EditBox.hpp

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#ifndef TGUI_EDIT_BOX_HPP
#define TGUI_EDIT_BOX_HPP
 
#include <TGUI/Rect.hpp>
#include <TGUI/Renderers/EditBoxRenderer.hpp>
#include <TGUI/Text.hpp>
#include <TGUI/Widgets/ClickableWidget.hpp>
 
#include <regex>

 
namespace tgui
{
    class TGUI_API EditBox : public ClickableWidget
    {
    public:
        using Ptr = std::shared_ptr<EditBox>;            
        using ConstPtr = std::shared_ptr<const EditBox>; 
 
        static constexpr char StaticWidgetType[] = "EditBox"; 

        using Alignment TGUI_DEPRECATED("Use tgui::HorizontalAlignment instead") = HorizontalAlignment;

        struct Validator
        {
            static TGUI_API const char32_t* All;   
            static TGUI_API const char32_t* Int;   
            static TGUI_API const char32_t* UInt;  
            static TGUI_API const char32_t* Float; 
        };

        explicit EditBox(const char* typeName = StaticWidgetType, bool initRenderer = true);

        [[nodiscard]] static EditBox::Ptr create();

        [[nodiscard]] static EditBox::Ptr copy(const EditBox::ConstPtr& editBox);

        [[nodiscard]] EditBoxRenderer* getSharedRenderer() override;
        [[nodiscard]] const EditBoxRenderer* getSharedRenderer() const override;

        [[nodiscard]] EditBoxRenderer* getRenderer() override;

        void setSize(const Layout2d& size) override;
        using Widget::setSize;

        void setEnabled(bool enabled) override;

        void setText(const String& text);

        [[nodiscard]] const String& getText() const;

        void setDefaultText(const String& text);

        [[nodiscard]] const String& getDefaultText() const;

        void selectText(std::size_t start = 0, std::size_t length = String::npos);

        [[nodiscard]] String getSelectedText() const;

        void setPasswordCharacter(char32_t passwordChar);

        [[nodiscard]] char32_t getPasswordCharacter() const;

        void setMaximumCharacters(unsigned int maxChars);

        [[nodiscard]] unsigned int getMaximumCharacters() const;

        void setAlignment(HorizontalAlignment alignment);

        [[nodiscard]] HorizontalAlignment getAlignment() const;
 
#ifndef TGUI_REMOVE_DEPRECATED_CODE
        TGUI_DEPRECATED("Use setTextWidthLimited instead") void limitTextWidth(bool limitWidth = true);
#endif

        void setTextWidthLimited(bool limitWidth);

        [[nodiscard]] bool isTextWidthLimited() const;

        void setReadOnly(bool readOnly = true);

        [[nodiscard]] bool isReadOnly() const;

        void setCaretPosition(std::size_t charactersBeforeCaret);

        [[nodiscard]] std::size_t getCaretPosition() const;

        bool setInputValidator(const String& regex = U".*");

        [[nodiscard]] const String& getInputValidator() const;

        void setSuffix(const String& suffix);

        [[nodiscard]] const String& getSuffix() const;

        void setFocused(bool focused) override;

        [[nodiscard]] bool isMouseOnWidget(Vector2f pos) const override;

        bool leftMousePressed(Vector2f pos) override;

        void mouseMoved(Vector2f pos) override;

        void keyPressed(const Event::KeyEvent& event) override;

        bool canHandleKeyPress(const Event::KeyEvent& event) override;

        void textEntered(char32_t key) override;

        void draw(BackendRenderTarget& target, RenderStates states) const override;

 
    protected:
        [[nodiscard]] Signal& getSignal(String signalName) override;

        void rendererChanged(const String& property) override;

        [[nodiscard]] std::unique_ptr<DataIO::Node> save(SavingRenderersMap& renderers) const override;

        void load(const std::unique_ptr<DataIO::Node>& node, const LoadingRenderersMap& renderers) override;

        void updateTextSize() override;

        // Returns the total width that the text is going to take
        [[nodiscard]] float getFullTextWidth() const;

        // Returns the size without the borders
        [[nodiscard]] Vector2f getInnerSize() const;

        // Returns the width of the edit box minus the padding.
        [[nodiscard]] float getVisibleEditBoxWidth() const;

        // This function will search after which character the caret should be placed. It will not change the caret position.
        [[nodiscard]] std::size_t findCaretPosition(float posX);

        // Removes the selected characters. This function is called when pressing backspace, delete or a letter while there were
        // some characters selected.
        void deleteSelectedCharacters();

        // Recalculates the position of the texts.
        void recalculateTextPositions();

        // Updates the internal texts after SelStart or SelEnd changed.
        void updateSelection();

