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widget.line

local line = require "widget.line"

NEWLINE

(field) NEWLINE: integer

Indicates on a widget.styledtext that a new line follows.


__index

(field) __index: core.object

Base class providing OOP functionality for Lua. All classes in Pragtical inherit from Object.


animations

(field) animations: widget.animation[]

background_color

(field) background_color: renderer.color

Array of bytes that represents a color used by the rendering functions.


border

(field) border: widget.border

Represents the border of a widget.


captured_widget

(field) captured_widget: widget

Widget that captured mouse events


child_active

(field) child_active: widget|nil

A base widget


childs

(field) childs: table<integer, widget>

clickable

(field) clickable: boolean

context

(field) context: 'application'|'session'

current_scale

(field) current_scale: number

cursor

(field) cursor: 'arrow'|'hand'|'ibeam'|'sizeh'|'sizev'

custom_width

(field) custom_width: number

defer_draw

(field) defer_draw: boolean

draggable

(field) draggable: boolean

dragged

(field) dragged: boolean

explicit_update

(field) explicit_update: boolean

font

(field) font: string|renderer.font|widget.fontreference

Represents a reference to a font stored elsewhere.


force_events

(field) force_events: table

foreground_color

(field) foreground_color: renderer.color

Array of bytes that represents a color used by the rendering functions.


h_scrollbar

(field) h_scrollbar: widget.scrollbar

has_focus

(field) has_focus: boolean

hovered_scrollbar

(field) hovered_scrollbar: boolean

input_text

(field) input_text: boolean

is_scrolling

(field) is_scrolling: boolean

label

(field) label: string|table<integer, string|integer|renderer.color|renderer.font|widget.colorreference...(+1)>

mouse

(field) mouse: widget.position

Represents the position of a widget.


mouse_is_hovering

(field) mouse_is_hovering: boolean

mouse_is_pressed

(field) mouse_is_pressed: boolean

mouse_pressed_outside

(field) mouse_pressed_outside: boolean

name

(field) name: string

next_zindex

(field) next_zindex: integer

padding

(field) padding: integer

parent

(field) parent: widget|nil

A base widget


perform_update_size_position

(field) perform_update_size_position: boolean

position

(field) position: widget.position

Represents the position of a widget.


prev_height

(field) prev_height: number?

prev_size

(field) prev_size: widget.position

Represents the position of a widget.


prev_view

(field) prev_view: unknown

prev_width

(field) prev_width: number?

render_background

(field) render_background: boolean

scroll

(field) scroll: core.view.scroll

scrollable

(field) scrollable: boolean

set_focus

(field) set_focus: any

size

(field) size: widget.position

Modifying this property directly is not advised, use set_size() instead.


skip_scroll_ctrl

(field) skip_scroll_ctrl: boolean

By default is set to true to allow ctrl+wheel or cmd+wheel on mac to scale the interface, you can set it to false on your parent widget to allow manually intercepting ctrl+wheel.


super

(field) super: widget

A base widget


textview

(field) textview: widget

A base widget


tooltip

(field) tooltip: (string|table<integer, string|integer|renderer.color|renderer.font|widget.colorreference...(+1)>)?

tooltip_command

(field) tooltip_command: string?

type_name

(field) type_name: string

updated

(field) updated: boolean

v_scrollbar

(field) v_scrollbar: widget.scrollbar

visible

(field) visible: boolean

zindex

(field) zindex: integer

override_rootview

function widget.override_rootview()

Called when initializing a floating widget to generate RootView overrides, this function will only override the events once.


__call

(method) core.object:__call(...any)
-> obj: core.object

Metamethod allowing class to be called like a constructor. Enables syntax: local obj = MyClass(args) instead of MyClass:new(args) Automatically creates instance and calls new() with provided arguments.

