ASPxClientTextEdit.SetText(text) Method

Sets the text to be displayed within the editor.

Declaration

SetText(
    text: string
): void

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	string	A string value specifying the text to be displayed within the editor.

Remarks

Note

The SetText method HTML encodes the specified text.

Example

The complete sample project is available in the DevExpress Code Central database at E493.

ASPX

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         <dxe:ASPxTextBox ID="ASPxTextBox1" runat="server" Width="170px" 
          ClientInstanceName="txtMain" ClientEnabled="False" Text="test message">
         </dxe:ASPxTextBox>
         <dxe:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButton1" runat="server" Text="Edit..." AutoPostBack="False">
             <ClientSideEvents Click="function(s, e) {
             txtPopup.SetText(txtMain.GetText());
              popupControl.Show();
         }" />
         </dxe:ASPxButton>
        <dxpc:ASPxPopupControl ID="ASPxPopupControl1" runat="server" 
                ClientInstanceName="popupControl" Height="83px" Modal="True" 
                CloseAction="CloseButton" Width="207px" 
    AllowDragging="True" PopupHorizontalAlign="WindowCenter" 
                PopupVerticalAlign="WindowCenter">
             <ContentCollection>
                 <dxpc:PopupControlContentControl runat="server">
                     Text:<dxe:ASPxTextBox ID="ASPxTextBox2" runat="server" Width="170px" 
                             ClientInstanceName="txtPopup">
                             </dxe:ASPxTextBox>
                             <br/><br/>
                     <table style="border:none">
                         <tr>
                             <td>
                                 <dxe:ASPxButton ID="btnOK" runat="server" 
                                     AutoPostBack="False" Text="OK" 
                                     Width="80px" OnClick="btnOK_Click">
                                     <ClientSideEvents Click="function(s, e) {
                                 popupControl.Hide();
                                  e.processOnServer = true; 
                            // do some processing at the server side
                              }" />
                                 </dxe:ASPxButton>
                             </td>
                             <td>
                                 <dxe:ASPxButton ID="btnCancel" runat="server" 
                                AutoPostBack="False" 
                                      ClientInstanceName="btnCancel"
                                     Text="Cancel" Width="80px">
                                     <ClientSideEvents Click="function(s, e) {
                                         popupControl.Hide();
                                      }" />
                                 </dxe:ASPxButton>
                             </td>
                         </tr>
                     </table>
                 </dxpc:PopupControlContentControl>
             </ContentCollection>
         </dxpc:ASPxPopupControl>
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