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Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:10

Represents an editable multiline text view.

Ns View

TextView

Extends

Constructors

Constructor

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new TextView(): TextView;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

TextView

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.constructor

Properties

_androidContentDescriptionUpdated?

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optional _androidContentDescriptionUpdated?: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:348

Internal use only. This is used to limit the number of updates to android.view.View.setContentDescription()

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._androidContentDescriptionUpdated


_automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets

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_automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets


_closeModalCallback

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protected _closeModalCallback: Function;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._closeModalCallback


_context

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_context: any;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._context


_cssState

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_cssState: CssState;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._cssState


_defaultPaddingBottom

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protected _defaultPaddingBottom: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._defaultPaddingBottom


_defaultPaddingLeft

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protected _defaultPaddingLeft: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._defaultPaddingLeft


_defaultPaddingRight

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protected _defaultPaddingRight: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._defaultPaddingRight


_defaultPaddingTop

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protected _defaultPaddingTop: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._defaultPaddingTop


_domId

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_domId: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._domId


_ignoreFlexMinWidthHeightReset

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_ignoreFlexMinWidthHeightReset: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._ignoreFlexMinWidthHeightReset


_isAddedToNativeVisualTree

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_isAddedToNativeVisualTree: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._isAddedToNativeVisualTree


_isPaddingRelative

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protected _isPaddingRelative: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._isPaddingRelative


_isStyleScopeHost

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_isStyleScopeHost: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._isStyleScopeHost


_oldBottom

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_oldBottom: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._oldBottom


_oldLeft

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_oldLeft: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._oldLeft


_oldRight

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_oldRight: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._oldRight


_oldTop

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_oldTop: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._oldTop


_styleScope

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_styleScope: StyleScope;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._styleScope


_suspendNativeUpdatesCount

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_suspendNativeUpdatesCount: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Determines the depth of suspended updates. When the value is 0 the current property updates are not batched nor scoped and must be immediately applied. If the value is 1 or greater, the current updates are batched and does not have to provide immediate update. Do not set this field, the _batchUpdate method is responsible to keep the count up to date, as well as adding/rmoving the view to/from the visual tree.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._suspendNativeUpdatesCount


accessibilityHidden

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accessibilityHidden: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:250

Hide the view and its children from the a11y service

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityHidden


accessibilityHint

ts
accessibilityHint: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:295

A hint describes the elements behavior. Example: 'Tap change playback speed'

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityHint


accessibilityIdentifier

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accessibilityIdentifier: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:259

The view's unique accessibilityIdentifier.

This is used for automated testing.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityIdentifier


accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors

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accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:322

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors


accessibilityLabel

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accessibilityLabel: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:281

Short description of the element, ideally one word.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityLabel


accessibilityLanguage

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accessibilityLanguage: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:310

Sets the language in which to speak the element's label and value. Accepts language ID tags that follows the "BCP 47" specification.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityLanguage


accessibilityLiveRegion

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accessibilityLiveRegion: AccessibilityLiveRegion;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:302

When components dynamically change, we want TalkBack to alert the end user. This is made possible by the accessibilityLiveRegion property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityLiveRegion


accessibilityMediaSession

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accessibilityMediaSession: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:317

This view starts a media session. Equivalent to trait = startsMedia

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityMediaSession


accessibilityRole

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accessibilityRole: AccessibilityRole;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:266

Which role should this view be treated by the a11y service?

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityRole


accessibilityState

ts
accessibilityState: AccessibilityState;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:274

Which state should this view be treated as by the a11y service?

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityState


accessibilityValue

ts
accessibilityValue: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:288

Current value of the element in a localized string.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityValue


accessible

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accessible: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:243

If true the element is an accessibility element and all the children will be treated as a single selectable component.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessible


alignSelf

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alignSelf: AlignSelf;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

(Android-only) Overrides the alignItems value for the child.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.alignSelf


android

ts
android: any;

Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:21

Gets the native android widget that represents the user interface for this component. Valid only when running on Android OS.

Overrides

EditableTextBase.android


androidDynamicElevationOffset

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androidDynamicElevationOffset: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:368

Gets or sets the dynamic elevation offset of the android view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.androidDynamicElevationOffset


androidElevation

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androidElevation: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:361

Gets or sets the elevation of the android view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.androidElevation


androidOverflowEdge

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androidOverflowEdge: AndroidOverflow;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.androidOverflowEdge


autocapitalizationType

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autocapitalizationType: AutocapitalizationInputType;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:59

Gets or sets the autocapitalization type.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.autocapitalizationType


autocorrect

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autocorrect: boolean;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:80

Enables or disables autocorrection.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.autocorrect


autofillType

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autofillType: string;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:66

Gets or sets the autofill type.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.autofillType


automationText

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automationText: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:354

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.automationText


background

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background: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:375

Gets or sets the background style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.background


backgroundColor

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backgroundColor: string | Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:382

Gets or sets the background color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.backgroundColor


backgroundImage

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backgroundImage: string | LinearGradient;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:389

Gets or sets the background image of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.backgroundImage


bindingContext

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bindingContext: any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:124

Gets or sets the binding context of this instance. This object is used as a source for each Binding that does not have a source object specified.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.bindingContext


borderBottomColor

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borderBottomColor: Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:152

Gets or sets the bottom border color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderBottomColor


borderBottomLeftRadius

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borderBottomLeftRadius: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:229

Gets or sets the bottom left border radius of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderBottomLeftRadius


borderBottomRightRadius

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borderBottomRightRadius: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:222

Gets or sets the bottom right border radius of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderBottomRightRadius


borderBottomWidth

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borderBottomWidth: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:187

Gets or sets the bottom border width of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderBottomWidth


borderColor

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borderColor: string | Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:131

Gets or sets the border color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderColor


borderLeftColor

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borderLeftColor: Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:159

Gets or sets the left border color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderLeftColor


borderLeftWidth

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borderLeftWidth: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:194

Gets or sets the left border width of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderLeftWidth


borderRadius

ts
borderRadius: 
  | string
  | number
  | LengthDipUnit
  | LengthPxUnit;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:201

Gets or sets the border radius of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderRadius


borderRightColor

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borderRightColor: Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:145

Gets or sets the right border color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderRightColor


borderRightWidth

ts
borderRightWidth: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:180

Gets or sets the right border width of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderRightWidth


borderTopColor

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borderTopColor: Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:138

Gets or sets the top border color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderTopColor


borderTopLeftRadius

ts
borderTopLeftRadius: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:208

Gets or sets the top left border radius of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderTopLeftRadius


borderTopRightRadius

ts
borderTopRightRadius: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:215

Gets or sets the top right border radius of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderTopRightRadius


borderTopWidth

ts
borderTopWidth: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:173

Gets or sets the top border width of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderTopWidth


borderWidth

ts
borderWidth: 
  | string
  | number
  | LengthDipUnit
  | LengthPxUnit;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:166

