// Demo code for the TextArea primitive. package main import ( "fmt" "github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2" "github.com/rivo/tview" ) func main() { app := tview.NewApplication() textArea := tview.NewTextArea(). SetPlaceholder("Enter text here...") textArea.SetTitle("Text Area").SetBorder(true) helpInfo := tview.NewTextView(). SetText(" Press F1 for help, press Ctrl-C to exit") position := tview.NewTextView(). SetDynamicColors(true). SetTextAlign(tview.AlignRight) pages := tview.NewPages() updateInfos := func() { fromRow, fromColumn, toRow, toColumn := textArea.GetCursor() if fromRow == toRow && fromColumn == toColumn { position.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("Row: [yellow]%d[white], Column: [yellow]%d ", fromRow, fromColumn)) } else { position.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("[red]From[white] Row: [yellow]%d[white], Column: [yellow]%d[white] - [red]To[white] Row: [yellow]%d[white], To Column: [yellow]%d ", fromRow, fromColumn, toRow, toColumn)) } } textArea.SetMovedFunc(updateInfos) updateInfos() mainView := tview.NewGrid(). SetRows(0, 1). AddItem(textArea, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, true). AddItem(helpInfo, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, false). AddItem(position, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, false) help1 := tview.NewTextView(). SetDynamicColors(true). SetText(`[green]Navigation [yellow]Left arrow[white]: Move left. [yellow]Right arrow[white]: Move right. [yellow]Down arrow[white]: Move down. [yellow]Up arrow[white]: Move up. [yellow]Ctrl-A, Home[white]: Move to the beginning of the current line. [yellow]Ctrl-E, End[white]: Move to the end of the current line. [yellow]Ctrl-F, page down[white]: Move down by one page. [yellow]Ctrl-B, page up[white]: Move up by one page. [yellow]Alt-Up arrow[white]: Scroll the page up. [yellow]Alt-Down arrow[white]: Scroll the page down. [yellow]Alt-Left arrow[white]: Scroll the page to the left. [yellow]Alt-Right arrow[white]: Scroll the page to the right. [yellow]Alt-B, Ctrl-Left arrow[white]: Move back by one word. [yellow]Alt-F, Ctrl-Right arrow[white]: Move forward by one word. [blue]Press Enter for more help, press Escape to return.`) help2 := tview.NewTextView(). SetDynamicColors(true). SetText(`[green]Editing[white] Type to enter text. [yellow]Ctrl-H, Backspace[white]: Delete the left character. [yellow]Ctrl-D, Delete[white]: Delete the right character. [yellow]Ctrl-K[white]: Delete until the end of the line. [yellow]Ctrl-W[white]: Delete the rest of the word. [yellow]Ctrl-U[white]: Delete the current line. [blue]Press Enter for more help, press Escape to return.`) help3 := tview.NewTextView(). SetDynamicColors(true). SetText(`[green]Selecting Text[white] Move while holding Shift or drag the mouse. Double-click to select a word. [yellow]Ctrl-L[white] to select entire text. [green]Clipboard [yellow]Ctrl-Q[white]: Copy. [yellow]Ctrl-X[white]: Cut. [yellow]Ctrl-V[white]: Paste. [green]Undo [yellow]Ctrl-Z[white]: Undo. [yellow]Ctrl-Y[white]: Redo. [blue]Press Enter for more help, press Escape to return.`) help := tview.NewFrame(help1). SetBorders(1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 2) help.SetBorder(true). SetTitle("Help"). SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey { if event.Key() == tcell.KeyEscape { pages.SwitchToPage("main") return nil } else if event.Key() == tcell.KeyEnter { switch { case help.GetPrimitive() == help1: help.SetPrimitive(help2) case help.GetPrimitive() == help2: help.SetPrimitive(help3) case help.GetPrimitive() == help3: help.SetPrimitive(help1) } return nil } return event }) pages.AddAndSwitchToPage("main", mainView, true). AddPage("help", tview.NewGrid(). SetColumns(0, 64, 0). SetRows(0, 22, 0). AddItem(help, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, true), true, false) app.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey { if event.Key() == tcell.KeyF1 { pages.ShowPage("help") //TODO: Check when clicking outside help window with the mouse. Then clicking help again. return nil } return event }) if err := app.SetRoot(pages, true).EnableMouse(true).Run(); err != nil { panic(err) } }