nil''
	~~???~~


	~~==Details==~~

			== Details ==
	You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.		You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.

	==~~MultiLineEditBox~~==		== See Also ==
	~~When using a MultiLineEditBox, there is a sub-control called Edit the actually contains the text.~~		* [[UIOBJECT EditBox\|EditBox object]]
	~~For example, if the form name is "TestFourForm" and the MultilineEditBox control name is $parentMultiEditBox then you would use '''TestFourFormMultiEditBoxEdit''' to put text into the control.~~		* [[API EditBox GetText\|EditBox:GetText()]]
			* [[API EditBox GetNumber\|EditBox:GetNumber()]]
	~~<!-- begin code -->~~		* [[UI Escape Sequences]]
	~~TestFourFormMultiEditBoxEdit~~:~~SetText~~(~~"This is a test."~~);
	~~<!-- end code -->~~

	~~==Also See==~~
	[[UI Escape Sequences]]

WoWWiki>Mchalmers: /* MultiLineEditBox */

2007-05-21T04:55:21Z

MultiLineEditBox

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	You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.		You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.

			==MultiLineEditBox==
			When using a MultiLineEditBox, there is a sub-control called Edit the actually contains the text.
			For example, if the form name is "TestFourForm" and the MultilineEditBox control name is $parentMultiEditBox then you would use '''TestFourFormMultiEditBoxEdit''' to put text into the control.

			<!-- begin code -->
			TestFourFormMultiEditBoxEdit:SetText("This is a test.");
			<!-- end code -->

	==Also See==		==Also See==
	[[UI Escape Sequences]]		[[UI Escape Sequences]]

WoWWiki>Watchout: linkification, notoc and headings

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linkification, notoc and headings

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	Sets the editBox's text to the specified string.		Sets the editBox's text to the specified string.

	~~----~~		==Parameters==
	~~;''~~Arguments''		===Arguments===

	:String		:("String")
	:;String: the string you want to appear in the EditBox		:;String: the string you want to appear in the EditBox
	~~----~~
	~~;''~~Returns''		===Returns===

	???		???

	~~----~~
	~~;''~~Details''		==Details==

	You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.		You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.

			==Also See==
			[[UI Escape Sequences]]

WoWWiki>Mikk: {{widgetmethod}}

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	<center>'''SetText''' ''-Documentation by DerGhulbus-''</center>		<center>'''SetText''' ''-Documentation by DerGhulbus-''</center>

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	You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.		You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.

	~~----~~
	~~{{Template:WoW API}}~~

WoWWiki>Anticrash at 15:46, 4 January 2006

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	{{Template:WoW API}}		{{Template:WoW API}}
	~~[[Category:API Functions\|EditBox]]~~

WoWWiki>DerGhulbus at 13:30, 12 March 2005

2005-03-12T13:30:46Z

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<center>'''SetText''' ''-Documentation by DerGhulbus-''</center>

editBox:SetText(String)

Sets the editBox's text to the specified string.

----
;''Arguments''

:String
:;String: the string you want to appear in the EditBox
----
;''Returns''

???

----
;''Details''

You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.

----
{{Template:WoW API}}
[[Category:API Functions|EditBox]]