<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. --> [`TextFileView`](TextFileView) › [`setViewData`](TextFileView/setViewData) ## TextFileView.setViewData() method Set the data to the editor. This is used to load the file contents. If clear is set, then it means we're opening a completely different file. In that case, you should call clear(), or implement a slightly more efficient clearing mechanism given the new data to be set. 0.10.12 **Signature:** ```typescript abstract setViewData(data: string, clear: boolean): void; ``` ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | <code>data</code> | <code>string</code> | | | <code>clear</code> | <code>boolean</code> | | **Returns:** `void`