Gets or sets the border width of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.borderWidth


boxShadow

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boxShadow: string | ShadowCSSValues[];

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:396

Gets or sets the box shadow of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.boxShadow


className

ts
className: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets the CSS class name for this view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.className


col

ts
col: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

The column for the element. The columns are 0-indexed, so the first column is indicated by 0.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.col


color

ts
color: Color;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:236

Gets or sets the color of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.color


colSpan

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colSpan: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

The number of columns for the element to span across.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.colSpan


column

ts
column: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

The column for the element. The columns are 0-indexed, so the first column is indicated by 0.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.column


columnSpan

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columnSpan: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.columnSpan


cssClasses

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cssClasses: Set<string>;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:685

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.cssClasses


cssPseudoClasses

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cssPseudoClasses: Set<string>;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:686

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.cssPseudoClasses


cssType

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cssType: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:667

Gets the CSS fully qualified type name. Using this as element type should allow for PascalCase and kebap-case selectors, when fully qualified, to match the element.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.cssType


defaultVisualState

ts
defaultVisualState: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Default visual state, defaults to 'normal'

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.defaultVisualState


direction

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direction: LayoutDirectionType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:403

Gets or sets the layout direction of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.direction


dock

ts
dock: "left" | "right" | "top" | "bottom";

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Dock position of the view within its parent.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.dock


domNode

ts
domNode: DOMNode;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.domNode


editable

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editable: boolean;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:73

Gets or sets whether the instance is editable.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.editable


effectiveBorderBottomWidth

ts
effectiveBorderBottomWidth: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveBorderBottomWidth


effectiveBorderLeftWidth

ts
effectiveBorderLeftWidth: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveBorderLeftWidth


effectiveBorderRightWidth

ts
effectiveBorderRightWidth: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveBorderRightWidth


effectiveBorderTopWidth

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effectiveBorderTopWidth: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveBorderTopWidth


effectiveHeight

ts
effectiveHeight: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveHeight


effectiveLeft

ts
effectiveLeft: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveLeft


effectiveMarginBottom

ts
effectiveMarginBottom: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveMarginBottom


effectiveMarginLeft

ts
effectiveMarginLeft: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveMarginLeft


effectiveMarginRight

ts
effectiveMarginRight: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveMarginRight


effectiveMarginTop

ts
effectiveMarginTop: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveMarginTop


effectiveMinHeight

ts
effectiveMinHeight: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveMinHeight


effectiveMinWidth

ts
effectiveMinWidth: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveMinWidth


effectiveTop

ts
effectiveTop: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveTop


effectiveWidth

ts
effectiveWidth: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectiveWidth


enableWritingToolsEvents

ts
enableWritingToolsEvents: boolean;

Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:43

(iOS Only) Allow Apple Intelligence writing tools to emit text changes on each alteration instead of after the final change (default).


flex

ts
flex: Flex;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:578

The flex shorthand property sets how a flex item will grow or shrink to fit the space available in its flex container.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.flex


flexFlow

ts
flexFlow: FlexFlow;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:573

The flex-flow Shorthand property specifies the direction of a flex container, as well as its wrapping behavior.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.flexFlow


flexGrow

ts
flexGrow: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Indicates that the child should grow in size, if necessary. Sets how much the child will grow in proportion to the rest of the child elements in the flex container.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.flexGrow


flexShrink

ts
flexShrink: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Indicates that the child should shrink when the row runs out of space. Sets how much the flex item will shrink in proportion to the rest of the child elements in the flex container. When not specified, its value is set to 1.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.flexShrink


flexWrapBefore

ts
flexWrapBefore: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

When true, forces the item to wrap onto a new line.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.flexWrapBefore


fontFamily

ts
fontFamily: string;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:40

Gets or sets font-family style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.fontFamily


fontSize

ts
fontSize: number;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:47

Gets or sets font-size style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.fontSize


fontStyle

ts
fontStyle: FontStyleType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:54

Gets or sets font-style style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.fontStyle


fontWeight

ts
fontWeight: FontWeightType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:61

Gets or sets font-weight style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.fontWeight


formattedText

ts
formattedText: FormattedString;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:33

Gets or sets a formatted string.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.formattedText


height

ts
height: PercentLengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:431

Gets or sets the desired height of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.height


hidden

ts
hidden: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets the visual state of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.hidden


hint

ts
hint: string;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:87

Gets or sets the placeholder text.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.hint


horizontalAlignment

ts
horizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignmentType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:473

Gets or sets the alignment of this view within its parent along the Horizontal axis.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.horizontalAlignment


id

ts
id: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets the id for this view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.id


ignoreTouchAnimation

ts
ignoreTouchAnimation: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:647

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.ignoreTouchAnimation


ios

ts
ios: any;

Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:26

Gets the native iOS UITextView that represents the user interface for this component. Valid only when running on iOS.

Overrides

EditableTextBase.ios


iosAccessibilityAdjustsFontSize

ts
iosAccessibilityAdjustsFontSize: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:329

Defines whether accessibility font scale should affect font size.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosAccessibilityAdjustsFontSize


iosAccessibilityMaxFontScale

ts
iosAccessibilityMaxFontScale: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:343

Gets or sets the maximum accessibility font scale.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosAccessibilityMaxFontScale


iosAccessibilityMinFontScale

ts
iosAccessibilityMinFontScale: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:336

Gets or sets the minimum accessibility font scale.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosAccessibilityMinFontScale


iosGlassEffect

ts
iosGlassEffect: GlassEffectType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:634

Set the iOS liquid glass effect style on the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosGlassEffect


iosIgnoreSafeArea

ts
iosIgnoreSafeArea: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:613

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the the view should totally ignore safe areas computation. This property is iOS specific. Default value: false

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosIgnoreSafeArea


iosOverflowSafeArea

ts
iosOverflowSafeArea: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:599

Instruct container view to expand beyond the safe area. This property is iOS specific. Default value: false

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosOverflowSafeArea


iosOverflowSafeAreaEnabled

ts
iosOverflowSafeAreaEnabled: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:606

Enables or disables the iosOverflowSafeArea property for all children. This property is iOS specific. Default value: true

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosOverflowSafeAreaEnabled


iosTextAnimation

ts
iosTextAnimation: boolean | "inherit";

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:174

Specify wether the native text should be applied with or without animations

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosTextAnimation


isCollapsed

ts
isCollapsed: any;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns true if visibility is set to 'collapse'. Default(false) set in prototype Readonly property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.isCollapsed


isEnabled

ts
isEnabled: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:585

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the the view is enabled. This affects the appearance of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.isEnabled


isLayoutValid

ts
isLayoutValid: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:656

Gets if layout is valid. This is a read-only property.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.isLayoutValid


isUserInteractionEnabled

ts
isUserInteractionEnabled: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:592

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can interact with the view. This does not affect the appearance of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.isUserInteractionEnabled


isWritingToolsActive

ts
isWritingToolsActive: boolean;

Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:38

(iOS Only) Are Apple Intelligence writing tools active


keyboardType

ts
keyboardType: KeyboardInputType;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:38

Gets or sets the soft keyboard type.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.keyboardType


left

ts
left: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the child and the left edge of its parent.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.left


letterSpacing

ts
letterSpacing: number;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:68

Gets or sets letterSpace style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.letterSpacing


lineHeight

ts
lineHeight: number;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:75

Gets or sets lineHeight style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.lineHeight


margin

ts
margin: 
  | string
  | number
  | LengthDipUnit
  | LengthPxUnit
  | LengthPercentUnit;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:438

Gets or sets margin style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.margin


marginBottom

ts
marginBottom: PercentLengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:466

Specifies extra space on the bottom side of this view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.marginBottom


marginLeft

ts
marginLeft: PercentLengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:445

Specifies extra space on the left side of this view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.marginLeft


marginRight

ts
marginRight: PercentLengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:459

Specifies extra space on the right side of this view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.marginRight


marginTop

ts
marginTop: PercentLengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:452

Specifies extra space on the top side of this view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.marginTop


maxLength

ts
maxLength: number;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:94

Limits input to a certain number of characters.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.maxLength


maxLines

ts
maxLines: number;

Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:33

Limits input to a certain number of lines.

Ns Property

Overrides

EditableTextBase.maxLines


minHeight

ts
minHeight: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:417

Gets or sets the minimum height the view may grow to.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.minHeight


minWidth

ts
minWidth: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:410

Gets or sets the minimum width the view may grow to.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.minWidth


mIsRootView

ts
mIsRootView: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

if _setupAsRootView is called it means it is not supposed to be added to a parent. However parent can be set before for the purpose of CSS variables/classes. That variable ensures that _addViewToNativeVisualTree is not called in _setupAsRootView

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.mIsRootView


ts
modal: View;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:848

Returns the current modal view that this page is showing (is parent of), if any.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.modal


nativeBackgroundState?

ts
optional nativeBackgroundState?: "unset" | "invalid" | "drawn";

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:661

Native background states. This is a read-only property.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.nativeBackgroundState


nativeTextViewProtected

ts
readonly nativeTextViewProtected: any;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:19

Gets of the text widget. In some cases(android TextInputLayout) the TextView is made of 2 views: the layout and the text view So we need a different getter for the layout and text functions

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.nativeTextViewProtected


nativeViewProtected

ts
nativeViewProtected: any;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

read-only. If you want to set out-of-band the nativeView use the setNativeView method.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.nativeViewProtected


opacity

ts
opacity: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:494

Gets or sets the opacity style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.opacity


order

ts
order: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Sets the order in which child elements inside a Flex appear in relation to one another.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.order


originX

ts
originX: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:560

Gets or sets the X component of the origin point around which the view will be transformed. The default value is 0.5 representing the center of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.originX


originY

ts
originY: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:567

Gets or sets the Y component of the origin point around which the view will be transformed. The default value is 0.5 representing the center of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.originY


padding

ts
padding: 
  | string
  | number
  | LengthDipUnit
  | LengthPxUnit;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:139

Gets or sets padding style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.padding


paddingBottom

ts
paddingBottom: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:146

Specify the bottom padding of this layout.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.paddingBottom


paddingLeft

ts
paddingLeft: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:153

Specify the left padding of this layout.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.paddingLeft


paddingRight

ts
paddingRight: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:160

Specify the right padding of this layout.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.paddingRight


paddingTop

ts
paddingTop: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:167

Specify the top padding of this layout.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.paddingTop


parent

ts
parent: ViewBase;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets the parent view. This property is read-only.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.parent


perspective

ts
perspective: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:523

Gets or sets the distance of the camera form the view perspective. Usually needed when rotating the view over the X or Y axis.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.perspective


placeholderColor

ts
placeholderColor: Color;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:101

Gets or sets the color of the placeholder text

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.placeholderColor


recycleNativeView

ts
recycleNativeView: "auto" | "always" | "never";

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.recycleNativeView


returnKeyType

ts
returnKeyType: ReturnKeyButtonType;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:45

Gets or sets the soft keyboard return key flavor.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.returnKeyType


reusable

ts
reusable: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets if the view is reusable. Reusable views are not automatically destroyed when removed from the View tree.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.reusable


rotate

ts
rotate: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:501

Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view along the Z axis.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.rotate


rotateX

ts
rotateX: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:508

Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view along the X axis.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.rotateX


rotateY

ts
rotateY: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:515

Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view along the Y axis.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.rotateY


row

ts
row: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

The row for the element. The rows are 0-indexed, so the first row is indicated by 0.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.row


rowSpan

ts
rowSpan: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

The number of rows for the element to span across.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.rowSpan


scaleX

ts
scaleX: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:544

Gets or sets the scaleX affine transform of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.scaleX


scaleY

ts
scaleY: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:551

Gets or sets the scaleY affine transform of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.scaleY


sharedTransitionIgnore

ts
sharedTransitionIgnore: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Opt out of shared transition under different binding conditions

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.sharedTransitionIgnore


sharedTransitionTag

ts
sharedTransitionTag: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets the shared transition tag for animated view transitions

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.sharedTransitionTag


statusBarStyle

ts
statusBarStyle: "dark" | "light";

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:683

Gets or sets the status bar style for this view. Platform Notes:

False value will make this property have no effect.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.statusBarStyle


testID

ts
testID: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:639

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.testID


text

ts
text: string;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:26

Gets or sets the text.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.text


textAlignment

ts
textAlignment: TextAlignmentType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:82

Gets or sets text-alignment style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textAlignment


textDecoration

ts
textDecoration: TextDecorationType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:89

Gets or sets text decorations style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textDecoration


textOverflow

ts
textOverflow: TextOverflowType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:125

Gets or sets text-overflow style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textOverflow


textShadow

ts
textShadow: ShadowCSSValues;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:103

Gets or sets text shadow style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textShadow


textStroke

ts
textStroke: StrokeCSSValues;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:111

Gets or sets text stroke style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textStroke


textTransform

ts
textTransform: TextTransformType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:96

Gets or sets text transform style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textTransform


top

ts
top: LengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the child and the top edge of its parent.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.top


touchAnimation

ts
touchAnimation: 
  | boolean
  | TouchAnimationOptions;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:643

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.touchAnimation


touchDelay

ts
touchDelay: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:651

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.touchDelay


transitionId

ts
transitionId: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Active transition instance id for tracking state

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.transitionId


translateX

ts
translateX: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:530

Gets or sets the translateX affine transform of the view in device independent pixels.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.translateX


translateY

ts
translateY: number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:537

Gets or sets the translateY affine transform of the view in device independent pixels.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.translateY


updateTextTrigger

ts
updateTextTrigger: UpdateTextTriggerType;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:52

Gets or sets a value indicating when the text property will be updated.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.updateTextTrigger


valueFormatter

ts
valueFormatter: (value: string) => string;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:107

Format input values Note: useful for input masking/formatting

Parameters

ParameterType
valuestring

Returns

string

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.valueFormatter


verticalAlignment

ts
verticalAlignment: VerticalAlignmentType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:480

Gets or sets the alignment of this view within its parent along the Vertical axis.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.verticalAlignment


viewController

ts
viewController: any;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

returns the native UIViewController.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.viewController


visibility

ts
visibility: VisibilityType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:487

Gets or sets the visibility of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.visibility


visionHoverStyle

ts
visionHoverStyle: string | VisionHoverOptions;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:627

visionOS only

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.visionHoverStyle


visionIgnoreHoverStyle

ts
visionIgnoreHoverStyle: boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:620

visionOS only

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.visionIgnoreHoverStyle


whiteSpace

ts
whiteSpace: WhiteSpaceType;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:118

Gets or sets white space style property.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.whiteSpace


width

ts
width: PercentLengthType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:424

Gets or sets the desired width of the view.

