com.trolltech.qt.gui
Class QTextBrowser

java.lang.Object
  com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal
      com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
          com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
              com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
                  com.trolltech.qt.gui.QWidget
                      com.trolltech.qt.gui.QFrame
                          com.trolltech.qt.gui.QAbstractScrollArea
                              com.trolltech.qt.gui.QTextEdit
                                  com.trolltech.qt.gui.QTextBrowser

All Implemented Interfaces:

QPaintDeviceInterface, QtJambiInterface

public class QTextBrowser
extends QTextEdit

The QTextBrowser class provides a rich text browser with hypertext navigation. This class extends QTextEdit (in read-only mode), adding some navigation functionality so that users can follow links in hypertext documents.

If you want to provide your users with an editable rich text editor, use QTextEdit. If you want a text browser without hypertext navigation use QTextEdit, and use QTextEdit::setReadOnly() to disable editing. If you just need to display a small piece of rich text use QLabel.

Document Source and Contents

The contents of QTextEdit are set with setHtml() or setPlainText(), but QTextBrowser also implements the setSource() function, making it possible to use a named document as the source text. The name is looked up in a list of search paths and in the directory of the current document factory.

If a document name ends with an anchor (for example, "#anchor"), the text browser automatically scrolls to that position (using scrollToAnchor()). When the user clicks on a hyperlink, the browser will call setSource() itself with the link's href value as argument. You can track the current source by connecting to the sourceChanged() signal.

Navigation

QTextBrowser provides backward() and forward() slots which you can use to implement Back and Forward buttons. The home() slot sets the text to the very first document displayed. The anchorClicked() signal is emitted when the user clicks an anchor. To override the default navigation behavior of the browser, call the setSource() function to supply new document text in a slot connected to this signal.

If you want to load documents stored in the Qt resource system use qrc as the scheme in the URL to load. For example, for the document resource path :/docs/index.html use qrc:/docs/index.html as the URL with setSource().

See also:

QTextEdit, and QTextDocument.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QTextEdit

QTextEdit.AutoFormatting, QTextEdit.AutoFormattingFlag, QTextEdit.LineWrapMode

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QFrame

QFrame.Shadow, QFrame.Shape, QFrame.StyleMask

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QWidget

QWidget.RenderFlag, QWidget.RenderFlags

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter

QSignalEmitter.AbstractSignal, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal0, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal1, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal2, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal3, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal4, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal5, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal6, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal7, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal8, QSignalEmitter.PrivateSignal9, QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1, QSignalEmitter.Signal2, QSignalEmitter.Signal3, QSignalEmitter.Signal4, QSignalEmitter.Signal5, QSignalEmitter.Signal6, QSignalEmitter.Signal7, QSignalEmitter.Signal8, QSignalEmitter.Signal9

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal

com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal.AbstractSignalInternal

Field Summary

QSignalEmitter.Signal1	anchorClicked This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
QSignalEmitter.Signal1	backwardAvailable This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
QSignalEmitter.Signal1	forwardAvailable This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
QSignalEmitter.Signal1	highlighted This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
QSignalEmitter.Signal1	highlightedString This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
QSignalEmitter.Signal0	historyChanged This signal is emitted when the history changes.
QSignalEmitter.Signal1	sourceChanged This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).

Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QTextEdit

copyAvailable, currentCharFormatChanged, cursorPositionChanged, redoAvailable, selectionChanged, textChanged, undoAvailable

Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QWidget

customContextMenuRequested

Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal

currentSender

Constructor Summary

QTextBrowser()
Constructs an empty QTextBrowser with parent parent.

QTextBrowser(QWidget parent)
Constructs an empty QTextBrowser with parent parent.

Method Summary

void	backward() Changes the document displayed to the previous document in the list of documents built by navigating links.
int	backwardHistoryCount() Returns the number of locations backward in the history.
void	clearHistory() Clears the history of visited documents and disables the forward and backward navigation.
void	forward() Changes the document displayed to the next document in the list of documents built by navigating links.
int	forwardHistoryCount() Returns the number of locations forward in the history.
java.lang.String	historyTitle(int arg__1) Returns the documentTitle() of the HistoryItem.
QUrl	historyUrl(int arg__1) Returns the url of the HistoryItem.
void	home() Changes the document displayed to be the first document from the history.
boolean	isBackwardAvailable() Returns true if the text browser can go backward in the document history using backward().
boolean	isForwardAvailable() Returns true if the text browser can go forward in the document history using forward().
boolean	openExternalLinks() Specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links to external sources using QDesktopServices::openUrl() instead of emitting the anchorClicked signal.
boolean	openLinks() This property specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links the user tries to activate by mouse or keyboard.
void	reload() Reloads the current set source.
java.util.List	searchPaths() This property holds the search paths used by the text browser to find supporting content.
void	setOpenExternalLinks(boolean open) Specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links to external sources using QDesktopServices::openUrl() instead of emitting the anchorClicked signal.
void	setOpenLinks(boolean open) This property specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links the user tries to activate by mouse or keyboard.
void	setSearchPaths(java.util.List paths) This property holds the search paths used by the text browser to find supporting content.
void	setSource(QUrl name) This property holds the name of the displayed document.
QUrl	source() This property holds the name of the displayed document.

