Text Viewer: _getClickArea

Text Viewer: _getClickArea

Returns information about which area in the viewer was clicked on

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

CALL NOTIFY (viewer-name, '_getClickArea', area);

Argument Type Description

area
C returns the viewer area where the click occurred:

'COLS' the column ruler

'NUMS' the line numbers

'TEXT' a line of text

'TEXT HEX1' the first hex line of a line of text

'TEXT HEX2' the second hex line of a line of text

'NUMS HEX1' the first hex line of a line number

'NUMS HEX2' the second hex line of a line number

Argument	Type	Description
area	C	returns the viewer area where the click occurred:
		'COLS'	the column ruler
		'NUMS'	the line numbers
		'TEXT'	a line of text
		'TEXT HEX1'	the first hex line of a line of text
		'TEXT HEX2'	the second hex line of a line of text
		'NUMS HEX1'	the first hex line of a line number
		'NUMS HEX2'	the second hex line of a line number

Details

Some values can be returned only when the viewer displays that area or feature:

TEXT HEX1, TEXT HEX2, NUMS HEX1, and NUMS HEX2 can be returned in this class only if the display of hexadecimal values is on (see _setHex).
NUMS, NUMS HEX1, and NUMS HEX2 can be returned only if line numbers are displayed (see _setNums in this class).
COLS can only be returned in the column ruler is displayed (see _setColumns in this class).

Example

If the user clicks in the line numbers area, _getClickArea returns the value 'NUMS' to the variable AREA:

call notify('textview', '_get_click_area_', area);

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