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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
       canvases

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_Can-
       vasGetTextInfo may be invoked by	a type manager	to  obtain  additional
       information  needed for items that display text.	 The return value from
       Tk_CanvasGetTextInfo is a pointer to a structure	that is	shared between
       Tk and all the items that display text.	The structure has the  follow-
       ing 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
       drawing the background under selected text.  selBorderWidth  gives  the
       width  of the raised border around selected text, in pixels.  selFgCol-
       orPtr points to an XColor that describes	the  foreground	 color	to  be
       used when drawing selected text.	 selItemPtr points to the item that is
       currently selected, or NULL if there is no item selected	or if the can-
       vas  does  not have the selection.  selectFirst and selectLast give the
       indices of the first and	last selected characters in selItemPtr,	as re-
       turned 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.   insertBorder  contains  a
       Tk_3DBorder to use when	drawing	 the  insertion	 cursor;   insertWidth
       gives the total width of	the insertion cursor in	pixels,	and insertBor-
       derWidth	 gives	the  width  of the raised  border around the insertion
       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
       widget has the input focus and 0	otherwise.  cursorOn is	1 if  the  in-
       sertion	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_CanvasGetTex-
       tInfo 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 configure	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 redisplays.

       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 selectAnchor	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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