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QTextEdit

acceptRichText, alignment, anchorAt, append, autoFormatting, canInsertFromMimeData, canPaste, clear, copy, createMimeDataFromSelection, createStandardContextMenu, createStandardContextMenu, currentCharFormat, currentFont, cursorForPosition, cursorRect, cursorRect, cursorWidth, cut, document, documentTitle, ensureCursorVisible, extraSelections, find, find, find, fontFamily, fontItalic, fontPointSize, fontUnderline, fontWeight, insertFromMimeData, insertHtml, insertPlainText, isReadOnly, isUndoRedoEnabled, lineWrapColumnOrWidth, lineWrapMode, loadResource, mergeCurrentCharFormat, moveCursor, moveCursor, overwriteMode, paste, print, redo, scrollToAnchor, selectAll, setAcceptRichText, setAlignment, setAlignment, setAutoFormatting, setAutoFormatting, setCurrentCharFormat, setCurrentFont, setCursorWidth, setDocument, setDocumentTitle, setExtraSelections, setFontFamily, setFontItalic, setFontPointSize, setFontUnderline, setFontWeight, setHtml, setLineWrapColumnOrWidth, setLineWrapMode, setOverwriteMode, setPlainText, setReadOnly, setTabChangesFocus, setTabStopWidth, setText, setTextBackgroundColor, setTextColor, setTextCursor, setTextInteractionFlags, setTextInteractionFlags, setUndoRedoEnabled, setWordWrapMode, tabChangesFocus, tabStopWidth, textBackgroundColor, textColor, textCursor, textInteractionFlags, toHtml, toPlainText, undo, wordWrapMode, zoomIn, zoomIn, zoomOut, zoomOut

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QAbstractScrollArea

addScrollBarWidget, addScrollBarWidget, cornerWidget, horizontalScrollBar, horizontalScrollBarPolicy, maximumViewportSize, scrollBarWidgets, scrollBarWidgets, scrollContentsBy, setCornerWidget, setHorizontalScrollBar, setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy, setupViewport, setVerticalScrollBar, setVerticalScrollBarPolicy, setViewport, setViewportMargins, verticalScrollBar, verticalScrollBarPolicy, viewport, viewportEvent

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QFrame

frameRect, frameShadow, frameShape, frameStyle, frameWidth, lineWidth, midLineWidth, setFrameRect, setFrameShadow, setFrameShape, setFrameStyle, setLineWidth, setMidLineWidth

