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APIPurpose

Plugin utility used for automatic tags ( http, email, phone numbers )

Header:

#include <aknitemfinder.h>

Use cases

The CAKnItemFinder class provides the functionality of highlighting, selecting and retrieving items like phone number, URL, http address in text viewer editors.

Example code

iAutoFinder = CAknItemFinder::NewL(); 
//Must be called before editor creation in order to have effect
iAutoFinder->SetFindModeL(CAknItemFinder::EPhoneNumber |
                          CAknItemFinder::EUrlAddress |
                          CAknItemFinder::EEmailAddress );
 
iAutoFinder->SetEditor((CEikRichTextEditor**)&iDialText); // iDial is any editor.

The following code is used to scroll down for the found items through the editor

TBool iReturn = iAutoFinder->NextItemOrScrollL( CAknItemFinder::ENextDown );

The following code is used to retrieve the selected item.

HBufC* iBuff = iAutoFinder->CurrentItem().iItemDescriptor;

Sample Application

Item finder example