UI Text

Here you will find various resources to help you create texts in Gideros Studio.

note: you may have to provide your own assets (fonts, gfx, …)

Text Wrap @Gideros Wiki

-- TEXT WRAP FROM GIDEROS WIKI
local mystring = "Some very long text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed non risus. Suspendisse lectus tortor, dignissim sit amet, adipiscing nec, ultricies sed, dolor."
local textfield = TextField.new(nil, mystring)
textfield:setScale(2)
textfield:setSample(mystring)
textfield:setLayout( {w=144, h=100, lineSpacing=7, flags=FontBase.TLF_CENTER} )
textfield:setPosition(8, 16)
stage:addChild(textfield)

Text Wrap2 @ar2rsawseen

Please follow this link: Text Wrap2 @ar2rsawseen

TextBox @antix

Please follow this link: TextBox @antix

Typewriter Style @koeosstudio

-- @koeosstudio
console = Core.class(Sprite)

function console:init()
	local fnt = TTFont.new("Assets/arial.ttf", 20)
	self.txt = TextField.new(fnt, nil)
	self.txt:setLayout({w = 300, flags=FontBase.TLF_LEFT})
	self.txt:setAnchorPoint(0, 0)
	self:addChild(self.txt)
	self.allowType = true

	-- Simple scroll function
	local z = nil
	self:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_DOWN, function (event)
		z = event.y - self.txt:getY()
	end)
	self:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_MOVE, function (event)
		self.txt:setY(event.y - z)
	end)
end

function console:tWrite(txtToPrint)
	if self.allowType then
		self.allowType = false
		local i = 1
		self.txt:setText(self.txt:getText()..'\n')

		local function typeFunc()
			self.txt:setText(self.txt:getText()..string.sub(txtToPrint, i, i))
			i = i + 1
			
			if i > string.len(txtToPrint) then
				self.allowType = true
				self:removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, typeFunc)
			end
		end

		self:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, typeFunc)
	end
end

-- Usage
application:setLogicalDimensions(480, 800)
local myconsole = console.new()
stage:addChild(myconsole)
-- Generate sample txt 
local s = ""
for i = 1, 10 do
	s = s.."TextField with typewriter effect. Drag to Scroll.\n\n"
end
-- Print
myconsole:tWrite(s)

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