Multi Line Edit Text View

A text display / editor designed to edit or display a message.

General Information

Note

A multi line edit text view is defined with a percent (%) and the characters MT, followed by the view number. For example: %MT1

Note

See MCI for general information on how to use views and common configuration properties available for them.

Properties

Property	Description
text	Sets the text to display - only useful for read-only and preview, otherwise use a specific module
width	Sets the width of a view to display horizontally (default 15)
height	Sets the height of a view to display vertically
argName	Sets the argument name for the form
mode	One of edit, preview, or read-only. See Mode below
hyperlinks	When true, URLs in the displayed text are rendered as clickable OSC 8 hyperlinks on supported terminals (IcyTerm, SyncTERM, VTX, and modern *nix terminals). Only active in preview or read-only mode; ignored in edit mode. Defaults to false.

Mode

The mode of a multi line edit text view controls how the view behaves. The following modes are allowed:

Mode	Description
edit	edit the contents of the view
preview	preview the text, including scrolling
read-only	No scrolling or editing the view

Note

If mode is not set, the default mode is “edit”

Note

With mode preview, scrolling the contents is allowed, but is not with read-only.

Example

Configuration fragment (expand to view)

ML1: {
  width: 79
  argName: message
  mode: edit
}

Viewer with clickable hyperlinks:

MT1: {
  width: 79
  mode: preview
  hyperlinks: true
}