Mastering GUI Programming with Python

QTextEdit

While QLineEdit exists for single-line strings, QTextEdit provides us with the capability to enter multi-line text. QTextEdit is much more than just a simple plaintext entry, though; it's a full-blown WYSIWYG editor that can be configured to support rich text and images.

Some of the more useful properties of QTextEdit are shown here:

Property	Arguments	Description
plainText	string	The contents of the box, in plaintext.
html	string	The contents of the box, as rich text.
acceptRichText	Boolean	Whether the box allows rich text.
lineWrapColumnOrWidth	integer	The pixel or column at which the text will be wrapped.
lineWrapMode	QTextEdit.LineWrapMode	Whether the line wrap uses columns or pixels.
overwriteMode	Boolean