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Modern Tui TuiWidget Kind

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TuiWidget.Kind

Returns the widget's short type name, such as "Block".

Syntax

TuiWidget.Kind( ) as ustring

Description

A short type name. Used for diagnostics and for asserting what a container ended up holding -- there is no RTTI to ask instead.

Example

#import "std/tui"
using tui

dim as TuiBlock b
dim as TuiParagraph p
print b.Kind( )                   '' Block
print p.Kind( )                   '' Paragraph

See also

TuiWidget TuiWidget.SizeHint TuiFocusRing TuiFocusRing.Count
TuiWidget.Render TuiWidget.CanFocus TuiFocusRing.Add TuiFocusRing.Current
TuiWidget.HandleEvent TuiWidget.SetFocused TuiFocusRing.Clear TuiFocusRing.Next_

Library: Terminal TUI Library
Category: Terminal TUI Library
Documented under: Widgets
Working examples: hello.tiko · form.tiko · dashboard.tiko


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