Ns Property

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.width


accessibilityBlurEvent

ts
static accessibilityBlurEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:79

String value used when hooking to accessibilityBlur event.

Ns Event

accessibilityBlur

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityBlurEvent


accessibilityFocusChangedEvent

ts
static accessibilityFocusChangedEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:93

String value used when hooking to accessibilityFocusChanged event.

Ns Event

accessibilityFocusChanged

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityFocusChangedEvent


accessibilityFocusEvent

ts
static accessibilityFocusEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:86

String value used when hooking to accessibilityFocus event.

Ns Event

accessibilityFocus

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityFocusEvent


accessibilityPerformEscapeEvent

ts
static accessibilityPerformEscapeEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityPerformEscapeEvent


androidOverflowInsetEvent

ts
static androidOverflowInsetEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:100

String value used when hooking to androidOverflowInset event.

Ns Event

androidOverflowInset

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.androidOverflowInsetEvent


blurEvent

ts
static blurEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:19

String value used when hooking to the blur event.

Ns Event

blurEvent

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.blurEvent


createdEvent

ts
static createdEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

String value used when hooking to creation event

Ns Event

created

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.createdEvent


disposeNativeViewEvent

ts
static disposeNativeViewEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

String value used when hooking to disposeNativeView event

Ns Event

disposeNativeView

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.disposeNativeViewEvent


focusEvent

ts
static focusEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:25

String value used when hooking to the focus event.

Ns Event

focusEvent

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.focusEvent


iosTextAnimationFallback

ts
static iosTextAnimationFallback: boolean;

Defined in: ui/text-base/index.d.ts:179

The value used when the iosTextAnimation is set to 'inherit'

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.iosTextAnimationFallback


layoutChangedEvent

ts
static layoutChangedEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:59

String value used when hooking to layoutChanged event.

Ns Event

layoutChanged

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.layoutChangedEvent


loadedEvent

ts
static loadedEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

String value used when hooking to loaded event.

Ns Event

loaded

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.loadedEvent


propertyChangeEvent

ts
static propertyChangeEvent: string;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

String value used when hooking to propertyChange event.

Ns Event

propertyChange

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.propertyChangeEvent


returnPressEvent

ts
static returnPressEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/text-view/index.d.ts:16

String value used when hooking to the returnPress event.

Ns Event

returnPress


showingModallyEvent

ts
static showingModallyEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:65

String value used when hooking to showingModally event.

Ns Event

showingModally

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.showingModallyEvent


shownModallyEvent

ts
static shownModallyEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:72

String value used when hooking to shownModally event.

Ns Event

shownModally

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.shownModallyEvent


textChangeEvent

ts
static textChangeEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:31

String value used when hooking to the textChange event.

Ns Event

textChangeEvent

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.textChangeEvent


unloadedEvent

ts
static unloadedEvent: string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

String value used when hooking to unloaded event.

Ns Event

unloaded

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.unloadedEvent

Accessors

backgroundPosition

Get Signature

ts
get backgroundPosition(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

string

Set Signature

ts
set backgroundPosition(value: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
valuestring
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.backgroundPosition


backgroundRepeat

Get Signature

ts
get backgroundRepeat(): BackgroundRepeatType;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

BackgroundRepeatType

Set Signature

ts
set backgroundRepeat(value: BackgroundRepeatType): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
valueBackgroundRepeatType
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.backgroundRepeat


backgroundSize

Get Signature

ts
get backgroundSize(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

string

Set Signature

ts
set backgroundSize(value: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
valuestring
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.backgroundSize


class

Get Signature

ts
get class(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

string

Set Signature

ts
set class(v: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
vstring
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.class


effectivePaddingBottom

Get Signature

ts
get effectivePaddingBottom(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

number

Set Signature

ts
set effectivePaddingBottom(v: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
vnumber
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectivePaddingBottom


effectivePaddingLeft

Get Signature

ts
get effectivePaddingLeft(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

number

Set Signature

ts
set effectivePaddingLeft(v: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
vnumber
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectivePaddingLeft


effectivePaddingRight

Get Signature

ts
get effectivePaddingRight(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

number

Set Signature

ts
set effectivePaddingRight(v: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
vnumber
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectivePaddingRight


effectivePaddingTop

Get Signature

ts
get effectivePaddingTop(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

number

Set Signature

ts
set effectivePaddingTop(v: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
vnumber
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.effectivePaddingTop


isLoaded

Get Signature

ts
get isLoaded(): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.isLoaded


nativeView

Get Signature

ts
get nativeView(): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

any

Set Signature

ts
set nativeView(value: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
valueany
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.nativeView


page

Get Signature

ts
get page(): Page;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets owner page. This is a read-only property.

Returns

Page

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.page


parentNode

Get Signature

ts
get parentNode(): ViewBase;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets the template parent or the native parent. Sets the template parent.

Returns

ViewBase

Set Signature

ts
set parentNode(node: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters
ParameterType
nodeViewBase
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.parentNode


style

Get Signature

ts
get style(): Style;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets the style object associated to this view.

Returns

Style

Set Signature

ts
set style(inlineStyle: Style): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Ns Property
Parameters
ParameterType
inlineStyleStyle
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.style


typeName

Get Signature

ts
get typeName(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Gets the name of the constructor function for this instance. E.g. for a Button class this will return "Button".

Returns

string

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.typeName


visualState

Get Signature

ts
get visualState(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Deprecated
Returns

string

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.visualState

Methods

_addView()

ts
_addView(view: ViewBase, atIndex?: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase
atIndex?number

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._addView


_addViewCore()

ts
_addViewCore(view: ViewBase, atIndex?: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected"

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase
atIndex?number

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._addViewCore


_addViewToNativeVisualTree()

ts
_addViewToNativeVisualTree(view: ViewBase, atIndex?: number): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Performs the core logic of adding a child view to the native visual tree. Returns true if the view's native representation has been successfully added, false otherwise. Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected".

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase
atIndex?number

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._addViewToNativeVisualTree


_applyGlassEffect()

ts
protected _applyGlassEffect(value: GlassEffectType, options: {
  effectType: "glass" | "container";
  onCreate?: (effectView: UIVisualEffectView, effect: UIVisualEffect) => void;
  onUpdate?: (effectView: UIVisualEffectView, effect: UIVisualEffect, duration: number) => void;
  targetView?: UIVisualEffectView;
  toGlassStyleFn?: (variant?: GlassEffectVariant) => number;
}): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Shared helper method for applying glass effects to views. This method can be used by View and its subclasses (LiquidGlass, LiquidGlassContainer, etc.) iOS only at the moment but could be applied to others once supported in other platforms.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
valueGlassEffectTypeThe glass effect configuration
options{ effectType: "glass" | "container"; onCreate?: (effectView: UIVisualEffectView, effect: UIVisualEffect) => void; onUpdate?: (effectView: UIVisualEffectView, effect: UIVisualEffect, duration: number) => void; targetView?: UIVisualEffectView; toGlassStyleFn?: (variant?: GlassEffectVariant) => number; }Configuration options for different glass effect behaviors
options.effectType"glass" | "container"Type of effect to create: 'glass'
options.onCreate?(effectView: UIVisualEffectView, effect: UIVisualEffect) => voidCallback when a new effect view is created (for initial setup)
options.onUpdate?(effectView: UIVisualEffectView, effect: UIVisualEffect, duration: number) => voidCallback when an existing effect view is updated
options.targetView?UIVisualEffectViewThe UIVisualEffectView to apply the effect to (if updating existing view)
options.toGlassStyleFn?(variant?: GlassEffectVariant) => numberCustom function to convert variant to UIGlassEffectStyle

Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._applyGlassEffect


_applyXmlAttribute()

ts
_applyXmlAttribute(attribute: string, value: string): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
attributestring
valuestring

Returns

boolean

Deprecated

This used to be the way to set attribute values in early {N} versions. Now attributes are expected to be set as plain properties on the view instances.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._applyXmlAttribute


_batchUpdate()

ts
_batchUpdate<T>(callback: () => T): T;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Allow multiple updates to be performed on the instance at once.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T

Parameters

ParameterType
callback() => T

Returns

T

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._batchUpdate


_childIndexToNativeChildIndex()

ts
_childIndexToNativeChildIndex(index?: number): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
index?number

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._childIndexToNativeChildIndex


_closeAllModalViewsInternal()

ts
_closeAllModalViewsInternal(): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:924

Internal method: Closes all modal views. Should be used by plugins like nativescript-angular which implement their own modal views service.

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._closeAllModalViewsInternal


_createPropertyChangeData()

ts
_createPropertyChangeData(
   propertyName: string, 
   value: any, 
   oldValue?: any): PropertyChangeData;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

This method is intended to be overriden by inheritors to provide additional implementation.

Parameters

ParameterType
propertyNamestring
valueany
oldValue?any

Returns

PropertyChangeData

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._createPropertyChangeData


_dialogClosed()

ts
_dialogClosed(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected"

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._dialogClosed


_eachLayoutView()

ts
_eachLayoutView(callback: (View: any) => void): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:932

Parameters

ParameterType
callback(View: any) => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._eachLayoutView


_emit()

ts
_emit(eventName: string): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
eventNamestring

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._emit


_getNativeViewsCount()

ts
_getNativeViewsCount(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:918

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._getNativeViewsCount


_getRootModalViews()

ts
_getRootModalViews(): ViewBase[];

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:930

Internal method: Gets all modal views of the current view.

Returns

ViewBase[]

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._getRootModalViews


_getValue()

ts
_getValue(property: any): never;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1113

Obsolete: There is a new property system that does not rely on _getValue.

Parameters

ParameterType
propertyany

Returns

never

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._getValue


_handleLivesync()

ts
_handleLivesync(context?: {
  path: string;
  type: string;
}): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1084

Parameters

ParameterType
context?{ path: string; type: string; }
context.path?string
context.type?string

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._handleLivesync


_hasAncestorView()

ts
_hasAncestorView(ancestorView: View): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1107

Checks whether the current view has specific view for an ancestor.

Parameters

ParameterType
ancestorViewView

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._hasAncestorView


_hideNativeModalView()

ts
protected _hideNativeModalView(parent: ViewCommon, whenClosedCallback: () => void): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
parentViewCommon
whenClosedCallback() => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._hideNativeModalView


_inheritStyles()

ts
_inheritStyles(view: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._inheritStyles


_inheritStyleScope()

ts
_inheritStyleScope(styleScope: StyleScope): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
styleScopeStyleScope

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._inheritStyleScope


_layoutParent()

ts
_layoutParent(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._layoutParent


_observe()

ts
protected _observe(
   type: GestureTypes, 
   callback: (args: GestureEventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
typeGestureTypes
callback(args: GestureEventData) => void
thisArg?any

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._observe


_onAttachedToWindow()

ts
_onAttachedToWindow(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1097

Called in android when native view is attached to window.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._onAttachedToWindow


_onDetachedFromWindow()

ts
_onDetachedFromWindow(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1102

Called in android when native view is dettached from window.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._onDetachedFromWindow


_onRootViewReset()

ts
_onRootViewReset(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected"

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._onRootViewReset


_onSizeChanged()?

ts
optional _onSizeChanged(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:937

iOS Only Internal method used to update various view details like background rerendering, border, etc.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._onSizeChanged


_parentChanged()

ts
_parentChanged(oldParent: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
oldParentViewBase

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._parentChanged


_raiseLayoutChangedEvent()

ts
protected _raiseLayoutChangedEvent(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._raiseLayoutChangedEvent


_raiseShowingModallyEvent()

ts
protected _raiseShowingModallyEvent(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._raiseShowingModallyEvent


_raiseShownModallyEvent()

ts
protected _raiseShownModallyEvent(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._raiseShownModallyEvent


_removeView()

ts
_removeView(view: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Core logic for removing a child view from this instance. Used by the framework to handle lifecycle events more centralized. Do not use outside the UI Stack implementation.

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._removeView


_removeViewCore()

ts
_removeViewCore(view: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected"

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._removeViewCore


_removeViewFromNativeVisualTree()

ts
_removeViewFromNativeVisualTree(view: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected"

Parameters

ParameterType
viewViewBase

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._removeViewFromNativeVisualTree


_resumeNativeUpdates()

ts
_resumeNativeUpdates(type: SuspendType): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
typeSuspendType

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._resumeNativeUpdates


_setDefaultPaddings()

ts
_setDefaultPaddings(insets: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
insetsany

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._setDefaultPaddings


_setupAsRootView()

ts
_setupAsRootView(context: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
contextany

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._setupAsRootView


_setupUI()

ts
_setupUI(
   context: any, 
   atIndex?: number, 
   parentIsLoaded?: boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Setups the UI for ViewBase and all its children recursively. This method should not be overridden by derived views.

