TextField

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

  var validated_entry = new He.TextField ();
  username_entry.changed.connect (() => {
      username_entry.is_valid = username_entry.text == "valid input";
  });

  GLib.Regex? regex = null;
  He.TextField only_lower_case_letters_entry;
  try {
      regex = new Regex ("^[a-z]*$");
      only_lower_case_letters_entry = new He.TextField.from_regex (regex);
  } catch (Error e) {
      critical (e.message);
      // Provide a fallback entry here
  }

Content:

Properties:

• public Text entry { get; }
• public bool is_outline { get; set; }
• public bool is_search { get; set; }
• public bool is_valid { get; set; }
  Whether or not text is considered valid input.
• public int max_length { get; set; }
• public int min_length { get; set; }
  The minimum length to start validating.
• public bool needs_validation { get; set; }
  Whether or not text needs to be validated.
• public string? placeholder_text { get; set; }
• public string? prefix_icon { get; set; }
• public Regex regex { get; set construct; }
  The regular expression used for validation.
• public string? suffix_icon { get; set; }
• public string? support_text { get; set; }
• public string? text { get; set; }
• public bool visibility { get; set; }

Creation methods:

• public TextField ()
• public TextField.from_regex (Regex regex_arg)
  Creates a TextField that uses regular expression provided to check validity.

Methods:

• public Text get_internal_entry ()
  A function to be used in code (not Blueprint) to get the Gtk.Text widget.

Inherited Members: