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'''Available since:''' Gideros 2017.10<br/>
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'''Class:''' [[TextField]]<br/>
  
'''<translate>Available since</translate>:''' Gideros 2017.10
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=== Description ===
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Changes the layout parameters for this TextField Layout.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
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TextField:setLayout(layout)
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'''<translate>Class</translate>:''' [[Special:MyLanguage/TextField|TextField]]
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''layout'' can contain the following fields:
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* w, h: width/height of the area to layout the text in
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* flags: a combination of [[FontBase Constants|FontBase.TLF_xxx]] constants instructing how to layout the text
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* letterSpacing: the space to add between each letter of the text
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* lineSpacing: the space to add between each line of the text
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* tabSpace: the size of a tab in space characters increment, default to 4 if unspecified
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* breakChar: a string that will be inserted to indicated broken words
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* alignX, alignY: relative alignment of the text inside its cell. Defaults to 0.5,0.5. '''Since 2020.7'''
  
=== <translate>Description</translate> ===
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=== Parameters ===
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'''layout''': (table) layout parameters<br/>
Change the layout parameters for this TextField
 
    Layout parameters can contain the following fields:
 
* w,h: Width/height of the area to layout the text in
 
* flags: A or combination of [[Special:MyLanguage/FontBase|FontBase]].TLF_xxx constants instructing how to layout the text
 
* letterSpacing: The space to add between each letter of the text
 
* lineSpacing: The space to add between each line of the text
 
* tabSpace: The size of a tab in space characters increment, default to 4 if unspecified
 
* breakChar: A string the will be inserted to indicated broken words</translate>
 
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<source lang="lua">
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=== Example ===
TextField:setLayout(layout)
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-- a string variable
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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."
  
'''Example'''
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-- the text field with default system font
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local textfield = TextField.new(nil, mystring)
  
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-- we set the string that will be used as sample for determining text line height
-- we initialize a text field
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textfield:setSample(mystring)
local textfield = TextField.new(nil, "Some very long text with default system font. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed non risus. Suspendisse lectus tortor, dignissim sit amet, adipiscing nec, ultricies sed, dolor.")
 
  
 
-- then we set the layout: width, height, line spacing and justify center
 
-- then we set the layout: width, height, line spacing and justify center
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textfield:setPosition(50, 50)
 
textfield:setPosition(50, 50)
 
stage:addChild(textfield)
 
stage:addChild(textfield)
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</syntaxhighlight>
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=== <translate>Parameters</translate> ===
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{{TextField}}
'''layout''': (table) <translate>Layout parameters</translate> <br/>
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 18 November 2023

Available since: Gideros 2017.10
Class: TextField

Description

Changes the layout parameters for this TextField Layout.

TextField:setLayout(layout)

layout can contain the following fields:

  • w, h: width/height of the area to layout the text in
  • flags: a combination of FontBase.TLF_xxx constants instructing how to layout the text
  • letterSpacing: the space to add between each letter of the text
  • lineSpacing: the space to add between each line of the text
  • tabSpace: the size of a tab in space characters increment, default to 4 if unspecified
  • breakChar: a string that will be inserted to indicated broken words
  • alignX, alignY: relative alignment of the text inside its cell. Defaults to 0.5,0.5. Since 2020.7

Parameters

layout: (table) layout parameters

Example

-- a string variable
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."

-- the text field with default system font
local textfield = TextField.new(nil, mystring)

-- we set the string that will be used as sample for determining text line height
textfield:setSample(mystring)

-- then we set the layout: width, height, line spacing and justify center
textfield:setLayout( {w=200, h=100, lineSpacing=7, flags=FontBase.TLF_CENTER} )

-- finally, we set the text position and add it to stage
textfield:setPosition(50, 50)
stage:addChild(textfield)