Get the cursor position in TextArea?

2013-03-07 Thread membersound
Hi, can I know from the backing code where the cursor in the TextArea is placed? Eg to extract the text that is in front of the cursor, and after it. Also, is it possible to format a text to be displayed differently than the backend source holds the text? Eg if I have a comma-separated list,

Re: Get the cursor position in TextArea?

2013-03-07 Thread Jens
can I know from the backing code where the cursor in the TextArea is placed? Eg to extract the text that is in front of the cursor, and after it. TextArea.getCursorPos() ? Also, is it possible to format a text to be displayed differently than the backend source holds the text? Eg if

Re: Get the cursor position in TextArea?

2013-03-07 Thread Kody
Ups, I missed the getCurserPos(). Thanks! Anyways: yes I know I can modify the box text back and forth. But I'm more looking in some type in Formatter or something like that. Just like eg Numbers or Dates can be displayed differently in the UI though their value stays the same in the backend.

Re: Get the cursor position in TextArea?

2013-03-07 Thread Jens
You can use com.google.gwt.text.shared.Renderer/Parser or roll your own Formatter to implement the back and forth logic and then you could also create a custom TextArea that requires a Renderer/Parser or your custom Formatter. Shouldn't be too difficult. -- J. -- You received this message

Re: Get the cursor position in TextArea?

2013-03-07 Thread membersound
Is there any function to return the XY Pixel coordinates for the cursor? Or at least the pixel position inside the widget like TextArea so that I could calculate the absolute XY? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Web Toolkit group. To