Textbox

CactusGUI element for making textboxes.

Example Code:

gui.makeTextbox('myTextbox')
gui['myTextbox'].style(owner='main', top=50, left=50)

Attributes:

Textbox - Specific Type Attributes:

Attribute	Datatype	Comments
font	pygame.font.Font	Font to use
text	string	Text to display in textbox before the user changes it. Defaults to blank.
color	color (R,G,B)	Color of the text
background_color	color (R,G,B)
text_padding	int
border_color	color (R,G,B)
border_topleft_color	color (R,G,B)
border_bottomright_color	color (R,G,B)
border_top_color	color (R,G,B)
border_left_color	color (R,G,B)
border_bottom_color	color (R,G,B)
border_right_color	color (R,G,B)
height	int
width	int
top	int
bottom	int
left	int
right	int
caret_at	int	Which char in the textbox the caret is at. (Actually in front of)
offset_left	int
caretmap	object	Stores the pixel size of each char so that the caret will be in the correct position
maxlength	int	Sets maximum length (Number of characters) that are allowed in the textbox Must be a positive number

GUI Primary Attributes:

Attribute	Datatype	Comments
name	string	Identifies the element inside the GUI
owner	string	Name of the element that "owns" the current element
type	string	The specific kind of element - ex: Textbox, Button, Image, State, etc.
z_order	int	Determines the layering order of the element when GUI elements with the same owner are rendered. The element with the highest z-order is layered on top. Can use both positive and negative numbers.
visible	bool	If visible is True then the element is displayed, if False then the element will not display. Child-elements that the element owns will still be rendered. Defaults to True.
show	bool	If False then the element's child-elements will not be rendered to the screen. Defaults to True.
use_hover	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. Tells the GUI's listener object to listen for events from the current element: onHover, onUnhover
use_click	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. Tells the GUI's listener object to listen for events from the current element: onMousedown, onRightMousedown, onAnyMousedown, onMouseup, onRightMouseup, onAnyMouseup, onClick, onRightClick, onAnyClick, onBlur, onDeactivate onActivate requires both use_click and use_active onFocus requires both use_click and use_focus
use_scroll	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. Tells the GUI's listener object to listen for events from the current element: onCenterMousedown, onCenterMouseup, onScrollUp, onScrollDown
use_active	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. onActivate requires both use_click and use_active
use_focus	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. onFocus requires both use_click and use_focus