Parameters

ParameterType
contextany
atIndex?number
parentIsLoaded?boolean

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._setupUI


_setValue()

ts
_setValue(property: any, value: any): never;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1118

Obsolete: There is a new property system that does not rely on _setValue.

Parameters

ParameterType
propertyany
valueany

Returns

never

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._setValue


_shouldDelayLayout()

ts
_shouldDelayLayout(): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

When returning true the callLoaded method will be run in setTimeout Method is intended to be overridden by inheritors and used as "protected"

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._shouldDelayLayout


_showNativeModalView()

ts
protected _showNativeModalView(parent: ViewCommon, options: ShowModalOptions): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
parentViewCommon
optionsShowModalOptions

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._showNativeModalView


_suspendNativeUpdates()

ts
_suspendNativeUpdates(type: SuspendType): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
typeSuspendType

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._suspendNativeUpdates


_tearDownUI()

ts
_tearDownUI(force?: boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Tears down the UI for ViewBase and all its children recursively. This method should not be overridden by derived views.

Parameters

ParameterType
force?boolean

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._tearDownUI


_updateStyleScope()

ts
_updateStyleScope(
   cssFileName?: string, 
   cssString?: string, 
   css?: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:1092

Updates styleScope or create new styleScope.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
cssFileName?string-
cssString?string-
css?string-

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase._updateStyleScope


accessibilityAnnouncement()

ts
accessibilityAnnouncement(msg?: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:972

Make an announcement to the screen reader.

Parameters

ParameterType
msg?string

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityAnnouncement


accessibilityScreenChanged()

ts
accessibilityScreenChanged(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:977

Announce screen changed

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.accessibilityScreenChanged


addEventListener()

ts
addEventListener(
   eventNames: string, 
   callback: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any, 
   once?: boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Adds a listener for the specified event name.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
eventNamesstring-
callback(data: EventData) => voidA function to be called when some of the specified event(s) is raised.
thisArg?anyAn optional parameter which when set will be used as "this" in callback method call.
once?booleanAn optional parameter which when set will cause the event listener to fire once.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.addEventListener


addPseudoClass()

ts
protected addPseudoClass(name: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
namestring

Returns

void

Unstable

A widget can call this method to add a matching css pseudo class.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.addPseudoClass


animate()

ts
animate(options: AnimationDefinition): AnimationPromise;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:853

Animates one or more properties of the view based on the supplied options.

Parameters

ParameterType
optionsAnimationDefinition

Returns

AnimationPromise

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.animate


bind()

ts
bind(options: BindingOptions, source?: Object): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
optionsBindingOptions
source?Object

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.bind


callLoaded()

ts
callLoaded(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.callLoaded


callUnloaded()

ts
callUnloaded(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.callUnloaded


closeModal()

ts
closeModal(...args: any[]): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Closes the current modal view that this page is showing.

Parameters

ParameterType
...argsany[]

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.closeModal


createAnimation()

ts
createAnimation(options: AnimationDefinition): Animation;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:858

Creates an Animation object based on the supplied options.

Parameters

ParameterType
optionsAnimationDefinition

Returns

Animation

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.createAnimation


createNativeView()

ts
createNativeView(): Object;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Creates a native view. Returns either android.view.View or UIView.

Returns

Object

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.createNativeView


deletePseudoClass()

ts
protected deletePseudoClass(name: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
namestring

Returns

void

Unstable

A widget can call this method to discard matching css pseudo class.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.deletePseudoClass


destroyNode()

ts
destroyNode(forceDestroyChildren?: boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Tears down the UI of a reusable node by making it no longer reusable.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
forceDestroyChildren?booleanForce destroy the children (even if they are reusable)

Returns

void

See

_tearDownUI

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.destroyNode


dismissSoftInput()

ts
dismissSoftInput(): void;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:112

Hides the soft input method, ususally a soft keyboard.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.dismissSoftInput


disposeNativeView()

ts
disposeNativeView(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Clean up references to the native view.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.disposeNativeView


eachChild()

ts
eachChild(callback: (child: ViewBase) => boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Iterates over children of type ViewBase.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
callback(child: ViewBase) => booleanCalled for each child of type ViewBase. Iteration stops if this method returns falsy value.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.eachChild


eachChildView()

ts
eachChildView(callback: (view: View) => boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:953

Iterates over children of type View.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
callback(view: View) => booleanCalled for each child of type View. Iteration stops if this method returns falsy value.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.eachChildView


ensureDomNode()

ts
ensureDomNode(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

void

Unstable

Ensures a dom-node for this view.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.ensureDomNode


focus()

ts
focus(): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:787

Tries to focus the view. Returns a value indicating whether this view or one of its descendants actually took focus.

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.focus


get()

ts
get(name: string): any;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Gets the value of the specified property.

Parameters

ParameterType
namestring

Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.get


getActualSize()

ts
getActualSize(): Size;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:883

Returns the actual size of the view in device-independent pixels.

Returns

Size

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getActualSize


getClosestWindow()

ts
getClosestWindow(): Window;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

(Android only) Gets closest window parent considering modals.

Returns

Window

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getClosestWindow


getEffectivePaddingShorthand()

ts
getEffectivePaddingShorthand(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

string

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getEffectivePaddingShorthand


getGestureObservers()

ts
getGestureObservers(type: GestureTypes): GesturesObserver[];

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:789

Parameters

ParameterType
typeGestureTypes

Returns

GesturesObserver[]

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getGestureObservers


getLocationInWindow()

ts
getLocationInWindow(): Point;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:868

Returns the location of this view in the window coordinate system.

Returns

Point

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getLocationInWindow


getLocationOnScreen()

ts
getLocationOnScreen(): Point;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:873

Returns the location of this view in the screen coordinate system.

Returns

Point

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getLocationOnScreen


getLocationRelativeTo()

ts
getLocationRelativeTo(otherView: View): Point;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:878

Returns the location of this view in the otherView's coordinate system.

Parameters

ParameterType
otherViewView

Returns

Point

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getLocationRelativeTo


getMeasuredHeight()

ts
getMeasuredHeight(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:715

Returns the raw height component.

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getMeasuredHeight


getMeasuredState()

ts
getMeasuredState(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:717

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getMeasuredState


getMeasuredWidth()

ts
getMeasuredWidth(): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:710

Returns the raw width component.

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getMeasuredWidth


getSafeAreaInsets()

ts
getSafeAreaInsets(): Position;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:863

Returns the iOS safe area insets of this view.

Returns

Position

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getSafeAreaInsets


getViewByDomId()

ts
getViewByDomId<T>(domId: number): T;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns the child view with the specified domId.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T extends ViewBase

Parameters

ParameterType
domIdnumber

Returns

T

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getViewByDomId


getViewById()

ts
getViewById<T>(id: string): T;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns the child view with the specified id.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T extends ViewBase

Parameters

ParameterType
idstring

Returns

T

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.getViewById


hasGestureObservers()?

ts
optional hasGestureObservers(): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:942

Android only check if gesture observers are attached

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.hasGestureObservers


hasListeners()

ts
hasListeners(eventName: string): boolean;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Checks whether a listener is registered for the specified event name.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
eventNamestringThe name of the event to check for.

