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{alias:qtextedit}
h2. Name

*qtextedit* — multiline text editor

h2. Syntax
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*qtextedit*

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h2. Description

The *qtextedit* command creates a QTextEdit object. This is a multiline text editor in which the user may edit text interactively or programmatically. To set the contents of the editor use the [qsettext] command. To append text use [qappend]. To retrieve the text use [qtext]. The editor contents may be cleared using [qclear]. 

h2. Arguments

None 

h2. Examples

h3. Ex.1: QTextEdit
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# Create toplevel window 
set w [qwidget ]
qsetwindowtitle QTextEdit

# Create editor and insert/retrieve text
qvboxlayout {
	set editor [qtextedit]
	qsettext $editor "Hello World"
	qappend $editor "Appending text is easy"

	# Get text and assign to Tcl variable
	set text [qtext $editor]
	puts $text
}

qshow $w

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Example +QTextEdit+ shows a QTextEdit with text added using the [qsettext] and [qappend] commands. 

h3. Ex.2: Editor with clear button
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set w [qwidget]
qsetwindowtitle "Editor"
qvboxlayout {
     set editor [qtextedit]
     qpushbutton Clear "qclear $editor"
}
qshow $w

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!att:_img_cmd^qtextedit_clear.png!

Example +Editor with clear button+ illustrates use of the [qclear] command. Pressing the *Clear* button will clear the textual contents of the editor. 

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