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Tk_CanvasTextInfo(3)	      Tk Library Procedures	    Tk_CanvasTextInfo(3)

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NAME
     Tk_CanvasTextInfo	- additional information for managing text items in can-
     vases

SYNOPSIS
     #include <tk.h>

     Tk_CanvasTextInfo *
     Tk_CanvasGetTextInfo(canvas)

ARGUMENTS
     Tk_Canvas canvas (in)	    A token that identifies a particular  canvas
				    widget.
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DESCRIPTION
     Textual  canvas  items  are  somewhat more complicated to manage than other
     items, due to things like the selection and the input focus.  Tk_CanvasGet-
     TextInfo may be invoked by a type manager to obtain additional  information
     needed for items that display text.  The return value from Tk_CanvasGetTex-
     tInfo  is	a  pointer  to a structure that is shared between Tk and all the
     items that display text.  The structure has the following form:
	    typedef struct Tk_CanvasTextInfo {
		Tk_3DBorder selBorder;
		int selBorderWidth;
		XColor *selFgColorPtr;
		Tk_Item *selItemPtr;
		int selectFirst;
		int selectLast;
		Tk_Item *anchorItemPtr;
		int selectAnchor;
		Tk_3DBorder insertBorder;
		int insertWidth;
		int insertBorderWidth;
		Tk_Item *focusItemPtr;
		int gotFocus;
		int cursorOn;
	    } Tk_CanvasTextInfo;
     The selBorder field identifies a Tk_3DBorder that should be used for  draw-
     ing  the background under selected text.  selBorderWidth gives the width of
     the raised border around selected text, in pixels.  selFgColorPtr points to
     an XColor that describes the foreground color to be used when  drawing  se-
     lected  text.  selItemPtr points to the item that is currently selected, or
     NULL if there is no item selected or if the canvas does not have the selec-
     tion.  selectFirst and selectLast give the indices of the	first  and  last
     selected  characters  in  selItemPtr, as returned by the indexProc for that
     item.  anchorItemPtr points to the item that currently  has  the  selection
     anchor;   this  is not necessarily the same as selItemPtr.  selectAnchor is
     an index that identifies the anchor position within anchorItemPtr.  insert-
     Border contains a Tk_3DBorder to use when	drawing  the  insertion  cursor;
     insertWidth  gives  the  total width of the insertion cursor in pixels, and
     insertBorderWidth gives the width of the raised  border around  the  inser-
     tion cursor.  focusItemPtr identifies the item that currently has the input
     focus,  or NULL if there is no such item.	gotFocus is 1 if the canvas wid-
     get has the input focus and 0 otherwise.  cursorOn is 1  if  the  insertion
     cursor  should  be  drawn	in focusItemPtr and 0 if it should not be drawn;
     this field is toggled on and off by Tk to make the cursor blink.

     The structure returned by Tk_CanvasGetTextInfo is shared between Tk and the
     type managers;  typically the type manager calls Tk_CanvasGetTextInfo  once
     when  an  item  is created and then saves the pointer in the item's record.
     Tk will update information in the Tk_CanvasTextInfo;  for example,  a  con-
     figure  widget command might change the selBorder field, or a select widget
     command might change the selectFirst field, or Tk might change cursorOn  in
     order  to	make the insertion cursor flash on and off during successive re-
     displays.

     Type managers should treat all  of  the  fields  of  the  Tk_CanvasTextInfo
     structure as read-only, except for selItemPtr, selectFirst, selectLast, and
     selectAnchor.   Type  managers  may change selectFirst, selectLast, and se-
     lectAnchor to adjust for insertions and deletions in the item (but only  if
     the  item is the current owner of the selection or anchor, as determined by
     selItemPtr or anchorItemPtr).  If all of the selected text in the	item  is
     deleted,  the  item should set selItemPtr to NULL to indicate that there is
     no longer a selection.

KEYWORDS
     canvas, focus, insertion cursor, selection, selection anchor, text

Tk				       4.0		    Tk_CanvasTextInfo(3)

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