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1	1		## Overview
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3	3		TECLightView ![](/wiki-images/f/f3/Eclightview.png) is a lightweight text component. It can display text, images and links. It implements vertical scrollbar only. It does not implement carret.
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5	5		![](/wiki-images/a/a6/Teclightview.png)
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7	7		TECLightView is part of [[Eye-Candy Controls]] (shortly ECControls or EC-Controls) set of visual controls written for Lazarus. Their design is based on Themes, therefore its look is very native everywhere, no matter what widgetset you use.
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9	9		TECLightView is installed to the tab EC-C on the Lazarus component palette.
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11	11		Each release is announced on Lazarus Forum in section Third Party Announcements. There are always attached files `README.txt` (list of all known issues) and `CHANGELOG.txt` (list of all changes from previous release).
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13	13		### License
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15	15		GNU Lesser General Public License 2.0 with linking exception (a.k.a. Modified LGPL). File ectabctrl.pas contains license header. Also, files `COPYING.modifiedLGPL.txt` and `COPYING.LGPL.txt` are bundled to each archive.
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17	17		### Author
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19	19		This component is written by Blaazen. Copyright notice and real name is mentioned in the header of the unit. You can contact author on Lazarus Forum (nickname: Blaazen) in any thread about EC-Controls. If you are logged in to forum, you can get author's e-mail or send him private message.
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21	21		### Download and Install
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23	23		See [[Eye-Candy Controls\|Eye-Candy Controls#Install]]
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25	25		## Tags
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27	27		\| Tag \| Pair \| Parameter \| Description \| Example \|
28	28		\|----\|----\|----\|----\|----\|
29	29		\| a \| N \| string \| Link (URL) \| %a"[https://www.getlazarus.org"\\](https://www.getlazarus.org%22\) \|
30	30		\| b \| Y \| \- \| Bold text \| %b\Bold text.%b\\ \|
31	31		\| c \| N \| \- \| Centered text \| %c\Centered text. \|
32	32		\| d \| Y \| \- \| Stretchdraw images \| %d\\%x"image.jpeg"\\%d\\ \|
33	33		\| e \| N \| string \| Link (mailto:) \| %e"firstname.surename@domain.org"\\ \|
34	34		\| f \| N \| integer \| Font height (0=default) \| %f2\\ %f-2\\ %f0\\ \|
35	35		\| g \| N \| integer \| Image from ImageList (property Images) \| %g2\\ \|
36	36		\| h \| Y \| color \| Text background color (\$BBGGRR) \| %h\$FF0000\Text with blue background.%h\\ \|
37	37		\| i \| Y \| \- \| Italic text \| %i\Italic text.%i\\ \|
38	38		\| j \| N \| \- \| Align images to the left \| %j\\ \|
39	39		\| k \| N \| \- \| Align images to the right \| %k\\ \|
40	40		\| l \| N \| \- \| Left aligned text \| %l\Left aligned text. \|
41	41		\| m \| Y \| \- \| Monospaced text \| %m\Monospaced text.%m\\ \|
42	42		\| n \| N \| \- \| New line \| %n\\ \|
43	43		\| o \| N \| integer \| Horizontal line \| %o1\\ %o2\\ %o3\\ \|
44	44		\| p \| Y \| \- \| Preformatted text \| %p\Preformatted text: %n\\ tag for a new line not needed.%p\\ \|
45	45		\| q \| N \| \- \| Align images to center \| %q\\ \|
46	46		\| r \| N \| \- \| Right aligned text \| %r\Right aligned text. \|
47	47		\| s \| Y \| \- \| Strikeout text \| %s\Strikeout text.%s\\ \|
48	48		\| t \| Y \| color \| Font color (\$BBGGRR) \| %t\$FF0000\Blue text.%t\\ \|
49	49		\| u \| Y \| \- \| Underlined text \| %u\Underlined text.%u\\ \|
50	50		\| v \| N \| \- \| New line below image (when text floats around) \| %v\\ \|
51	51		\| w \| N \| string \| Image from resources (no extension in name) \| %w"image"\\ \|
52	52		\| x \| N \| string \| Image from file (bmp/jpeg/png) \| %x"image.jpeg"\\ \|
53	53		\| y \| Y \| integer \| Link (OnInterLinkClick event) \| %y0\OnInterLinkClick event 0.%y\\ \|
54	54		\| z \| N \| \- \| {Reserved for internal text layout} \| \- \|
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56	56		## Using the Component
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58	58		### Mouse
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60	60		Left button
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62	62		Click on a %a\\ tag opens the default web browser on the specified URL.
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64	64		Click on a %e\\ tag open the default email client.
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66	66		Click on a %y\\ tag triggers OnInterLinkClick event with integer parameter AIndex.
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68	68		Middle button
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70	70		Does nothing.
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72	72		Right button
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74	74		Opens context menu.
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76	76		Mouse Wheel
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78	78		Scrolls the content up/down.
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80	80		### Keyboard
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82	82		(Component must be focused).
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84	84		Arrow keys Up/Down scrolls the content up/down.
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86	86		PageUp/PageDown scrolls the content up/down.
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88	88		### Code
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90		-	~~`property PathToPictures: string;`~~
	90	+	```text
	91	+	property PathToPictures: string;
	92	+	```
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92	94		Path to folder with images. Needed for the %x"filename"\\ tags.
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94		-	~~`property TextData: string;`~~
	96	+	```text
	97	+	property TextData: string;
	98	+	```
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96	100		This property is for source data, i.e. tags with parameters and text.
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98	102		---
99	103		From the Free Pascal wiki, page "TECLightView", as it stood on 2020-07-18 after a change by FTurtle, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).

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