LineEdit

Inherits: Control < CanvasItem < Node < Object

An input field for single-line text.

Description

LineEdit provides an input field for editing a single line of text. It features many built-in shortcuts that are always available (Ctrl here maps to Cmd on macOS):

Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + X: Cut
Ctrl + V or Ctrl + Y: Paste/"yank"
Ctrl + Z: Undo
Ctrl + ~: Swap input direction.
Ctrl + Shift + Z: Redo
Ctrl + U: Delete text from the caret position to the beginning of the line
Ctrl + K: Delete text from the caret position to the end of the line
Ctrl + A: Select all text
Up Arrow/Down Arrow: Move the caret to the beginning/end of the line

On macOS, some extra keyboard shortcuts are available:

Cmd + F: Same as Right Arrow, move the caret one character right
Cmd + B: Same as Left Arrow, move the caret one character left
Cmd + P: Same as Up Arrow, move the caret to the previous line
Cmd + N: Same as Down Arrow, move the caret to the next line
Cmd + D: Same as Delete, delete the character on the right side of caret
Cmd + H: Same as Backspace, delete the character on the left side of the caret
Cmd + A: Same as Home, move the caret to the beginning of the line
Cmd + E: Same as End, move the caret to the end of the line
Cmd + Left Arrow: Same as Home, move the caret to the beginning of the line
Cmd + Right Arrow: Same as End, move the caret to the end of the line

Properties


HorizontalAlignment	alignment	0
bool	caret_blink	false
float	caret_blink_interval	0.65
int	caret_column	0
bool	caret_force_displayed	false
bool	caret_mid_grapheme	false
bool	clear_button_enabled	false
bool	context_menu_enabled	true
bool	deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled	true
bool	drag_and_drop_selection_enabled	true
bool	draw_control_chars	false
bool	editable	true
bool	expand_to_text_length	false
bool	flat	false
FocusMode	focus_mode	2 (overrides Control)
String	language	""
int	max_length	0
bool	middle_mouse_paste_enabled	true
CursorShape	mouse_default_cursor_shape	1 (overrides Control)
String	placeholder_text	""
Texture2D	right_icon
bool	secret	false
String	secret_character	"•"
bool	select_all_on_focus	false
bool	selecting_enabled	true
bool	shortcut_keys_enabled	true
StructuredTextParser	structured_text_bidi_override	0
Array	structured_text_bidi_override_options	[]
String	text	""
TextDirection	text_direction	0
bool	virtual_keyboard_enabled	true
VirtualKeyboardType	virtual_keyboard_type	0

Methods


void	clear()
void	delete_char_at_caret()
void	delete_text(from_column: int, to_column: int)
void	deselect()
PopupMenu	get_menu() const
float	get_scroll_offset() const
String	get_selected_text()
int	get_selection_from_column() const
int	get_selection_to_column() const
bool	has_selection() const
void	insert_text_at_caret(text: String)
bool	is_menu_visible() const
void	menu_option(option: int)
void	select(from: int = 0, to: int = -1)
void	select_all()

Theme Properties


Color	caret_color	Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1)
Color	clear_button_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1)
Color	clear_button_color_pressed	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
Color	font_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1)
Color	font_outline_color	Color(0, 0, 0, 1)
Color	font_placeholder_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 0.6)
Color	font_selected_color	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
Color	font_uneditable_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 0.5)
Color	selection_color	Color(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1)
int	caret_width	1
int	minimum_character_width	4
int	outline_size	0
Font	font
int	font_size
Texture2D	clear
StyleBox	focus
StyleBox	normal
StyleBox	read_only

Signals

text_change_rejected(rejected_substring: String) 🔗

Emitted when appending text that overflows the max_length. The appended text is truncated to fit max_length, and the part that couldn't fit is passed as the rejected_substring argument.

text_changed(new_text: String) 🔗

Emitted when the text changes.

text_submitted(new_text: String) 🔗

Emitted when the user presses @GlobalScope.KEY_ENTER on the LineEdit.

Enumerations

enum MenuItems: 🔗

Cuts (copies and clears) the selected text.

Copies the selected text.

Pastes the clipboard text over the selected text (or at the caret's position).

