# druid.rich_input API

> at /druid/custom/rich_input/rich_input.lua

The component that handles a rich text input field, it's a wrapper around the druid.input component

## Functions

- [init](#init)
- [set_placeholder](#set_placeholder)
- [select](#select)
- [set_text](#set_text)
- [set_font](#set_font)
- [get_text](#get_text)
- [set_allowed_characters](#set_allowed_characters)

## Fields

- [root](#root)
- [input](#input)
- [cursor](#cursor)
- [cursor_text](#cursor_text)
- [cursor_position](#cursor_position)
- [druid](#druid)
- [is_lshift](#is_lshift)
- [is_lctrl](#is_lctrl)
- [is_button_input_enabled](#is_button_input_enabled)
- [drag](#drag)
- [placeholder](#placeholder)
- [text_position](#text_position)



### init

---
```lua
rich_input:init(template, nodes)
```

- **Parameters:**
	- `template` *(string)*: The template string name
	- `nodes` *(table)*: Nodes table from gui.clone_tree

### set_placeholder

---
```lua
rich_input:set_placeholder(placeholder_text)
```

Set placeholder text

- **Parameters:**
	- `placeholder_text` *(string)*: The placeholder text

- **Returns:**
	- `self` *(druid.rich_input)*: Current instance

### select

---
```lua
rich_input:select()
```

Select input field

- **Returns:**
	- `self` *(druid.rich_input)*: Current instance

### set_text

---
```lua
rich_input:set_text(text)
```

Set input field text

- **Parameters:**
	- `text` *(string)*: The input text

- **Returns:**
	- `self` *(druid.rich_input)*: Current instance

### set_font

---
```lua
rich_input:set_font(font)
```

Set input field font

- **Parameters:**
	- `font` *(hash)*: The font hash

- **Returns:**
	- `self` *(druid.rich_input)*: Current instance

### get_text

---
```lua
rich_input:get_text()
```

Set input field text

- **Returns:**
	- `` *(string)*:

### set_allowed_characters

---
```lua
rich_input:set_allowed_characters(characters)
```

Set allowed charaters for input field.
 See: https://defold.com/ref/stable/string/
 ex: [%a%d] for alpha and numeric

- **Parameters:**
	- `characters` *(string)*: Regulax exp. for validate user input

- **Returns:**
	- `self` *(druid.rich_input)*: Current instance


## Fields
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- **root** (_node_): The root node of the rich input

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- **input** (_druid.input_): The input component

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- **cursor** (_node_): The cursor node

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- **cursor_text** (_node_): The cursor text node

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- **cursor_position** (_vector3_): The position of the cursor

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- **druid** (_druid.instance_): The Druid Factory used to create components

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- **is_lshift** (_boolean_)

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- **is_lctrl** (_boolean_)

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- **is_button_input_enabled** (_unknown_)

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- **drag** (_druid.drag_): A component that allows you to subscribe to drag events over a node

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- **placeholder** (_druid.text_): Basic Druid text component. Text components by default have the text size adjusting.

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- **text_position** (_unknown_)