Text Input

Text Input is used to write value to a PV and display the readback PV value. It does not supports multi-line text. It supports parsing String as a Double or Long Integer array.

If setting its Style property to native, it will use the native text widget provided by the operating system, so it can support native border looking, password input, Tab traverse and selecting text at Runtime.

Operations

At runtime, clicking the widget to edit text. Press ESC key to abort editing. If there is no PV Name set for the widget, lost focus or clicking other place on the OPI will set the text. If PV Name is set, it requires explicitly hitting Enter or Ctrl+Enter to write the PV. If Multi-line Input property is no, press Enter key to submit text. If Multi-line Input property is yes, press Ctrl+Enter to submit text. Note: Even if you did not change the text, press Enter or Ctrl+Enter will still write the text to PV.

If the Format Type is not String, it allows to write numeric array to numeric array PV with text format like 13 22 33 24.

Special Properties

Besides its own special properties, the widget has all the special properties of TextUpdate.

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