Javascript: TextField Object - TX Text Control DS Server

TX Text Control DS ServerReference GuideJavaScript APITextField Object

Represents a text field in a document. A text field is a marked piece of text that has properties like text or a name.

Syntax

JavaScript

TextField

Introduced: X18.

Methods

Method	Description
getBounds	Gets the bounding rectangle of a text field.
getContainsInputPosition	Returns true, if the Textfield contains the current text input position.
getDeleteable	Gets whether a text field can be deleted by the end-user while a TX Text Control document is being edited.
getDoubledInputPosition	Sets whether a text field has a doubled input position in front of its first character and behind its last character.
getEditable	Gets whether the text of a text field can be changed by the end-user while a TX Text Control document is being edited.
getFormattingBounds	Gets the formatting rectangle of a text field.
getHighlightColor	Gets the highlight color for the text field.
getHighlightMode	Gets a value indicating when the text field is highlighted.
getID	Gets an identifier for a text field.
getIsSpellCheckingEnabled	Gets whether a text field's text is checked on misspelled words.
getLength	Gets the number of characters in a text field.
getName	Relates a user-defined name to a text field.
getStart	Gets the first character position (one-based) of a text field.
getText	Gets the text which is contained within a text field.
scrollTo	Sets the current input position to the beginning of a text field and scrolls it into the visible part of the document.
setDeleteable	Sets whether a text field can be deleted by the end-user while a TX Text Control document is being edited.
setDoubledInputPosition	Gets whether a text field has a doubled input position in front of its first character and behind its last character.
setEditable	Sets whether the text of a text field can be changed by the end-user while a TX Text Control document is being edited.
setHighlightColor	Sets the highlight color for the text field.
setHighlightMode	Sets a value indicating when the text field is highlighted.
setID	Sets an identifier for the text field.
setIsSpellCheckingEnabled	Gets whether a text field's text is checked on misspelled words.
setName	Sets the name of a text field.
setText	Sets the text which is contained within a text field.