NAME

       Curses::UI::Searchable - Add 'less'-like search abilities to a widget

CLASS HIERARCHY

        Curses::UI::Searchable - base class

SYNOPSIS

           package MyWidget;

           use Curses::UI::Searchable;
           use vars qw(@ISA);
           @ISA = qw(Curses::UI::Searchable);

           ....

           sub new () {
               # Create class instance $this.
               ....

               $this->set_routine('search-forward', \&search_forward);
               $this->set_binding('search-forward', '/');
               $this->set_routine('search-backward', \&search_backward);
               $this->set_binding('search-backward', '?');
           }

           sub layout_content() {
               my $this = shift;

               # Layout your widget's content.
               ....

               return $this;
           }

           sub number_of_lines() {
               my $this = shift;

               # Return the number of lines in
               # the widget's content.
               return ....
           }

           sub getline_at_ypos($;) {
               my $this = shift;
               my $ypos = shift;

               # Return the content on the line
               # where ypos = $ypos
               return ....
           }

DESCRIPTION

       Using Curses::UI::Searchable, you can add 'less'-like search capabilities to your widget.

       To make your widget searchable using this class, your widget should meet the following
       requirements:

       •   make it a descendant of Curses::UI::Searchable

           All methods for searching are in Curses::UI::Searchable.  By making your class a
           descendant of this class, these methods are automatically inherited.

       •   -ypos data member

           The current vertical position in the widget should be identified by $this->{-ypos}.
           This y-position is the index of the line of content. Here's an example for a Listbox
           widget.

            -ypos
              |
              v
                  +------+
              0   |One   |
              1   |Two   |
              2   |Three |
                  +------+

       •   method: number_of_lines ( )

           Your widget class should have a method number_of_lines, which returns the total number
           of lines in the widget's content. So in the example above, this method would return
           the value 3.

       •   method: getline_at_ypos ( YPOS )

           Your widget class should have a method getline_at_ypos, which returns the line of
           content at -ypos YPOS.  So in the example above, this method would return the value
           "Two" for YPOS = 1.

       •   method: layout_content ( )

           The search routines will set the -ypos of your widget if a match is found for the
           given search string. Your layout_content routine should make sure that the line of
           content at -ypos will be made visible if the draw method is called.

       •   method: draw ( )

           If the search routines find a match, $this->{-search_highlight} will be set to the
           -ypos for the line on which the match was found. If no match was found
           $this->{-search_highlight} will be undefined. If you want a matching line to be
           highlighted, in your widget, you can use this data member to do so (an example of a
           widget that uses this option is the Curses::UI::TextViewer widget).

       •   bindings for searchroutines

           There are two search routines. These are search_forward and search_backward. These
           have to be called in order to display the search prompt. The best way to do this is by
           creating bindings for them. Here's an example which will make '/' a forward search and
           '?' a backward search:

               $this->set_routine('search-forward'  , \&search_forward);
               $this->set_binding('search-forward'  , '/');
               $this->set_routine('search-backward' , \&search_backward);
               $this->set_binding('search-backward' , '?');

SEE ALSO

       Curses::UI,

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Maurice Makaay. All rights reserved.

       Maintained by Marcus Thiesen (marcus@cpan.thiesenweb.de)

       This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
       It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as perl itself.