Non-printable escape characters are automatically stripped from the OS clipboard via String.strip_escapes.

Erases the whole LineEdit text.

Selects the whole LineEdit text.

Undoes the previous action.

Reverse the last undo action.

ID of "Text Writing Direction" submenu.

Sets text direction to inherited.

Sets text direction to automatic.

Sets text direction to left-to-right.

Sets text direction to right-to-left.

Toggles control character display.

ID of "Insert Control Character" submenu.

Inserts left-to-right mark (LRM) character.

Inserts right-to-left mark (RLM) character.

Inserts start of left-to-right embedding (LRE) character.

Inserts start of right-to-left embedding (RLE) character.

Inserts start of left-to-right override (LRO) character.

Inserts start of right-to-left override (RLO) character.

Inserts pop direction formatting (PDF) character.

Inserts Arabic letter mark (ALM) character.

Inserts left-to-right isolate (LRI) character.

Inserts right-to-left isolate (RLI) character.

Inserts first strong isolate (FSI) character.

Inserts pop direction isolate (PDI) character.

Inserts zero width joiner (ZWJ) character.

Inserts zero width non-joiner (ZWNJ) character.

Inserts word joiner (WJ) character.

Inserts soft hyphen (SHY) character.

Represents the size of the MenuItems enum.

enum VirtualKeyboardType: 🔗

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_DEFAULT = 0

Default text virtual keyboard.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_MULTILINE = 1

Multiline virtual keyboard.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_NUMBER = 2

Virtual number keypad, useful for PIN entry.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_NUMBER_DECIMAL = 3

Virtual number keypad, useful for entering fractional numbers.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_PHONE = 4

Virtual phone number keypad.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_EMAIL_ADDRESS = 5

Virtual keyboard with additional keys to assist with typing email addresses.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_PASSWORD = 6

Virtual keyboard for entering a password. On most platforms, this should disable autocomplete and autocapitalization.

Note: This is not supported on Web. Instead, this behaves identically to KEYBOARD_TYPE_DEFAULT.

VirtualKeyboardType KEYBOARD_TYPE_URL = 7

Virtual keyboard with additional keys to assist with typing URLs.

Property Descriptions

HorizontalAlignment alignment = 0 🔗

void set_horizontal_alignment(value: HorizontalAlignment)
HorizontalAlignment get_horizontal_alignment()

Text alignment as defined in the HorizontalAlignment enum.

bool caret_blink = false 🔗

void set_caret_blink_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_caret_blink_enabled()

If true, makes the caret blink.

float caret_blink_interval = 0.65 🔗

void set_caret_blink_interval(value: float)
float get_caret_blink_interval()

The interval at which the caret blinks (in seconds).

int caret_column = 0 🔗

void set_caret_column(value: int)
int get_caret_column()

The caret's column position inside the LineEdit. When set, the text may scroll to accommodate it.

bool caret_force_displayed = false 🔗

void set_caret_force_displayed(value: bool)
bool is_caret_force_displayed()

If true, the LineEdit will always show the caret, even if focus is lost.

bool caret_mid_grapheme = false 🔗

void set_caret_mid_grapheme_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_caret_mid_grapheme_enabled()

Allow moving caret, selecting and removing the individual composite character components.

Note: Backspace is always removing individual composite character components.

bool clear_button_enabled = false 🔗

void set_clear_button_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_clear_button_enabled()

If true, the LineEdit will show a clear button if text is not empty, which can be used to clear the text quickly.

void set_context_menu_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_context_menu_enabled()

If true, the context menu will appear when right-clicked.

bool deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled = true 🔗

void set_deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled()

If true, the selected text will be deselected when focus is lost.

bool drag_and_drop_selection_enabled = true 🔗

void set_drag_and_drop_selection_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_drag_and_drop_selection_enabled()

If true, allow drag and drop of selected text.

bool draw_control_chars = false 🔗

void set_draw_control_chars(value: bool)
bool get_draw_control_chars()

If true, control characters are displayed.

bool editable = true 🔗

void set_editable(value: bool)
bool is_editable()

If false, existing text cannot be modified and new text cannot be added.

bool expand_to_text_length = false 🔗

void set_expand_to_text_length_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_expand_to_text_length_enabled()

If true, the LineEdit width will increase to stay longer than the text. It will not compress if the text is shortened.

bool flat = false 🔗

void set_flat(value: bool)
bool is_flat()

If true, the LineEdit doesn't display decoration.

