API:TextEditBoxSelectAll

UI Lua API · TextEditBox functions
Version: WAR 1.4.8

Selects all text in a TextEditBox that has keyboard focus.

TextEditBoxSelectAll(editBoxName)

Arguments

editBoxName

string – Name of a TextEditBox window.

Returns

Nothing.

Details

• The box must have keyboard focus. Give it focus first with WindowAssignFocus; otherwise the doesn't have focus error is raised.

Errors

• Error in function call 'TextEditBoxSelectAll': Window %s does not exist
• Error in function call 'TextEditBoxSelectAll': Window %s is not a TextEditBox
• Error in function call 'TextEditBoxSelectAll': Window %s doesn't have focus!

Example

From easystem_dialogmanager/source/dialogmanager.lua:

TextEditBoxSetText( "TextEntryDlg"..dlgIndex.."TextEntry", defaultUserText )
...
WindowSetShowing( "TextEntryDlg"..dlgIndex, true )
WindowAssignFocus( "TextEntryDlg"..dlgIndex.."TextEntry", true )
TextEditBoxSelectAll( "TextEntryDlg"..dlgIndex.."TextEntry" )

See also

• TextEditBoxSetText