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.hasListeners


initNativeView()

ts
initNativeView(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Initializes properties/listeners of the native view.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.initNativeView


layout()

ts
layout(
   left: number, 
   top: number, 
   right: number, 
   bottom: number, 
   setFrame?: boolean): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:705

Assign a size and position to a view and all of its descendants This is the second phase of the layout mechanism. (The first is measuring). In this phase, each parent calls layout on all of its children to position them. This is typically done using the child measurements that were stored in the measure pass(). Derived classes should not override this method. Derived classes with children should override onLayout. In that method, they should call layout on each of their children.

Parameters

ParameterType
leftnumber
topnumber
rightnumber
bottomnumber
setFrame?boolean

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.layout


layoutNativeView()

ts
layoutNativeView(
   left: number, 
   top: number, 
   right: number, 
   bottom: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:750

Called from onLayout when native view position is about to be changed.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
leftnumberLeft position, relative to parent
topnumberTop position, relative to parent
rightnumberRight position, relative to parent
bottomnumberBottom position, relative to parent

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.layoutNativeView


loadView()

ts
loadView(view: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Load view.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
viewViewBaseto load.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.loadView


measure()

ts
measure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:694

This is called to find out how big a view should be. The parent supplies constraint information in the width and height parameters. The actual measurement work of a view is performed in onMeasure(int, int), called by this method. Therefore, only onMeasure(int, int) can and must be overridden by subclasses.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
widthMeasureSpecnumberHorizontal space requirements as imposed by the parent
heightMeasureSpecnumberVertical space requirements as imposed by the parent

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.measure


notify()

ts
notify<T>(data: T): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Notify this Observable instance with some data. This causes all event handlers on the Observable instance to be called, as well as any 'global' event handlers set on the instance's class.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T extends Optional<EventData, "object">

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
dataTan object that satisfies the EventData interface, though with an optional 'object' property. If left undefined, the 'object' property will implicitly be set as this Observable instance.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.notify


notifyPropertyChange()

ts
notifyPropertyChange(
   name: string, 
   value: any, 
   oldValue?: any): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Notifies all the registered listeners for the property change event.

Parameters

ParameterType
namestring
valueany
oldValue?any

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.notifyPropertyChange


off()

ts
off(
   eventName: string, 
   callback?: (args: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:800

Removes the listener(s) for the specified event name.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
eventNamestringThe name of the event.
callback?(args: EventData) => voidAn optional specific event listener to remove (if omitted, all event listeners by this name will be removed).
thisArg?anyAn optional parameter which, when set, will be used to refine search of the correct event listener to be removed.

Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.off


on()

Call Signature

ts
on(
   eventName: string, 
   callback: (args: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:812

Adds a listener for the specified event name.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescription
eventNamestringThe name of the event.
callback(args: EventData) => voidThe event listener to add. Will be called when an event of the given name is raised.
thisArg?anyAn optional parameter which, when set, will be bound as the this context when the callback is called. Falsy values will be not be bound.
Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on

Call Signature

ts
on(
   event: "loaded", 
   callback: (args: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:817

Raised when a loaded event occurs.

Parameters
ParameterType
event"loaded"
callback(args: EventData) => void
thisArg?any
Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on

Call Signature

ts
on(
   event: "unloaded", 
   callback: (args: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:822

Raised when an unloaded event occurs.

Parameters
ParameterType
event"unloaded"
callback(args: EventData) => void
thisArg?any
Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on

Call Signature

ts
on(
   event: "androidBackPressed", 
   callback: (args: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:828

Raised when a back button is pressed. This event is raised only for android.

Parameters
ParameterType
event"androidBackPressed"
callback(args: EventData) => void
thisArg?any
Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on

Call Signature

ts
on(
   event: "showingModally", 
   callback: (args: ShownModallyData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:833

Raised before the view is shown as a modal dialog.

Parameters
ParameterType
event"showingModally"
callback(args: ShownModallyData) => void
thisArg?any
Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on

Call Signature

ts
on(
   event: "shownModally", 
   callback: (args: ShownModallyData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:838

Raised after the view is shown as a modal dialog.

Parameters
ParameterType
event"shownModally"
callback(args: ShownModallyData) => void
thisArg?any
Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on

Call Signature

ts
on(
   event: "androidOverflowInset", 
   callback: (args: ShownModallyData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): any;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:843

Raised after the view is shown as a modal dialog.

Parameters
ParameterType
event"androidOverflowInset"
callback(args: ShownModallyData) => void
thisArg?any
Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on


onBackPressed()

ts
onBackPressed(): boolean;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:888

Derived classes can override this method to handle Android back button press.

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.onBackPressed


once()

ts
once(
   eventName: string, 
   callback: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Adds a listener for the specified event name, which, once fired, will remove itself.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
eventNamestringThe name of the event.
callback(data: EventData) => voidThe event listener to add. Will be called when an event of the given name is raised.
thisArg?anyAn optional parameter which, when set, will be bound as the this context when the callback is called. Falsy values will be not be bound.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.once


onLayout()

ts
onLayout(
   left: number, 
   top: number, 
   right: number, 
   bottom: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:734

Called from layout when this view should assign a size and position to each of its children. Derived classes with children should override this method and call layout on each of their children.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
leftnumberLeft position, relative to parent
topnumberTop position, relative to parent
rightnumberRight position, relative to parent
bottomnumberBottom position, relative to parent

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.onLayout


onLoaded()

ts
onLoaded(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.onLoaded


onMeasure()

ts
onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:725

Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height. This method is invoked by measure(int, int) and should be overriden by subclasses to provide accurate and efficient measurement of their contents. When overriding this method, you must call setMeasuredDimension(int, int) to store the measured width and height of this view. Failure to do so will trigger an exception, thrown by measure(int, int).

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
widthMeasureSpecnumberhorizontal space requirements as imposed by the parent. The requirements are encoded with View.MeasureSpec.
heightMeasureSpecnumbervertical space requirements as imposed by the parent. The requirements are encoded with View.MeasureSpec.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.onMeasure


onResumeNativeUpdates()

ts
onResumeNativeUpdates(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.onResumeNativeUpdates


onUnloaded()

ts
onUnloaded(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.onUnloaded


removeEventListener()

ts
removeEventListener(
   eventNames: string, 
   callback?: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Removes listener(s) for the specified event name.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
eventNamesstring-
callback?(data: EventData) => voidAn optional parameter pointing to a specific listener. If not defined, all listeners for the event names will be removed.
thisArg?anyAn optional parameter which when set will be used to refine search of the correct callback which will be removed as event listener.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.removeEventListener


requestLayout()

ts
requestLayout(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Invalidates the layout of the view and triggers a new layout pass.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.requestLayout


resetNativeView()

ts
resetNativeView(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Resets properties/listeners set to the native view.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.resetNativeView


sendAccessibilityEvent()

ts
sendAccessibilityEvent(options: AccessibilityEventOptions): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:967

Send accessibility event

Parameters

ParameterType
optionsAccessibilityEventOptions

Returns

void

Params

options AccessibilityEventOptions androidAccessibilityEvent: AndroidAccessibilityEvent; iosNotificationType: IOSPostAccessibilityNotificationType; message: string;

iOS Notes: type = 'announcement' will announce args via VoiceOver. If no args element will be announced instead. type = 'layout' used when the layout of a screen changes. type = 'screen' large change made to the screen.