String language = "" 🔗

void set_language(value: String)
String get_language()

Language code used for line-breaking and text shaping algorithms. If left empty, current locale is used instead.

int max_length = 0 🔗

void set_max_length(value: int)
int get_max_length()

Maximum number of characters that can be entered inside the LineEdit. If 0, there is no limit.

When a limit is defined, characters that would exceed max_length are truncated. This happens both for existing text contents when setting the max length, or for new text inserted in the LineEdit, including pasting. If any input text is truncated, the text_change_rejected signal is emitted with the truncated substring as parameter.

Example:

gdscript

text = "Hello world"
max_length = 5
# `text` becomes "Hello".
max_length = 10
text += " goodbye"
# `text` becomes "Hello good".
# `text_change_rejected` is emitted with "bye" as parameter.

bool middle_mouse_paste_enabled = true 🔗

void set_middle_mouse_paste_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_middle_mouse_paste_enabled()

If false, using middle mouse button to paste clipboard will be disabled.

Note: This method is only implemented on Linux.

String placeholder_text = "" 🔗

void set_placeholder(value: String)
String get_placeholder()

Text shown when the LineEdit is empty. It is not the LineEdit's default value (see text).

Texture2D right_icon 🔗

void set_right_icon(value: Texture2D)
Texture2D get_right_icon()

Sets the icon that will appear in the right end of the LineEdit if there's no text, or always, if clear_button_enabled is set to false.

bool secret = false 🔗

void set_secret(value: bool)
bool is_secret()

If true, every character is replaced with the secret character (see secret_character).

String secret_character = "•" 🔗

void set_secret_character(value: String)
String get_secret_character()

The character to use to mask secret input. Only a single character can be used as the secret character. If it is longer than one character, only the first one will be used. If it is empty, a space will be used instead.

bool select_all_on_focus = false 🔗

void set_select_all_on_focus(value: bool)
bool is_select_all_on_focus()

If true, the LineEdit will select the whole text when it gains focus.

bool selecting_enabled = true 🔗

void set_selecting_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_selecting_enabled()

If false, it's impossible to select the text using mouse nor keyboard.

bool shortcut_keys_enabled = true 🔗

void set_shortcut_keys_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_shortcut_keys_enabled()

If false, using shortcuts will be disabled.

StructuredTextParser structured_text_bidi_override = 0 🔗

void set_structured_text_bidi_override(value: StructuredTextParser)
StructuredTextParser get_structured_text_bidi_override()

Set BiDi algorithm override for the structured text.

Array structured_text_bidi_override_options = [] 🔗

void set_structured_text_bidi_override_options(value: Array)
Array get_structured_text_bidi_override_options()

Set additional options for BiDi override.

String text = "" 🔗

void set_text(value: String)
String get_text()

String value of the LineEdit.

Note: Changing text using this property won't emit the text_changed signal.

TextDirection text_direction = 0 🔗

void set_text_direction(value: TextDirection)
TextDirection get_text_direction()

Base text writing direction.

bool virtual_keyboard_enabled = true 🔗

void set_virtual_keyboard_enabled(value: bool)
bool is_virtual_keyboard_enabled()

If true, the native virtual keyboard is shown when focused on platforms that support it.

VirtualKeyboardType virtual_keyboard_type = 0 🔗

void set_virtual_keyboard_type(value: VirtualKeyboardType)
VirtualKeyboardType get_virtual_keyboard_type()

Specifies the type of virtual keyboard to show.

Method Descriptions

void clear() 🔗

Erases the LineEdit's text.

void delete_char_at_caret() 🔗

Deletes one character at the caret's current position (equivalent to pressing Delete).

void delete_text(from_column: int, to_column: int) 🔗

Deletes a section of the text going from position from_column to to_column. Both parameters should be within the text's length.

void deselect() 🔗

Clears the current selection.

