Can't Write to Text Object of String Control

[paul_a_cardinale]

Well this is annoying:

I can't think of a reason why they disallowed writing to the text properties of a string control when it's in a strict typedef.

[GerdW]

Hi Paul,

a strict typedef also defines cosmetics of the frontpanel element, so it makes no sense to start to edit those cosmetics at runtime.

Use a "vanilla" (aka non-strict) typedef instead...

[raphschru]

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@GerdW wrote:

a strict typedef also defines cosmetics of the frontpanel element, so it makes no sense to start to edit those cosmetics at runtime.

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To me, text selection is part of the functionality of a string, nothing to do with cosmetics.

This should be writable even for a strict typedef-ed control.

[GerdW]

Hi raphschru,

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@raphschru wrote:

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@GerdW wrote:

a strict typedef also defines cosmetics of the frontpanel element, so it makes no sense to start to edit those cosmetics at runtime.

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To me, text selection is part of the functionality of a string, nothing to do with cosmetics.

This should be writable even for a strict typedef-ed control.

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Most use cases for text selection (IMHO) are about text formatting (font, style, colors, etc.)...

My question: what is the use case for a strictly type-defined string control?

[raphschru]

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@GerdW wrote:

Most use cases for text selection (IMHO) are about text formatting (font, style, colors, etc.)...

My question: what is the use case for a strictly type-defined string control?

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Most use cases yes, but what if I just want to pre-select some text as part of the user input logic?

The problem is more that the same property "Selection" of class Text serves 2 different purposes:

1. Changing font, color, ... of some part of the text (which is purely cosmetic).

2. Pre-selecting text for user input (which is more about user input logic).

But maybe Paul can give use his specific use case...

Regards,

Raphaël.

[paul_a_cardinale]

In my use case, the string is contained in a cluster that is strictly typedef'd.

I want to change the value then specify which parts are Unicode using:

Since I really want that cluster to remain strictly typedef'd, I worked around it by disconnecting typedefs in the build (making debugging more cumbersome).

[paul_a_cardinale]

AND,

If you put an XControl in a strictly typedef'd cluster, none of its custom properties that you've created are writeable.

But you can fake it by creating a method that writes to the state of the XControl.