Edit:append()

Edit:append(text)method

Append text to Edit content, just after the last character position.

Parameters

text

A string, representing the text to append to the Edit content.

The Edit widget will scroll down automatically to show the just appended text.

Return value

This function returns no value.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import ui

-- create a simple window 
local win = ui.Window("Edit.load sample", "fixed", 520, 460)
local button = ui.Button(win, "Append text",200, 10)
local edit = ui.Edit(win, "", 10, 44, 500, 410)

-- set edit.properties
edit.font = "Courier New"
edit.fontsize = 8
edit.wordwrap = true

function button:onClick()
    edit:append("Hello LuaRT ! ")
end

win:show()

-- update user interface
repeat
    ui.update()
until not win.visible