lzRichEdit
About
This component was created to try to solve or at least alleviate the lack a Rich Text Editor component, this component runs on two platforms Linux (GTK2) / Windows, and has different ways to work on both OSs. The rich text control in Windows is provided by a library (API) and so is much faster than Linux. Linux file reading rich text is made by the FPC RTFPars TRTFParser ie the class, with some changes to support images, this class is just slower to treat rich complex text files, the Linux version only supports formatting text, paragraph and pictures and everything Windows supports what Ole and the APIWindows can offer. The two most important properties are the lzRichEdit Paragraph and SelAttributes, one takes care of the attributes of the paragraph and the other attributes of text.
Author
Elson Junio (elsonjunio@yahoo.com.br).
Antônio Galvão.
Platforms
Linux (Gtk2) and Windows.
License
modified LGPL.
Download
The latest version is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarusfiles/files/lzRichEdit.zip/download
SVN: https://lazarus-br.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/package/lzRichEdit
Installation
- Download the package
- Open the package, and install it, rebuilding the IDE
- TlzRichEdit is added to 'Common Controls' component page.
Details
Screenshot
Methods
CopyToClipboard
Copies RTF text to clipboard.
CutToClipboard
Cuts RTF text to clipboard.
PasteFromClipboard
Pastes RTF text from clipboard.
FindText
Finds text in the control contents.
GetFirstVisibleLine
Gets the first visible line.
GetRTFSelection
Gets the selected RTF text to a provided stream.
PutRTFSelection
Puts the contents of a source RTF stream in the caret position.
GetWordAtPoint
Gets the word at the (x,y) position.
GetWordAtPos
Gets the word at the text position.
GetZoomState
Gets the zoom state of the RichEdit.
SetZoomState
Sets the zoom state of the RichEdit.
LoadFromFile
Loads a file.
SaveToFile
Saves a file.
Prints the contents of the control.
Undo
Undo modifications.
Redo
Redo modifications.
ScrollLine
Scrolls for a given delta line position.
ScrollToCaret
Scrolls to the caret.
SelectAll
Selects all text.
Properties
Paragraph
It is possible to change the current paragraph attributes (it is guided by SelStart) property.
Alignment: TRichEditAlignment
Sets / gets the alignment of the paragraph or selected text.
traLeft
Paragraph aligned to left.
traRight
Paragraph aligned to right.
traCenter
Paragraph centered.
traJustify
Paragraph justified.
FirstIndent: Longint
Sets / gets the indentation of the first line of a paragraph, FirstIndent works differently on Linux and Windows. Under Windows it has a relationship LeftIndent proportional to its value and shouldnt be negative if you want your effect is the recoil of the line, Otherwise the line is advanced. Linux does not the relationship between LeftIndent and FirstIndent and its value must be positive for Causing the retreat of line.
LeftIndent: Longint
Sets / gets the paragraph indentation left.
RightIndent: Longint
Sets / gets the distance from the text in the paragraph right corner of the control.
Numbering: TnumberingStyle
Inserts \ checks in paragraph marker, only one paragraph at a time.
SelAttributes
It is possible to change and get attribute values of the selected text.
Color: TColor
Used to set / get the color of the selected text.
BackColor: TColor
Used to set / get the background color of the selected text.
Name: TFontName
Used to set / get the font of the selected text.
Size: Integer
Used to set / get the font size of the selected text.
Style: TFontStyles
Used to set / recer the font style of the selected text (Linux / Windows).
CaretCoordinates
Column :Integer
Reads the caret column position.
Line :Integer
Reads the caret line position.
CaretPoint
X :Integer
Reads the X pixels position of the caret.
Y :Integer
Reads the Y pixels position of the caret.
ScrollPoint
X :Integer
Reads and writes the X scrolling position.
Y :Integer
Reads and writes the Y scrolling position.
DefaultExtension
string
Provides a way to set a file extension different than ".RTF" which can be correctly opened.
Support for images:
The image support is left up to 3 units, RichOleBox, RichOle, GTKTextImage, These units are in the sample folder and can be placed along with the source code of your program.
More information
For more information, see the Example Project or contact the author.
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