@return obj — The new instance of the class


__tostring

(method) widget:__tostring()
-> string

Useful for debugging.


activate

(method) widget:activate()

Emitted to input_text widgets when clicked.


add_child

(method) widget:add_child(child: widget)

Add a child widget, automatically assign a zindex if non set and sorts them in reverse order for better events matching.


animate

(method) widget:animate(target?: table, properties: table<string, number>, options?: widget.animation.options)

Registers a new animation to be ran on the update cycle.

@param target — If nil assumes properties belong to widget it self.


capture_mouse

(method) widget:capture_mouse(scrolling?: boolean)

All mouse events will be directly sent to the widget even if mouse moves outside the widget region.

@param scrolling — Capture for scrolling


centered

(method) widget:centered()

Center the widget horizontally and vertically to the screen or parent widget.


clamp_scroll_position

(method) core.view:clamp_scroll_position()

Clamp scroll position to valid range (0 to max scrollable size). Called automatically by update(). Override get_scrollable_size() to customize.


deactivate

(method) widget:deactivate()

Emitted to input_text widgets on lost focus.


destroy

(method) widget:destroy()

If floating, remove the widget from the floating widgets list to allow proper garbage collection.


destroy_childs

(method) widget:destroy_childs()

Recursively destroy all childs from the widget.


drag

(method) widget:drag(x: number, y: number)

Used internally when dragging is activated.


draw

(method) widget.line:draw()
-> boolean

draw_background

(method) core.view:draw_background(color: renderer.color)

Draw a solid background color for the entire view. Commonly called at the start of draw() methods.


draw_border

(method) widget:draw_border(x?: number, y?: number, w?: number, h?: number)

Draw the widget configured border or custom one.


draw_scrollbar

(method) widget:draw_scrollbar()

draw_styled_text

(method) widget:draw_styled_text(text: table<integer, string|integer|renderer.color|renderer.font|widget.colorreference...(+1)>, x: integer, y: integer, only_calc?: boolean, start_idx?: integer, end_idx?: integer)
-> width: integer
2. height: integer

Render or calculate the size of the specified range of elements in a styled text elemet.


draw_text_multiline

(method) widget:draw_text_multiline(font: string|renderer.font|widget.fontreference, text: string, x: integer, y: integer, color: renderer.color, only_calc: boolean)
-> resx: integer
2. resy: integer
3. width: integer
4. height: integer

Taken from the logview and modified it a tiny bit. TODO: something similar should be on pragtical core.


extend

(method) core.object:extend()
-> cls: core.object

Create a new class that inherits from this one. Returns a new class with this class as its parent. Example: local MyClass = Object:extend()

@return cls — The new class table


extends

(method) core.object:extends(T: any)
-> extends: boolean

Check if object inherits from the given type (inheritance-aware). Use this to check class hierarchy. Example: view:extends(View) returns true for View and all subclasses

@param T — Class to check inheritance from

@return extends — True if object is T or inherits from T


force_event

(method) widget:force_event(name: "mouse_released", force: boolean)

Toggle the forced interception of given event even if all the conditions for emitting it are not met.

Note: only "mouse_released" is implemented for the moment on floating views for use in the SelectBox, maybe a better system can be implemented on the future.

@param force — If omitted is set to true by default

name:
| "mouse_released"

get_bottom

(method) widget:get_bottom()
-> number

Get the bottom y coordinate relative to parent


get_content_bounds

(method) core.view:get_content_bounds()
-> x1: number
2. y1: number
3. x2: number
4. y2: number

Get the content bounds in content coordinates (accounting for scroll).

@return x1 — Left edge

@return y1 — Top edge

@return x2 — Right edge

@return y2 — Bottom edge


get_content_offset

(method) core.view:get_content_offset()
-> x: number
2. y: number

Get the top-left corner of content area in screen coordinates. Accounts for scroll offset. Use for drawing content at correct position.

