wx.TextDataObject¶

wx.TextDataObject is a specialization of wx.DataObjectSimple for text data.

It can be used without change to paste data into the wx.Clipboard or a wx.DropSource. A user may wish to derive a new class from this class for providing text on-demand in order to minimize memory consumption when offering data in several formats, such as plain text and RTF because by default the text is stored in a string in this class, but it might as well be generated when requested, in which case GetText should be overridden.

Note that if you already have the text inside a string, you will not achieve any efficiency gain by overriding these functions because copying Strings is already a very efficient operation (data is not actually copied because Strings are reference counted).

Class Hierarchy¶

Inheritance diagram for class TextDataObject:

Methods Summary¶

`__init__`	Constructor, may be used to initialise the text (otherwise `SetText` should be used later).
`GetAllFormats`	Returns a list of wx.DataFormat objects which this data object
`GetFormat`	Returns the preferred format supported by this object.
`GetFormatCount`	Returns 2 under Mac and wxGTK, where text data coming from the clipboard may be provided as `ANSI` ( `DF_TEXT` ) or as Unicode text ( `DF_UNICODETEXT` ).
`GetText`	Returns the text associated with the data object.
`GetTextLength`
`SetData`
`SetText`	Sets the text associated with the data object.

Properties Summary¶

`AllFormats`	See `GetAllFormats`
`Format`	See `GetFormat`
`FormatCount`	See `GetFormatCount`
`Text`	See `GetText` and `SetText`
`TextLength`	See `GetTextLength`

Class API¶

class wx.TextDataObject(DataObjectSimple)¶

Possible constructors:

TextDataObject(text='') -> None

TextDataObject is a specialization of DataObjectSimple for text data.

Methods¶

__init__(self, text='')¶

Constructor, may be used to initialise the text (otherwise SetText should be used later).

Parameters:: text (string)
Return type:: None

GetAllFormats(self, dir=DataObject.Get)¶

Returns a list of wx.DataFormat objects which this data object supports transferring in the given direction.

Return type:: Any

GetFormat(self)¶

Returns the preferred format supported by this object.

This is DF_TEXT or DF_UNICODETEXT depending on the platform.

Return type:: wx.DataFormat

GetFormatCount(self, dir=DataObject.Get)¶

Returns 2 under Mac and wxGTK, where text data coming from the clipboard may be provided as ANSI ( DF_TEXT ) or as Unicode text ( DF_UNICODETEXT ).

Returns 1 under other platforms (e.g. wxMSW).

Parameters:: dir (DataObject.Direction)
Return type:: int

GetText(self)¶

Returns the text associated with the data object.

You may wish to override this method when offering data on-demand, but this is not required by wxWidgets’ internals. Use this method to get data in text form from the wx.Clipboard.

Return type:: str

GetTextLength(self)¶

Don’t use or call this function, it simply returns the length of the text plus one for compatibility purposes.

Return type:: int

SetData(self, format, buf)¶

Return type:: bool

SetText(self, strText)¶

Sets the text associated with the data object.

This method is called when the data object receives the data and, by default, copies the text into the member variable. If you want to process the text on the fly you may wish to override this function.