Hi Bruce,
Put this line in the init_dialog():
editable_text_list.set_wrap_mode("width")
Also, you could take a look at http://unicon.org/
Technical Reports->UTR6c for Ivib reference.
I hope this helps.
Susie
On 11/1/2015 3:57 PM, Bruce & Breeanna Rennie wrote:
> Thanks Jafar,
>
> I'll check and see if this is available in the IVIB. i'll let you know
> what happens.
>
> regards
>
> Bruce Rennie
>
> On 02/11/15 10:46, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh wrote:
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> I know that some GUI components have the concept of text wrapping but
>> not sure which ones do that. I quick look in unicon/uni/gui revealed
>> that TextDisplay should do what you want. It has a wrap attribute and
>> the comment around for method set_wrap_mode(s) reads as follows
>>
>>
>> #
>> # Set the word-wrap mode, which should be one of the following
>> # values :-
>> #
>> # &null, "false", "off", "no", meaning don't do word-wrap (the
>> default).
>> #
>> # an integer (eg 20), meaning wrap at that line length.
>> #
>> # "width", meaning wrap at the width of the component.
>> #
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Jafar
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Bruce & Breeanna Rennie
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Good morning all,
>>
>> I hope you all have had a pleasant spring weekend.
>>
>> I have designed a form in IVIB which contains a TextField element into
>> which I am placing a string that is built up from various text
>> elements
>> taken from a table. What I am wanting to do is have the TextField
>> display the text over multiple lines. The text contains long lines as
>> well as newlines.
>>
>> At present, it simple displays the text as one line. Is there any
>> way to
>> display it is multiple lines. I have looked at a TextList but this
>> will
>> require dynamic calculation on my part as to where to place the breaks
>> on ling lines.
>>
>> When a specific button is pressed the text is copied to the clipboard
>> for pasting into another application.
>>
>> I have pretty much everything else working, but have hit this bump of
>> displaying the text for the user. Any ideas?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Bruce Rennie
>>
>>
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