Class FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent

java.lang.Object
  java.util.EventObject
      com.vaadin.ui.Component.Event
          com.vaadin.event.FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractTextField.TextChangeEventImpl

Enclosing interface:

FieldEvents

public abstract static class FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent
extends Component.Event

TextChangeEvents are fired when the user is editing the text content of a field. Most commonly text change events are triggered by typing text with keyboard, but e.g. pasting content from clip board to a text field also triggers an event.

TextChangeEvents differ from Field.ValueChangeEvents so that they are triggered repeatedly while the end user is filling the field. ValueChangeEvents are not fired until the user for example hits enter or focuses another field. Also note the difference that TextChangeEvents are only fired if the change is triggered from the user, while ValueChangeEvents are also fired if the field value is set by the application code.

The FieldEvents.TextChangeNotifiers implementation may decide when exactly TextChangeEvents are fired. TextChangeEvents are not necessary fire for example on each key press, but buffered with a small delay. The TextField component supports different modes for triggering TextChangeEvents.

Since:

6.5

See Also:

FieldEvents.TextChangeListener, FieldEvents.TextChangeNotifier, TextField#setTextChangeEventMode(com.vaadin.ui.TextField.TextChangeEventMode), Serialized Form

FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent

public FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent(Component source)

getText

public abstract String getText()

Returns:

the text content of the field after the FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent

getCursorPosition

public abstract int getCursorPosition()

Returns:

the cursor position during after the FieldEvents.TextChangeEvent