TreeItem.edit() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

TreeItem:edit() method

Begins in-place editing of the specified TreeItem's caption.
When the user has done editing it, the parent Tree will receive a Tree:onChange() event.

Return value

This function returns no value.

Example


local ui = require "ui"

local win = ui.Window("Tree:onChange() sample", "fixed", 320, 240)
local tree = ui.Tree(win, {"Item 1", "Item 2", ["Item 3"] = {"Subitem1", "Subitem2"}}, 110, 40)
local edited = nil
win:status("Doubleclick on an item to edit it")

-- Tree onDoubleClick() event
function tree:onDoubleClick(item)
  edited = tree.selected.text
  tree.selected:edit()
end

-- Tree onChangek() event
function tree:onChange(item, action)
  if action == "edited" then
    win:status(edited.." has been renamed to "..item.text)
  end
end

-- show the Window
win:show()

while win.visible do
  ui.update()
end