TextField.new
From GiderosMobile
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: TextField
Description
Creates a new TextField object with the specified font and text. Gideros runtime includes a default font. If you specify nil for the font parameter while creating the TextField object, default font is used.
TextField.new(font,text,sample,layout)
Parameters
font: (FontBase) the font used for displaying the TextField object. If nil, default font is used
text: (string) the text to be displayed optional
sample: (string) sample to determine line height optional
layout: (table) layout parameters, see TextField:setLayout optional
text has now more tags available (Gideros 2024.2):
- \e[u=val]underlined\e[!u], val = line thickness |0, 1]
- \e[i=val]oblique\e[!i], val = text angle in degree
- \e[l=val1:val2]custom line placement and thickness\e[l], val1 = line placement |-1, 1], val2 = line thickness |0, 1]
- \e[color=val]text color\e[color], val = hex color and alpha (ex: #f005)
Examples
Simple text
local text = TextField.new(nil, "This is a text")
text:setPosition(32, 64)
stage:addChild(text)
Semi transparent colored text
local text = TextField.new(nil, "This is a \e[color=#f005]semi transparent red\e[color] text")
text:setPosition(32, 64)
stage:addChild(text)
New Gideros 2024.2 tags + layout
local font = TTFont.new("fonts/arial.ttf", 20, "", nil, nil)
local tf = TextField.new(font,
"Text is \e[u=0.2]underlined\e[!u],\n"..
"text is \e[i=15]oblique 15°\e[!i],\n"..
"custom \e[l=0.5:0.5]line placement and thickness\e[l],\n"..
"last \e[color=#f00]is text color\e[color]."
)
tf:setLayout { w=500, h=200, flags=1280|FontBase.TLF_CENTER|FontBase.TLF_VCENTER }
tf:setPosition(0, 40)
stage:addChild(tf)
- TextField
- TextField.new
- TextField:getLayout
- TextField:getLetterSpacing
- TextField:getLineHeight
- TextField:getPointFromTextPosition
- TextField:getSample
- TextField:getText
- TextField:getTextColor
- TextField:getTextPositionFromPoint
- TextField:setFont
- TextField:setLayout
- TextField:setLetterSpacing
- TextField:setSample
- TextField:setText
- TextField:setTextColor
