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LineEdit

Inherits: Control < CanvasItem < Node < Object

An input field for single-line text.

Description

LineEdit provides an input field for editing a single line of text. It features many built-in shortcuts that are always available (Ctrl here maps to Cmd on macOS):

• Ctrl + C: Copy

• Ctrl + X: Cut

• Ctrl + V or Ctrl + Y: Paste/"yank"

• Ctrl + Z: Undo

• Ctrl + ~: Swap input direction.

• Ctrl + Shift + Z: Redo

• Ctrl + U: Delete text from the caret position to the beginning of the line

• Ctrl + K: Delete text from the caret position to the end of the line

• Ctrl + A: Select all text

• Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Move the caret to the beginning/end of the line

On macOS, some extra keyboard shortcuts are available:

• Cmd + F: Same as Right Arrow, move the caret one character right

• Cmd + B: Same as Left Arrow, move the caret one character left

• Cmd + P: Same as Up Arrow, move the caret to the previous line

• Cmd + N: Same as Down Arrow, move the caret to the next line

• Cmd + D: Same as Delete, delete the character on the right side of caret

• Cmd + H: Same as Backspace, delete the character on the left side of the caret

• Cmd + A: Same as Home, move the caret to the beginning of the line

• Cmd + E: Same as End, move the caret to the end of the line

• Cmd + Left Arrow: Same as Home, move the caret to the beginning of the line

• Cmd + Right Arrow: Same as End, move the caret to the end of the line

Properties

HorizontalAlignment	alignment	0
bool	caret_blink	false
float	caret_blink_interval	0.65
int	caret_column	0
bool	caret_force_displayed	false
bool	caret_mid_grapheme	false
bool	clear_button_enabled	false
bool	context_menu_enabled	true
bool	deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled	true
bool	drag_and_drop_selection_enabled	true
bool	draw_control_chars	false
bool	editable	true
bool	expand_to_text_length	false
bool	flat	false
FocusMode	focus_mode	2 (overrides Control)
String	language	""
int	max_length	0
bool	middle_mouse_paste_enabled	true
CursorShape	mouse_default_cursor_shape	1 (overrides Control)
String	placeholder_text	""
Texture2D	right_icon
bool	secret	false
String	secret_character	"•"
bool	select_all_on_focus	false
bool	selecting_enabled	true
bool	shortcut_keys_enabled	true
StructuredTextParser	structured_text_bidi_override	0
Array	structured_text_bidi_override_options	[]
String	text	""
TextDirection	text_direction	0
bool	virtual_keyboard_enabled	true
VirtualKeyboardType	virtual_keyboard_type	0

Methods

void	clear ( )
void	delete_char_at_caret ( )
void	delete_text ( int from_column, int to_column )
void	deselect ( )
PopupMenu	get_menu ( ) const
float	get_scroll_offset ( ) const
String	get_selected_text ( )
int	get_selection_from_column ( ) const
int	get_selection_to_column ( ) const
bool	has_selection ( ) const
void	insert_text_at_caret ( String text )
bool	is_menu_visible ( ) const
void	menu_option ( int option )
void	select ( int from=0, int to=-1 )
void	select_all ( )

Theme Properties

Color	caret_color	Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1)
Color	clear_button_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1)
Color	clear_button_color_pressed	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
Color	font_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1)