---
name: "Curses::UI::TextViewer"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-curses-ui"
version: "0.9609-15"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Curses::UI::TextViewer"
---

# Curses::UI::TextViewer(3pm)

Create and manipulate textviewer widgets

## NAME

Curses::UI::TextViewer - Create and manipulate textviewer widgets

## CLASS HIERARCHY

```
 Curses::UI::Widget
 Curses::UI::Searchable
    |
    +----Curses::UI::TextEditor
            |
            +----Curses::UI::TextViewer
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Curses::UI;
    my $cui = new Curses::UI;
    my $win = $cui->add('window_id', 'Window');
    my $textviewer = $win->add(
        'mytextviewer', 'TextViewer',
    -text => "Hello, world!\n"
               . "Goodbye, world!"
    );
    $textviewer->focus();
```

## DESCRIPTION

Curses::UI::TextViewer is a widget that can be used  to create a textviewer widget. This class is derived from Curses::UI::TextEditor. The only special thing about this class is that the  **-readonly** option is forced to a true value.  So for the usage of Curses::UI::TextViewer see Curses::UI::TextEditor.

## SEE ALSO

Curses::UI,  Curses::UI::TextEditor,

## AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Maurice Makaay. All rights reserved.

Maintained by Marcus Thiesen (marcus@cpan.thiesenweb.de)

This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as perl itself.