Entry.visible | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

Entry.visible read/write property

Get or set the Entry visibility on screen, a true value means that the Entry is shown, a false value means that the Entry is hidden.

The entry.visible property is also affected by the Entry:show() and Entry:hide() methods.

Example


local ui = require "ui"

-- create a simple entry 
local win = ui.Window("Entry.visible sample", 320, 200)
local entry = ui.Entry(win, "LuaRT", 120, 70)
local button = ui.Button(win, "Click to hide entry", 110, 10)

entry.font = "Impact"
entry.fontsize = 24

-- hides the Entry and shows it again after 2 sec
function button:onClick()
	entry.visible = false
	button.enabled = false
	sleep(2000)
	button.enabled = true
	entry.visible = true
end

ui.run(win):wait()