Legacy Document
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
TextEdit and Standard Macintosh Features
Because TextEdit routines follow the Macintosh user interface guidelines, using them ensures the presentation of a consistent user interface in your application. Your application can rely on TextEdit to support these standard features instead of having to implement them directly:
- selecting text by clicking and dragging with the mouse
- double-clicking to select words, which are defined according to the rules of the script system in which they are written
- line breaking, which prevents a word from being split inappropriately between lines when text is drawn
- extending or shortening a selection range by Shift-clicking
- highlighting of the current text selection, or display of a blinking vertical bar at an insertion point
- cutting, copying, and pasting within and between applications
- the use of more than one font, size, color, and stylistic variation from character to character within a single block of text
- display of text in more than one language on a single line