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.sendAccessibilityEvent


set()

ts
set(name: string, value: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Updates the specified property with the provided value.

Parameters

ParameterType
namestring
valueany

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.set


setAccessibilityIdentifier()

ts
setAccessibilityIdentifier(view: any, value: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
viewany
valuestring

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setAccessibilityIdentifier


setInlineStyle()

ts
setInlineStyle(style: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
stylestring

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setInlineStyle


setMeasuredDimension()

ts
setMeasuredDimension(measuredWidth: number, measuredHeight: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:741

This method must be called by onMeasure(int, int) to store the measured width and measured height. Failing to do so will trigger an exception at measurement time.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
measuredWidthnumberThe measured width of this view. May be a complex bit mask as defined by MEASURED_SIZE_MASK and MEASURED_STATE_TOO_SMALL.
measuredHeightnumberThe measured height of this view. May be a complex bit mask as defined by MEASURED_SIZE_MASK and MEASURED_STATE_TOO_SMALL.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setMeasuredDimension


setNativeView()

ts
setNativeView(value: any): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Set the nativeView field performing extra checks and updates to the native properties on the new view. Use in cases where the createNativeView is not suitable. As an example use in item controls where the native parent view will create the native views for child items.

Parameters

ParameterType
valueany

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setNativeView


setOnTouchListener()?

ts
optional setOnTouchListener(): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:947

Android only to set the touch listener

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setOnTouchListener


setProperty()

ts
setProperty(name: string, value: any): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Updates the specified property with the provided value and raises a property change event and a specific change event based on the property name.

Parameters

ParameterType
namestring
valueany

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setProperty


setSelection()

ts
setSelection(start: number, stop?: number): any;

Defined in: ui/editable-text-base/index.d.ts:124

Set the selection anchor to start and the selection edge to stop

Parameters

ParameterType
startnumber
stop?number

Returns

any

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.setSelection


showModal()

ts
showModal(...args: any[]): View;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Shows the view passed as parameter as a modal view.

Parameters

ParameterType
...argsany[]

Returns

View

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.showModal


toString()

ts
toString(): string;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Returns a string representation of an object.

Returns

string

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.toString


unbind()

ts
unbind(property: string): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
propertystring

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.unbind


unloadView()

ts
unloadView(view: ViewBase): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view-base/index.ts

Unload view.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
viewViewBaseto unload.

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.unloadView


updateStatusBarStyle()

ts
updateStatusBarStyle(value: "dark" | "light"): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/view-common.ts

Parameters

ParameterType
value"dark" | "light"

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.updateStatusBarStyle


addEventListener()

ts
static addEventListener(
   eventName: string, 
   callback: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any, 
   once?: boolean): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Please avoid using the static event-handling APIs as they will be removed in future.

Parameters

ParameterType
eventNamestring
callback(data: EventData) => void
thisArg?any
once?boolean

Returns

void

Deprecated

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.addEventListener


combineMeasuredStates()

ts
static combineMeasuredStates(curState: number, newState: any): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:781

Parameters

ParameterType
curStatenumber
newStateany

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.combineMeasuredStates


layoutChild()

ts
static layoutChild(
   parent: View, 
   child: View, 
   left: number, 
   top: number, 
   right: number, 
   bottom: number): void;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:769

Layout a child by taking into account its margins, horizontal and vertical alignments and a given bounds.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
parentViewThis parameter is not used. You can pass null.
childView-
leftnumberLeft position, relative to parent
topnumberTop position, relative to parent
rightnumberRight position, relative to parent
bottomnumberBottom position, relative to parent

Returns

void

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.layoutChild


measureChild()

ts
static measureChild(
   parent: View, 
   child: View, 
   widthMeasureSpec: number, 
   heightMeasureSpec: number): {
  measuredHeight: number;
  measuredWidth: number;
};

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:759

Measure a child by taking into account its margins and a given measureSpecs.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
parentViewThis parameter is not used. You can pass null.
childViewThe view to be measured.
widthMeasureSpecnumber-
heightMeasureSpecnumber-

Returns

ts
{
  measuredHeight: number;
  measuredWidth: number;
}
measuredHeight
ts
measuredHeight: number;
measuredWidth
ts
measuredWidth: number;

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.measureChild


off()

ts
static off(
   eventName: string, 
   callback?: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Please avoid using the static event-handling APIs as they will be removed in future.

Parameters

ParameterType
eventNamestring
callback?(data: EventData) => void
thisArg?any

Returns

void

Deprecated

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.off


on()

ts
static on(
   eventName: string, 
   callback: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any, 
   once?: boolean): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Please avoid using the static event-handling APIs as they will be removed in future.

Parameters

ParameterType
eventNamestring
callback(data: EventData) => void
thisArg?any
once?boolean

Returns

void

Deprecated

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.on


once()

ts
static once(
   eventName: string, 
   callback: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Please avoid using the static event-handling APIs as they will be removed in future.

Parameters

ParameterType
eventNamestring
callback(data: EventData) => void
thisArg?any

Returns

void

Deprecated

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.once


removeEventListener()

ts
static removeEventListener(
   eventName: string, 
   callback?: (data: EventData) => void, 
   thisArg?: any): void;

Defined in: data/observable/index.ts

Please avoid using the static event-handling APIs as they will be removed in future.

Parameters

ParameterType
eventNamestring
callback?(data: EventData) => void
thisArg?any

Returns

void

Deprecated

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.removeEventListener


resolveSizeAndState()

ts
static resolveSizeAndState(
   size: number, 
   specSize: number, 
   specMode: number, 
   childMeasuredState: number): number;

Defined in: ui/core/view/index.d.ts:779

Utility to reconcile a desired size and state, with constraints imposed by a MeasureSpec. Will take the desired size, unless a different size is imposed by the constraints. The returned value is a compound integer, with the resolved size in the MEASURED_SIZE_MASK bits and optionally the bit MEASURED_STATE_TOO_SMALL set if the resulting size is smaller than the size the view wants to be.

Parameters

ParameterType
sizenumber
specSizenumber
specModenumber
childMeasuredStatenumber

Returns

number

Inherited from

EditableTextBase.resolveSizeAndState

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