Interface SelectionApi

All Superinterfaces:
com.vaadin.flow.component.HasElement, Serializable
All Known Subinterfaces:
FluentVaadinTextField<S,F,T>
All Known Implementing Classes:
VBigDecimalField, VDatePicker, VEmailField, VIntegerField, VNumberField, VPasswordField, VTextArea, VTextField

public interface SelectionApi extends com.vaadin.flow.component.HasElement
  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type
    Interface
    Description
    static interface 
     
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    default void
    getCursorPosition(com.vaadin.flow.function.SerializableConsumer<Integer> callback)
    Asynchronously gets the current cursor position for this field.
    default void
    Asynchronously gets the current selection for this field.
    default void
    Selects all text in the field and moves the focus to the field.
    default void
    setCursorPosition(int cursorPosition)
    Sets the cursor position to given index.
    default void
    setSelectionRange(int selectionStart, int selectionEnd)
    Sets the start and end positions of the current text selection.

    Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.flow.component.HasElement

    getElement
  • Method Details

    • selectAll

      default void selectAll()
      Selects all text in the field and moves the focus to the field.
    • setSelectionRange

      default void setSelectionRange(int selectionStart, int selectionEnd)
      Sets the start and end positions of the current text selection.

      Note, that the method simply proxies the parameters to the similarly named method in the browser, without sanity checks or any synchronization.

      Parameters:
      selectionStart - The 0-based index of the first selected character. An index greater than the length of the element's value is treated as pointing to the end of the value.
      selectionEnd - The 0-based index for the end of the selection (exclusive). An index greater than the length of the element's value is treated as pointing to the end of the value.
    • setCursorPosition

      default void setCursorPosition(int cursorPosition)
      Sets the cursor position to given index.
      Parameters:
      cursorPosition - the cursor position
    • getSelectionRange

      default void getSelectionRange(SelectionApi.SelectionRangeCallback callback)
      Asynchronously gets the current selection for this field.
      Parameters:
      callback - the callback to notify the selection
    • getCursorPosition

      default void getCursorPosition(com.vaadin.flow.function.SerializableConsumer<Integer> callback)
      Asynchronously gets the current cursor position for this field.
      Parameters:
      callback - the callback to notify the position