Fl::MultilineInput - Text Widget that Allows Editing of Multiline Text
use Fl; my $input = Fl::MultilineInput->new(0, 0, 100, 200, 'Hello, World!');
The Fl::MultilineInput class represents a widget that displays '\n' characters as new lines rather than ^J, and accepts the Return, Tab, and up and down arrow keys.
This is far from the nirvana of text editors, and is probably only good for small bits of text, 10 lines at most. Note that this widget does not support scrollbars or per-character color control.
If you are presenting large amounts of text and need scrollbars or full color control of characters, you probably want Fl::TextEditor instead.
Fl::MultilineInput inherits from Fl::Input and Fl::Widget. On top of that, it exposes the following methods...
my $text_a = Fl::MultilineInput->new(0, 0, 250, 500, 'Important Stuff'); my $text_b = Fl::MultilineInput->new(0, 0, 250, 500);
The constructor creates a new widget using the given position, size, and label.
The widget's boxtype is FL_DOWN_BOX by default.
The destructor removes the widget.
Copyright (C) Sanko Robinson.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org>
To install Fl, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Fl
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Fl
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.