Hi all,
also notice that the default text entry widget has already an autocompletion
feature.
see WidgetExamples>>exampleTextEntryWithCompletionDialog
You can find several uses of it. See
EditorFindReplaceDialogWindow>>newFindTextEntryMorph as another example.
Cheers
Alain
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exampleTextEntryWithCompletionDialog
"self new exampleTextEntryWithCompletionDialog"
| applicants entryCompletion |
applicants := (Array
streamContents: [:strm | Symbol
allSymbolTablesDo: [:each |
(each notEmpty
and:
[each first canBeGlobalVarInitial
and: [Smalltalk globals includesKey: each]])
ifTrue: [strm
nextPut: each]]]) sort.
entryCompletion := EntryCompletion new
dataSourceBlock: [:currText | applicants];
filterBlock: [:currApplicant :currText |
currText size > 3
and: [currApplicant asUppercase
includesSubstring: currText asString asUppercase]].
UIManager default
request: 'Enter a class name fragment (at least 4 characters)'
initialAnswer: ''
title: 'Text entry with completion example: simple find a class'
entryCompletion: entryCompletion
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Le 30 sept. 2013 à 15:06, Benjamin <[email protected]> a
écrit :
> You may have a look at the Spotlight widget Esteban made.
> It's mainly a text area with auto completion
>
> Ben
>
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Norbert Hartl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I like to make myself a little command shell inside the image. For this I
>> would need a textfield that can popup somewhere on the screen and that has
>> enough hooks for text entry events and hooks/support for auto-completion.
>>
>> What would be the best things to read/the best code to look at in order to
>> learn how I can accomplish that.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Norbert
>>
>>
>