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QWidget

acceptDrops, accessibleDescription, accessibleName, actionEvent, actions, activateWindow, addAction, addActions, adjustSize, autoFillBackground, backgroundRole, baseSize, changeEvent, childAt, childAt, childrenRect, childrenRegion, clearFocus, clearMask, close, closeEvent, contentsRect, contextMenuEvent, contextMenuPolicy, cursor, depth, destroy, destroy, destroy, dragEnterEvent, dragLeaveEvent, dragMoveEvent, dropEvent, effectiveWinId, ensurePolished, enterEvent, focusInEvent, focusNextChild, focusNextPrevChild, focusOutEvent, focusPolicy, focusPreviousChild, focusProxy, focusWidget, font, fontInfo, fontMetrics, foregroundRole, frameGeometry, frameSize, geometry, getContentsMargins, grabKeyboard, grabMouse, grabMouse, grabShortcut, grabShortcut, graphicsProxyWidget, hasFocus, hasMouseTracking, height, heightForWidth, heightMM, hide, hideEvent, inputContext, inputMethodEvent, inputMethodQuery, insertAction, insertActions, isActiveWindow, isAncestorOf, isEnabled, isEnabledTo, isFullScreen, isHidden, isMaximized, isMinimized, isModal, isVisible, isVisibleTo, isWindow, isWindowModified, keyboardGrabber, keyPressEvent, keyReleaseEvent, languageChange, layout, layoutDirection, leaveEvent, locale, logicalDpiX, logicalDpiY, lower, mapFrom, mapFromGlobal, mapFromParent, mapTo, mapToGlobal, mapToParent, mask, maximumHeight, maximumSize, maximumWidth, metric, minimumHeight, minimumSize, minimumSizeHint, minimumWidth, mouseDoubleClickEvent, mouseGrabber, mouseMoveEvent, mousePressEvent, mouseReleaseEvent, move, move, moveEvent, nativeParentWidget, nextInFocusChain, normalGeometry, numColors, overrideWindowFlags, overrideWindowFlags, overrideWindowState, paintEngine, paintEvent, paintingActive, palette, parentWidget, physicalDpiX, physicalDpiY, pos, raise, rect, releaseKeyboard, releaseMouse, releaseShortcut, removeAction, render, render, render, render, render, render, render, render, render, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, resetInputContext, resize, resize, resizeEvent, restoreGeometry, saveGeometry, scroll, scroll, setAcceptDrops, setAccessibleDescription, setAccessibleName, setAttribute, setAttribute, setAutoFillBackground, setBackgroundRole, setBaseSize, setBaseSize, setContentsMargins, setContentsMargins, setContextMenuPolicy, setCursor, setDisabled, setEnabled, setFixedHeight, setFixedSize, setFixedSize, setFixedWidth, setFocus, setFocus, setFocusPolicy, setFocusProxy, setFont, setForegroundRole, setGeometry, setGeometry, setHidden, setInputContext, setLayout, setLayoutDirection, setLocale, setMask, setMask, setMaximumHeight, setMaximumSize, setMaximumSize, setMaximumWidth, setMinimumHeight, setMinimumSize, setMinimumSize, setMinimumWidth, setMouseTracking, setPalette, setParent, setParent, setParent, setShortcutAutoRepeat, setShortcutAutoRepeat, setShortcutEnabled, setShortcutEnabled, setSizeIncrement, setSizeIncrement, setSizePolicy, setSizePolicy, setStatusTip, setStyle, setStyleSheet, setTabOrder, setToolTip, setUpdatesEnabled, setVisible, setWhatsThis, setWindowFilePath, setWindowFlags, setWindowFlags, setWindowIcon, setWindowIconText, setWindowModality, setWindowModified, setWindowOpacity, setWindowRole, setWindowState, setWindowState, setWindowTitle, show, showEvent, showFullScreen, showMaximized, showMinimized, showNormal, size, sizeHint, sizeIncrement, sizePolicy, stackUnder, statusTip, style, styleSheet, tabletEvent, testAttribute, toolTip, underMouse, unsetCursor, unsetLayoutDirection, unsetLocale, update, update, update, update, updateGeometry, updateMicroFocus, updatesEnabled, visibleRegion, whatsThis, wheelEvent, width, widthMM, window, windowFilePath, windowFlags, windowIcon, windowIconText, windowModality, windowOpacity, windowRole, windowState, windowTitle, windowType, winId, x, y

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject

childEvent, children, connectSlotsByName, customEvent, disposeLater, dumpObjectInfo, dumpObjectTree, dynamicPropertyNames, event, eventFilter, findChild, findChild, findChild, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, indexOfProperty, installEventFilter, isWidgetType, killTimer, moveToThread, objectName, parent, properties, property, removeEventFilter, setObjectName, setParent, setProperty, startTimer, timerEvent, toString, userProperty

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject

dispose, disposed, equals, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter

blockSignals, disconnect, disconnect, signalsBlocked, signalSender, thread

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal

__qt_signalInitialization

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface

disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership

Field Detail

anchorClicked

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 anchorClicked

This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <com.trolltech.qt.core.QUrl(named: link)>:

This signal is emitted when the user clicks an anchor. The URL referred to by the anchor is passed in link.

Note that the browser will automatically handle navigation to the location specified by link unless the openLinks property is set to false or you call setSource() in a slot connected. This mechanism is used to override the default navigation features of the browser.

backwardAvailable

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 backwardAvailable

This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <java.lang.Boolean(named: available)>:

This signal is emitted when the availability of backward() changes. available is false when the user is at home(); otherwise it is true.

forwardAvailable

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 forwardAvailable

This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <java.lang.Boolean(named: available)>:

This signal is emitted when the availability of forward() changes. available is true after the user navigates backward() and false when the user navigates or goes forward().

highlightedString

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 highlightedString

This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <java.lang.String(named: link)>:

This signal is emitted when the user has selected but not activated an anchor in the document. The URL referred to by the anchor is passed in link.

highlighted

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 highlighted

This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <com.trolltech.qt.core.QUrl(named: link)>:

This signal is emitted when the user has selected but not activated an anchor in the document. The URL referred to by the anchor is passed in link.

historyChanged

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal0 historyChanged

This signal is emitted when the history changes.

