The RichTextArea widget allows entering or editing complex styling and formatting. It displays text with various formatting, and links.


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Extends: BaseWidget

Properties

Name Desciption
DisabledThe widget cannot be used.
Enable Fullscreen ModeShows a button that opens the widget in fullscreen mode.
Enable Html TagShows a button that lets the user insert Html tags.
Enable Insert LayoutShows a button that lets the user Insert Layout.
Enable Source EditShows a button that lets the user edit HTML.
Font ColorShows a button that lets the user set font color.
Font SizeShows a button that lets the user set font size.
Font StyleShows a button that lets the user style fonts.
HiddenHides the widget from the user.
List StyleShows a button that lets the user set list styles.
MaximizeSet this widget to be maximized (take up all available space).
Tab IndexThe Tab Index is an integer that tells the order of the widget when using the tab-key to move from one widget to another.

Style

Name Desciption
Background-colorChange background color of the widget.
ColorColor of the text inside the widgets. May not apply to all text inside all widgets.
Font SizeSet the font size in pixels for text.
Text-alignmentSet left, centered or right. Applies both to icon and text.

Events

Name Description Event Attribute
Blur Event when a widget goes out of focus.
event The event that gets triggered when the user "leaves" an element.
Change Event triggered after the element has finished changing.
event The current text entered in the widget.
Click Event that triggers based on touch or click.
event The event that triggered the handler.
DblClick Event that triggers based on double click.
event The event that triggered the handler.
Focus Event when indicating/ highlighting widget using the cursor.
event Focus is the event that gets triggered when a user makes an element come into focus, by clicking on it.

Function

blur ( )

Triggers the blur event.

focus ( )

Triggers the focus event.

get ( name: String ) →{ Object }

Gets the value of the specified property.

Parameters
Name Type Description
name String The name of the property.
Returns

The property's value.

getId ( ) →{ ID }

Returns the ID of the widget.

Returns

The ID of the widget

getValue ( ) →{ Object }

Returns the widget's value.

Returns

The widget's value.

hide ( )

Hides the widget.

isEnabled ( ) →{ Boolean }

Returns true if the widget is enabled.

Returns

True if enabled, otherwise false.

isHidden ( ) →{ Boolean }

Returns true if the widget is hidden.

Returns

True if hidden, otherwise false.

set ( name: String , value: Object )

Sets the value of the specified property.

Parameters
Name Type Description
name String The name of the property.
value Object The new value.

setEnabled ( Enabled: Boolean )

Enables/disables the widget.

Parameters
Name Type Description
Enabled Boolean True to enable the widget, false to disable.

setStyle ( Object: Object )

Set the widget-style

Parameters
Name Type Description
Object Object properties

setValue ( value: Object )

Sets the widget's value.

Parameters
Name Type Description
value Object The new value.

show ( )

Shows the widget.