WLJS Notebook

TextView[string_String, opts___]

represents a text field used for displaying static or dynamic textual data

Options

`"Event"`

If specified it acts like an InputText.

`"Description"`

adds description label

`"Placeholder"`

adds placeholder of the given string is empty

`ImageSize`

sets the width in pixels

`"Label"`

adds a label at the left side to the text field

`Appearance`

by the default is Automatic. By setting to any other value it will remove borders and other styling

Application

Show large text blocks

Import a text file and show it as text:

Import["file.txt", "Text"] // TextView

Line breaks will also work:

TextView["Hey!\nThere"]

Use ImageSize to limit maximum size and introduce scroll bars if needed:

TextView["A very long line here", ImageSize->100]

Dynamic indication

There are various of applications. For example to display the current coordinates on a graph

pointer = {0.,0.} // ToString;

Plot[Sinc[x], {x,-10,10}, Prolog->{
  White, EventHandler[Rectangle[{-10,-10}, {10,10}], {"mousemove" -> Function[xy, pointer = xy // ToString]}]
}]

TextView[pointer // Offload]

TextView