@return x — Screen x coordinate

@return y — Screen y coordinate


get_font

(method) widget:get_font(font?: string|renderer.font|widget.fontreference)
-> renderer.font

Get the real renderer.font associated with a widget.font.


get_h_scrollable_size

(method) widget:get_h_scrollable_size()
-> number

Calculates the x scrollable size taking into account the right most widget or the size of the widget it self if greater.


get_height

(method) widget:get_height()
-> number

Get height including borders.


get_name

(method) widget:get_name()
-> string

The name that is displayed on pragtical tabs.


get_position

(method) widget:get_position()
-> widget.position

Get the relative position in relation to parent


get_real_height

(method) widget:get_real_height()
-> number

Overall height of the widget accounting all visible child widgets.


get_real_width

(method) widget:get_real_width()
-> number

Overall width of the widget accounting all visible child widgets.


get_right

(method) widget:get_right()
-> number

Get the right x coordinate relative to parent


get_scrollable_size

(method) widget:get_scrollable_size()
-> number

Calculates the y scrollable size taking into account the bottom most widget or the size of the widget it self if greater.


get_size

(method) widget:get_size()
-> widget.position

get_width

(method) widget:get_width()
-> number

Get width including borders.


hide

(method) widget:hide()

Hide the widget.


hide_animated

(method) widget:hide_animated(lock_x?: boolean, lock_y?: boolean, options?: widget.animation.options)

Perform an animated hide.

@param lock_x — Do not resize width while animating

@param lock_y — Do not resize height while animating


is

(method) core.object:is(T: any)
-> is_exact: boolean

Check if object is exactly of the given type (no inheritance check). Use this for strict type matching. Example: view:is(DocView) returns true only if view is a DocView, not a subclass

@param T — Class to check against

@return is_exact — True if object is exactly type T


is_class_of

(method) core.object:is_class_of(T: any)
-> is_instance: boolean

Check if the given object is exactly an instance of this class. Inverse of is() - checks if T is an instance of self. Example: DocView:is_class_of(obj) checks if obj is exactly a DocView

@param T — Object to check

@return is_instance — True if T is exactly an instance of this class


is_extended_by

(method) core.object:is_extended_by(T: any)
-> is_extended: boolean

Check if the given object/class inherits from this class. Inverse of extends() - checks if T is a subclass of self. Example: View:is_extended_by(DocView) checks if DocView inherits from View

@param T — Object or class to check

@return is_extended — True if T inherits from this class


is_visible

(method) widget:is_visible()
-> boolean

Check if the widget is visible also recursing to the parent visibility.


mouse_on_top

(method) widget:mouse_on_top(x: number, y: number)
-> boolean

Check if the given mouse coordinate is hovering the widget


move_towards

(method) core.view:move_towards(t: table, k: string|number, dest: number, rate?: number, name?: string)

Smoothly animate a value towards a destination. Use this for animations instead of direct assignment.

@param t — Table containing the value

@param k — Key in table

@param dest — Target value

@param rate — Animation speed (0-1, default 0.5, higher = faster)

@param name — Transition name (for config.disabled_transitions)


new

(method) widget.line:new(parent: widget, thickness: integer, padding: number)

Constructor


on_change

(method) widget:on_change(value: any)

Event emitted when the value of the widget changes. If applicable, child widgets should call this method when its value changes.


on_click

(method) widget:on_click(button: "left"|"right", x: number, y: number)

Click event emitted on a succesful on_mouse_pressed and on_mouse_released events combo.

button:
| "left"
| "right"

on_file_dropped

(method) widget:on_file_dropped(filename: string, x: number, y: number)
-> processed: boolean

Send file drop event to hovered child.


on_ime_text_editing

(method) core.view:on_ime_text_editing(text: string, start: number, length: number)

Handle IME (Input Method Editor) text composition events. Override for IME support in text editors. Called during composition.

@param text — Composition text being edited

@param start — Start position of selection within composition

@param length — Length of selection within composition


on_mouse_enter

(method) widget:on_mouse_enter(x: any, y: any, dx: any, dy: any)

Emitted once when the mouse hovers the widget.


on_mouse_leave