TCustomEdit
E1014711
TCustomEdit is a base class in Delphi's VCL framework that provides core functionality for editable text controls from which more specialized edit components are derived.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TCustomEdit canonical | 2 |
| TMaskEdit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13020067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TCustomEdit Context triple: [TControl, superclassOf, TCustomEdit]
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A.
TWinControl
TWinControl is a fundamental VCL class in Delphi that represents windowed controls capable of receiving input focus, handling Windows messages, and serving as parents for other controls.
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B.
TComboBox
TComboBox is a VCL GUI control in Delphi that combines an edit box with a drop-down list, allowing users to either select from predefined items or enter their own text.
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C.
TDBGrid
TDBGrid is a Lazarus visual component used to display and edit database table records in a grid format within applications.
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D.
TPanel
TPanel is a container control in Delphi's Visual Component Library used to group and organize other visual components on a form.
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E.
TComponent
TComponent is the fundamental base class in Delphi’s Visual Component Library from which most non-visual and visual components inherit, providing common functionality such as ownership, streaming, and component management.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TCustomEdit Target entity description: TCustomEdit is a base class in Delphi's VCL framework that provides core functionality for editable text controls from which more specialized edit components are derived.
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A.
TWinControl
TWinControl is a fundamental VCL class in Delphi that represents windowed controls capable of receiving input focus, handling Windows messages, and serving as parents for other controls.
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B.
TComboBox
TComboBox is a VCL GUI control in Delphi that combines an edit box with a drop-down list, allowing users to either select from predefined items or enter their own text.
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C.
TDBGrid
TDBGrid is a Lazarus visual component used to display and edit database table records in a grid format within applications.
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D.
TPanel
TPanel is a container control in Delphi's Visual Component Library used to group and organize other visual components on a form.
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E.
TComponent
TComponent is the fundamental base class in Delphi’s Visual Component Library from which most non-visual and visual components inherit, providing common functionality such as ownership, streaming, and component management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Delphi VCL class
ⓘ
base class ⓘ |
| category | text input control ⓘ |
| definedInLanguage |
Delphi
ⓘ
linked to:
Delphi (programming language)
|
| designTimeVisibility | not intended for direct use on forms ⓘ |
| framework |
VCL
ⓘ
linked to:
Delphi (programming language)
|
| hasEvent |
OnChange
ⓘ
OnKeyDown ⓘ OnKeyPress ⓘ OnKeyUp ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
Clear
ⓘ
ClearSelection ⓘ CopyToClipboard ⓘ CutToClipboard ⓘ PasteFromClipboard ⓘ Undo ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
Alignment
ⓘ
CharCase ⓘ HideSelection ⓘ MaxLength ⓘ OEMConvert ⓘ ParentColor ⓘ ParentFont ⓘ PasswordChar ⓘ ReadOnly ⓘ SelLength ⓘ SelStart ⓘ SelText ⓘ Text ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom |
TControl
ⓘ
TWinControl ⓘ |
| intendedUsage | base for descendant edit controls ⓘ |
| library | Visual Component Library ⓘ |
| module |
StdCtrls unit
ⓘ
linked to:
VCL.StdCtrls unit
|
| platform | Windows ⓘ |
| purpose | provide core functionality for editable text controls ⓘ |
| supports |
OEM and ANSI character sets
ⓘ
alignment of text ⓘ character casing control ⓘ clipboard operations ⓘ keyboard navigation ⓘ password character masking ⓘ read-only mode ⓘ single-line text editing ⓘ text selection ⓘ |
| usedAsBaseFor |
TEdit
ⓘ
TMemo ⓘ TRichEdit ⓘ |
| wraps | Windows EDIT control ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: TCustomEdit Description of subject: TCustomEdit is a base class in Delphi's VCL framework that provides core functionality for editable text controls from which more specialized edit components are derived.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
VCL.StdCtrls unit