TextEdit
#include "toolkit/text_edit.hpp"
A multi-line, scrollable plain-text editor with selection, clipboard,
undo/redo, a line gutter, and current-line highlighting. Inherits
ScrollableWidget.
note
While this widget works, and has been tested with large data, its not ideal. Its been actually vibe coded to the max, and eventually will be completelly replaced. I do not consider this "quality code", even tough it does work pretty well.
Features:
- Undo/redo system (including merging similar events).
- Text selection.
- Copy/Paste/Cut support.
- Right click menu.
- Gutter with line numbers - optional.
- Current line is marked with a different background - optional.
- macOS
- Material
- Windows 11
- Windows 95
- Plasma 6
- GNOME
Example
auto editor = std::make_unique<toolkit::TextEdit>("// start typing…");
editor->set_highlight_current_line(true);
Construction
explicit TextEdit(std::string text = "");
API
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
text() / set_text(std::string const&) | Full document content |
set_highlight_current_line(bool) / highlight_current_line() | Highlight the line the cursor is on |
Position { size_t line, col; } is a nested type identifying a cursor
location; it's ordered (<, <=) so ranges can be compared.
Built-in editing Command::Ptr members, wireable into menus/toolbars/
shortcuts: select_all_cmd, cut_cmd, copy_cmd, paste_cmd,
undo_cmd, redo_cmd.
Callbacks
| Callback | Description |
|---|---|
on_change — std::function<void()> | Fired whenever the document content changes |