editbox

A widget where the user can enter a text

    // reference the windex gui framework
    windex& W = windex::get();

    // construct top level window
    window& form = W.MakeWindow();
    form.move({ 50,50,400,400});
    form.text("Label and Editbox demo");

    // display label
    label& lbA = W.make<label>( form );
    lbA.move( {20, 20, 100, 30 } );
    lbA.text("A:");

    // display editbox
    editbox& edit1 = W.make<editbox>( form );
    edit1.move( {80, 20, 100, 30 } );
    edit1.text( "type value");

    // display a button
    button& btn = W.make<button>( form );
    btn.move( {20, 100, 150, 30 } );
    btn.text( "Show values entered" );


    // popup a message box when button is clicked
    // showing the value entered in textbox
    btn.events().click([&]
    {
        std::string msg =
        "A is " + edit1.text();
        msgbox(
            form,
            msg );
    });

    form.show();

Methods

void move( const std::vector<int>& v ) locate and size. v specifies left, top, width, height in pixels

void text( const std::string& t ) specify initial text to be displayed

std::string text() returns text currently showing in editbox