See also:

historyTitle(), and historyUrl().

sourceChanged

public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 sourceChanged

This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <com.trolltech.qt.core.QUrl(named: src)>:

This signal is emitted when the source has changed, src being the new source.

Source changes happen both programmatically when calling setSource(), forward(), backword() or home() or when the user clicks on links or presses the equivalent key sequences.

Constructor Detail

QTextBrowser

public QTextBrowser()

Constructs an empty QTextBrowser with parent parent.

QTextBrowser

public QTextBrowser(QWidget parent)

Constructs an empty QTextBrowser with parent parent.

Method Detail

backwardHistoryCount

public final int backwardHistoryCount()

Returns the number of locations backward in the history.

clearHistory

public final void clearHistory()

Clears the history of visited documents and disables the forward and backward navigation.

See also:

backward(), and forward().

forwardHistoryCount

public final int forwardHistoryCount()

Returns the number of locations forward in the history.

historyTitle

public final java.lang.String historyTitle(int arg__1)

Returns the documentTitle() of the HistoryItem.

Input	Return
i < 0	backward() history
i == 0	current, see QTextBrowser::source()
i > 0	forward() history

    backaction.setToolTip(browser.historyTitle(-1));
    forwardaction.setToolTip(browser.historyTitle(+1));

historyUrl

public final QUrl historyUrl(int arg__1)

Returns the url of the HistoryItem.

Input	Return
i < 0	backward() history
i == 0	current, see QTextBrowser::source()
i > 0	forward() history

isBackwardAvailable

public final boolean isBackwardAvailable()

Returns true if the text browser can go backward in the document history using backward().

See also:

backwardAvailable() , and backward().

isForwardAvailable

public final boolean isForwardAvailable()

Returns true if the text browser can go forward in the document history using forward().

See also:

forwardAvailable() , and forward().

openExternalLinks

public final boolean openExternalLinks()

Specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links to external sources using QDesktopServices::openUrl() instead of emitting the anchorClicked signal. Links are considered external if their scheme is neither file or qrc.

The default value is false.

openLinks

public final boolean openLinks()

This property specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links the user tries to activate by mouse or keyboard.

Regardless of the value of this property the anchorClicked signal is always emitted.

The default value is true.

searchPaths

public final java.util.List searchPaths()

This property holds the search paths used by the text browser to find supporting content. QTextBrowser uses this list to locate images and documents.

By default, this property contains an empty string list.

setOpenExternalLinks

public final void setOpenExternalLinks(boolean open)

Specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links to external sources using QDesktopServices::openUrl() instead of emitting the anchorClicked signal. Links are considered external if their scheme is neither file or qrc.

The default value is false.

setOpenLinks

public final void setOpenLinks(boolean open)

This property specifies whether QTextBrowser should automatically open links the user tries to activate by mouse or keyboard.

Regardless of the value of this property the anchorClicked signal is always emitted.

The default value is true.

setSearchPaths

public final void setSearchPaths(java.util.List paths)

This property holds the search paths used by the text browser to find supporting content. QTextBrowser uses this list to locate images and documents.

By default, this property contains an empty string list.

source

public final QUrl source()

This property holds the name of the displayed document. This is a an invalid url if no document is displayed or if the source is unknown.

When setting this property QTextBrowser tries to find a document with the specified name in the paths of the searchPaths property and directory of the current source, unless the value is an absolute file path. It also checks for optional anchors and scrolls the document accordingly

If the first tag in the document is <qt type=detail>, the document is displayed as a popup rather than as new document in the browser window itself. Otherwise, the document is displayed normally in the text browser with the text set to the contents of the named document with setHtml().

By default, this property contains an empty URL.

backward

public void backward()

Changes the document displayed to the previous document in the list of documents built by navigating links. Does nothing if there is no previous document.

See also:

forward(), and backwardAvailable() .

forward

public void forward()

Changes the document displayed to the next document in the list of documents built by navigating links. Does nothing if there is no next document.

See also:

backward(), and forwardAvailable() .

home

public void home()

Changes the document displayed to be the first document from the history.

reload

public void reload()

Reloads the current set source.

setSource

public void setSource(QUrl name)

This property holds the name of the displayed document. This is a an invalid url if no document is displayed or if the source is unknown.

When setting this property QTextBrowser tries to find a document with the specified name in the paths of the searchPaths property and directory of the current source, unless the value is an absolute file path. It also checks for optional anchors and scrolls the document accordingly

If the first tag in the document is <qt type=detail>, the document is displayed as a popup rather than as new document in the browser window itself. Otherwise, the document is displayed normally in the text browser with the text set to the contents of the named document with setHtml().

By default, this property contains an empty URL.