        // Update the color of the Text objects
        void updateTextColor();

        // This function is called every frame with the time passed since the last frame.
        bool updateTime(Duration elapsedTime) override;

        // Makes a copy of the widget
        [[nodiscard]] Widget::Ptr clone() const override;

        // Updates m_selEnd with a new value and emits the onCaretPositionChange signal
        // @param newValue the value to assign to m_selEnd.
        void updateSelEnd(std::size_t newValue);

        void emitReturnOrUnfocus(const String& text);

 
    private:
        // Handles "Ctrl+Backspace" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void deleteWordLeft();

        // Handles "Ctrl+Delete" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void deleteWordRight();

        // Handles "Backspace" key press (when Ctrl isn't being pressed, otherwise deleteWordLeft is called)
        void backspaceKeyPressed();

        // Handles "Delete" key press (when Ctrl isn't being pressed, otherwise deleteWordRight is called)
        void deleteKeyPressed();

        // Handles "Ctrl+C" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void copySelectedTextToClipboard();

        // Handles "Ctrl+X" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void cutSelectedTextToClipboard();

        // Handles "Ctrl+V" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void pasteTextFromClipboard();

        // Handles "ArrowLeft" key press
        void moveCaretLeft(bool shiftPressed);

        // Handles "ArrowRight" key press
        void moveCaretRight(bool shiftPressed);

        // Handles "Ctrl+ArrowLeft" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void moveCaretWordBegin();

        // Handles "Ctrl+ArrowRight" key press (or equivalent on macOS)
        void moveCaretWordEnd();

 
    public:
        SignalString onTextChange = {"TextChanged"};          
        SignalString onReturnKeyPress = {"ReturnKeyPressed"}; 
        SignalString onReturnOrUnfocus = {
            "ReturnOrUnfocused"}; 
        SignalTyped<std::size_t> onCaretPositionChange = {
            "CaretPositionChanged"}; 

 
    protected:
        // Is the caret visible or not?
        bool m_caretVisible = true;
 
        // When this boolean is true then you can no longer add text when the EditBox is full.
        // Changing it to false will allow you to scroll the text (default).
        // You can change the boolean with the setTextWidthLimited(bool) function.
        bool m_limitTextWidth = false;
 
        bool m_readOnly = false;
 
        // The text inside the edit box
        String m_text;
        String m_displayedText; // Same as m_text unless a password char is set
 
        String m_regexString = U".*";
        std::wregex m_regex;
 
        // The text alignment
        HorizontalAlignment m_textAlignment = HorizontalAlignment::Left;
 
        // The selection
        std::size_t m_selChars = 0;
        std::size_t m_selStart = 0;
        std::size_t m_selEnd = 0;
 
        // The password character
        char32_t m_passwordChar = '\0';
 
        // The maximum allowed characters.
        // Zero by default, meaning no limit.
        unsigned int m_maxChars = 0;
 
        // When the text width is not limited, you can scroll the edit box and only a part will be visible.
        unsigned int m_textCropPosition = 0;
 
        // The rectangle behind the selected text
        FloatRect m_selectedTextBackground;
 
        // The blinking caret
        FloatRect m_caret = {0, 0, 1, 0};
 
        // Is there a possibility that the user is going to double click?
        bool m_possibleDoubleClick = false;
 
        // We need three texts for drawing + one for the default text + one more for calculations.
        Text m_textBeforeSelection;
        Text m_textSelection;
        Text m_textAfterSelection;
        Text m_defaultText;
        Text m_textFull;
        Text m_textSuffix;
 
        Sprite m_sprite;
        Sprite m_spriteHover;
        Sprite m_spriteDisabled;
        Sprite m_spriteFocused;
 
        // Cached renderer properties
        Borders m_bordersCached;
        Padding m_paddingCached;
        Color m_borderColorCached;
        Color m_borderColorHoverCached;
        Color m_borderColorDisabledCached;
        Color m_borderColorFocusedCached;
        Color m_backgroundColorCached;
        Color m_backgroundColorHoverCached;
        Color m_backgroundColorDisabledCached;
        Color m_backgroundColorFocusedCached;
        Color m_caretColorCached;
        Color m_caretColorHoverCached;
        Color m_caretColorFocusedCached;
        Color m_selectedTextBackgroundColorCached;
        float m_roundedBorderRadiusCached = 0;

 
    private:
        // Used to prevent emitting onReturnOrUnfocus twice when unfocusing the edit box inside the callback function.
        bool m_onReturnOrUnfocusEmitted = false;
    };
} // namespace tgui
 
#endif // TGUI_EDIT_BOX_HPP