TEFeatureFlag Return last setting of a specified feature's bit

#include <TextEdit.h> TextEdit

short TEFeatureFlag( feature, action, hTE );

short feature ; enable/disable inline input

short action ; like feature, using bit constants

TEHandle hTE ; handle to the edit record

returns either TEBitSet or TEBitClear

The TEFeatureFlag function allows you to enable outline highlighting and

text buffering in your application. You can also use this function to disable

inline input in a particular edit record and to enable several new features that

have been provided so that inline input works correctly with TextEdit.

Note: To test for the availability of these features, you can call the Gestalt

function with the gestaltTextEditVersion selector. A result of gestaltTE4 or

greater returned in the response parameter indicates that outline highlighting

and text buffering are available. A result of gestaltTE5 or greater returned in

the response parameter indicates that the two inline input features are

available. (For details, see the description about

The inline input features are also available on version 6.0.7 systems with

non-Roman script systems installed. However, there is no Gestalt constant

The feature parameter allows you to disable inline input in a particular

edit record or to specify the features you want to enable-outline highlighting,

text buffering, and features provided for inline input in TextEdit. The action

parameter lets you enable and disable these features by using the TEBitSet and

TEBitClear constants and lets you test the settings of these feature bits by

using the TEBitTest constant. The hTE parameter is a handle to the edit record.

The TEFeatureFlag function returns the previous setting of the feature's

Note that there is also a constant named TEFeatureFlag which has the following

The feature or bit definitions for TEFeatureFlag are:

The action for the new "bit (un)set" interface, TEFeatureFlag is: