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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


With [http://doc.qt.io/qt-5.0/qtwidgets/qtextedit.html QTextEdit], you get an easy to use class to create a rich text field. With this text field, you can display plain text, but also rich text like HTML-formatted text and images.
With {{DocLink|QTextEdit}}, you get an easy to use class to create a rich text field. With this text field, you can display plain text, but also rich text like HTML-formatted text and images.


== Important methods ==
== Important methods ==

Revision as of 21:26, 27 June 2015

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Overview

With QTextEdit, you get an easy to use class to create a rich text field. With this text field, you can display plain text, but also rich text like HTML-formatted text and images.

Important methods

  • void setText(const QString text)
    

Resets the displayed text to the specified one.

  • void append(const QString text)
    

Appends the specified text to the displayed text.

  • QString toHtml()
    

Returns the content of the QTextEdit text field as HTML-formatted text.

  • QString toPlainText()
    

Returns the content of the QTextEdit text field as plain text.

Example

QTextEdit can be used for multiple purposes, here is a simple editor:

#include <QApplication>
#include <QTextEdit>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
 QApplication app(argc, argv);

QTextEdit *txt = new QTextEdit();
 txt->setText("Hello, world!");
 txt->append("Appending some text…");

txt->show();
 return app.exec();
}