TEdit

type TEdit = class(TCustomEdit)

public

  property AutoSelected;

AutoSelected : if True, indicates that the edit control has just performed an AutoSelect operation

published

  property Action;

The action to be associated with this control

  property Align;

Used to align the control to the top, bottom, left or right of its client.

  property Alignment;

Alignment - whether text is left- or right-justified, or centered

  property Anchors;

The set of anchor definitions for this control

  property AutoSize;

Whether auto-size is to be used

  property AutoSelect;

AutoSelect : if True, the edit control will select all its text when it receives focus or when the Enter key is pressed.

  property BidiMode;

BiDiMode - enabling bi-directional writing

  property BorderStyle;

BorderStyle - none, or single

  property BorderSpacing;

Determines the border spacing for this control

  property CharCase;

CharCase - rules for what case to use (upper or lower) to display text

  property Color;

Determine the colour for the current control

  property Constraints;

Determine Constraints (max and min height and width) for this control

  property DragCursor;

DragCursor - the style of cursor to be used during the Drag process

  property DragKind;

DragKind - what sort of dragging? Drag or Dock

  property DragMode;

DragMode - whether manual or automatic

  property EchoMode;

EchoMode - how to echo keypresses on screen: normal (returning the actual character for that key), all upper or lower case, or a masking character as used in entering passwords

  property Enabled;

Whether the control is Enabled. If not, it usually appears 'greyed-out'

  property Font;

The Font to be used for text in this control

  property HideSelection;

  property MaxLength;

MaxLength : maximum length allowed for text string

  property ParentBidiMode;

ParentBiDiMode - does the control follow the BiDiMode settings of its parent?

  property OnChange;

OnChange - event handler for any change in text

  property OnChangeBounds;

Event handler for a change in bounds of the control

  property OnClick;

Event Handler for mouse click

  property OnContextPopup;

Event handler to supply information when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is required

  property OnDblClick;

Event Handle for mouse double-click

  property OnDragDrop;

Event handler for the Drag-Drop manoeuvre

  property OnDragOver;

Event handler for the case when a control is dragged over another control

  property OnEditingDone;

Event handler when editing is done

  property OnEndDrag;

Event handler for the end of a dragging process

  property OnEnter;

OnEnter - event handler for when the mouse enters the control, and the control receives focus

  property OnExit;

OnExit - event handler for when the mouse leaves the control and it loses focus

  property OnKeyDown;

OnKeyDown - event handler for instance when key is down while control has focus

  property OnKeyPress;

OnKeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus. To properly handle national chars use UTF8KeyPress instead.

  property OnKeyUp;

OnKeyUp - event handler for instance when a key is up (not pressed) while the control has focus

  property OnMouseDown;

Event handler for when a mouse button is pressed down

  property OnMouseEnter;

  property OnMouseLeave;

  property OnMouseMove;

Event handler for mouse movement within the current control

  property OnMouseUp;

Event handler for when the mouse button is released, ie "up"

  property OnResize;

Event Handler for resize of control

  property OnStartDrag;

Event handler for start of dragging process

  property OnUTF8KeyPress;

UTF8KeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus.

  property ParentColor;

ParentColor - should the control have the same colour as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentFont;

ParentFont - should the control use the same font as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentShowHint;

ParentShowHint - does the control adopt the same hinting behaviour as its parent? Default is true

  property PasswordChar;

PasswordChar : the character which appears in the Edit box replacing and masking the actual character typed

  property PopupMenu;

PopupMenu - a context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control

  property ReadOnly;

ReadOnly - the contents of the edit box may only be read, not written or erased

  property ShowHint;

Flag to determine: Is hint to be displayed for this control?

  property TabStop;

Is the control in the sequence of controls accessed by successive presses of the Tab key?

  property TabOrder;

The place this control occupies in the list of tabs

  property Text;

Text : the character string contained in the Edit Box

  property Visible;

Visible - can the control be seen?

end;

TEdit

TEdit - an Edit Box: for entry or display of a single line of text.

TCustomEdit

TCustomEdit : the base type from which the TEdit Box is derived.

TWinControl

TWinControl - the base class for all windowed controls

TControl

TControl - the main ancestor class for visual controls.

TLCLComponent

TObject

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