Name:

textedit get -- retrieve various information from a textedit

Synopsis:

Width = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, "Line-Width", LineNumber
Height = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, "Line-Height", LineNumber
return = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, Option$
LineNumber = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, Option$, Search$
Result = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, Option$, LineNumber

Description:

return = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, Option$
Option$ = "hasChanged" -- returns IsChanged 0 not changed, 1 changed
	
This is a hook function that is set once the user changes the text, reset it to false by using:
	 "textedit set TextEdit$, "changed", false

Then use this hook to see if the user has changed the text. 


Option$ = "countlines" --  returns the number of lines ending in /n
Options = "countphysicallines" -- returns the number of displayed lines
Option$ = "currentline" -- returns the curent lLineNumber
Option$ = "vertical-scrollbar" -- returns the virtical ofset of the scrollbar
Option$ = "horizontal-scrollbar" -- returns the horizontal ofset of the scrollbar
Option$ = "cursor-position" -- returns the cursor position
Option$ = "textlength" -- returns the length of the text.


Width = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, "Line-Width", LineNumber
Get the width in pixels of the line.

Height = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, "Line-Height", LineNumber
Get the height in pixels of the line.

LineNumber = TEXTEDIT GET TextEdit$, Option$, Search$
Option$ = "Find", Search$
Option$ = "Case-Sensitive-Find", Search$

Specifys the type of search and returns the linenumber that the search string is found in. returns 0 if not found.

Related: textedit, textedit add, textedit clear, textedit color, textedit get$, textedit set