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wxTextCtrl Selected Text
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:50 am
by miclus
Hi. How do you make it so text stays selected when the contents of a text control change? Every time the contents change, my selection gets unselected...
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:55 am
by spectrum
i would try to reselect all, inside the "change" event.
See:
wxTextCtrl documentation,
EVT_TEXT(id, func),
wxTextCtrl samples.
regards,
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:44 pm
by miclus
Ok, I traced it to this function:
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void wxRichTextCtrl::DoWriteText(const wxString& value, int flags)
{
wxString valueUnix = wxTextFile::Translate(value, wxTextFileType_Unix);
GetBuffer().InsertTextWithUndo(m_caretPosition+1, valueUnix, this, wxRICHTEXT_INSERT_WITH_PREVIOUS_PARAGRAPH_STYLE);
if ( flags & SetValue_SendEvent )
SendTextUpdatedEvent();
}
Since AppendText doesn't use the flags, it can only be that InsertTextWithUndo line.
Any ideas how to stop it from deselecting selected text?
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:42 pm
by doublemax
That the selection gets lots when changing/adding text is pretty much standard behavior in any textcontrol in know of. I guess your only chance is to store/restore the selection yourself after adding text, but you might get an ugly flicker.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:48 pm
by miclus
Yeah, that's what I did. Works out ok. Thanks.