Returns the PopupMenu of this LineEdit. By default, this menu is displayed when right-clicking on the LineEdit.

You can add custom menu items or remove standard ones. Make sure your IDs don't conflict with the standard ones (see MenuItems). For example:

gdscript

func _ready():
    var menu = get_menu()
    # Remove all items after "Redo".
    menu.item_count = menu.get_item_index(MENU_REDO) + 1
    # Add custom items.
    menu.add_separator()
    menu.add_item("Insert Date", MENU_MAX + 1)
    # Connect callback.
    menu.id_pressed.connect(_on_item_pressed)

func _on_item_pressed(id):
    if id == MENU_MAX + 1:
        insert_text_at_caret(Time.get_date_string_from_system())

Warning: This is a required internal node, removing and freeing it may cause a crash. If you wish to hide it or any of its children, use their Window.visible property.

float get_scroll_offset() const 🔗

Returns the scroll offset due to caret_column, as a number of characters.

String get_selected_text() 🔗

Returns the text inside the selection.

int get_selection_from_column() const 🔗

Returns the selection begin column.

int get_selection_to_column() const 🔗

Returns the selection end column.

bool has_selection() const 🔗

Returns true if the user has selected text.

void insert_text_at_caret(text: String) 🔗

Inserts text at the caret. If the resulting value is longer than max_length, nothing happens.

Returns whether the menu is visible. Use this instead of get_menu().visible to improve performance (so the creation of the menu is avoided).

Executes a given action as defined in the MenuItems enum.

void select(from: int = 0, to: int = -1) 🔗

Selects characters inside LineEdit between from and to. By default, from is at the beginning and to at the end.

gdscript

text = "Welcome"
select() # Will select "Welcome".
select(4) # Will select "ome".
select(2, 5) # Will select "lco".

void select_all() 🔗

Selects the whole String.

Theme Property Descriptions

Color caret_color = Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1) 🔗

Color of the LineEdit's caret (text cursor). This can be set to a fully transparent color to hide the caret entirely.

Color clear_button_color = Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1) 🔗

Color used as default tint for the clear button.

Color clear_button_color_pressed = Color(1, 1, 1, 1) 🔗

Color used for the clear button when it's pressed.

Color font_color = Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1) 🔗

Default font color.

Color font_outline_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 1) 🔗

The tint of text outline of the LineEdit.

Color font_placeholder_color = Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 0.6) 🔗

Font color for placeholder_text.

Color font_selected_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1) 🔗

Font color for selected text (inside the selection rectangle).

Color font_uneditable_color = Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 0.5) 🔗

Font color when editing is disabled.

Color selection_color = Color(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1) 🔗

Color of the selection rectangle.

int caret_width = 1 🔗

The caret's width in pixels. Greater values can be used to improve accessibility by ensuring the caret is easily visible, or to ensure consistency with a large font size.

int minimum_character_width = 4 🔗

Minimum horizontal space for the text (not counting the clear button and content margins). This value is measured in count of 'M' characters (i.e. this number of 'M' characters can be displayed without scrolling).

int outline_size = 0 🔗

The size of the text outline.

Note: If using a font with FontFile.multichannel_signed_distance_field enabled, its FontFile.msdf_pixel_range must be set to at least twice the value of outline_size for outline rendering to look correct. Otherwise, the outline may appear to be cut off earlier than intended.

Font font 🔗

Font used for the text.

int font_size 🔗

Font size of the LineEdit's text.

Texture2D clear 🔗

Texture for the clear button. See clear_button_enabled.

StyleBox focus 🔗

Background used when LineEdit has GUI focus. The focus StyleBox is displayed over the base StyleBox, so a partially transparent StyleBox should be used to ensure the base StyleBox remains visible. A StyleBox that represents an outline or an underline works well for this purpose. To disable the focus visual effect, assign a StyleBoxEmpty resource. Note that disabling the focus visual effect will harm keyboard/controller navigation usability, so this is not recommended for accessibility reasons.

StyleBox normal 🔗

Default background for the LineEdit.

StyleBox read_only 🔗

Background used when LineEdit is in read-only mode (editable is set to false).

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LineEdit