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Label Class Reference

text label widget. More...

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Public Member Functions

 Label (string name)
 creates a label widget on the user inteface. More...
 

Public Attributes

string align
 text alignement: "centred" | "left"| "right" | "top" | "bottom" | "topLeft" | "topRight" | "bottomLeft" | "bottomRight"
 
number alpha
 transparency value between 0.0 and 1.0
 
string backgroundColour
 background colour: colour string that defines the desired colour. It can be either a named colour like "blue" or "red" or an hexadecimal string in RGB ("#FF00CC") or ARGB ("#3C00FECD") format
 
string backgroundColourWhenEditing
 background colour when editing: colour string that defines the desired colour. It can be either a named colour like "blue" or "red" or an hexadecimal string in RGB ("#FF00CC") or ARGB ("#3C00FECD") format
 
table bounds
 widget bounding rect {x,y,width,height}
 
function changed
 callback function used by child widgets to be notified of changes
 
string displayName
 widget display name
 
bool editable
 whether the label text field can be edited. default value is false
 
bool enabled
 boolean flag to enable / disable the widget
 
string font
 path to TrueType font
 
number fontSize
 font size
 
int height
 widget height in pixels
 
bool interceptsMouseClicks
 boolean flag to toggle mouse handling on widget
 
float minimumHorizontalScale
 specifies the minimum amount that the font can be squashed horizontally before it starts using ellipsis. 0 for a default value. 1 for no stretching
 
string name
 widget name
 
bool persistent
 flag to tell if the widget values should be serialized when saving. True by default. Persistent widgets will call their changed function on reload
 
table position
 widget position {x,y}
 
bool showLabel
 show widgets label if any
 
table size
 widget size {width, height}
 
string text
 text to display on screen
 
string textColour
 textColour: colour string that defines the desired colour. It can be either a named colour like "blue" or "red" or an hexadecimal string in RGB ("#FF00CC") or ARGB ("#3C00FECD") format
 
string textColourWhenEditing
 textColour when editing: colour string that defines the desired colour. It can be either a named colour like "blue" or "red" or an hexadecimal string in RGB ("#FF00CC") or ARGB ("#3C00FECD") format
 
string tooltip
 widget tooltip, default is name
 
bool visible
 boolean flag to toggle widget visibility
 
int width
 widget width in pixels
 
int x
 x position in pixels
 
int y
 y position in pixels
 

Detailed Description

text label widget.

creates a label widget on the user inteface.

l = Label("label")
l.text = "a long description"
l.align = "left"
l.backgroundColour = "black"
l.textColour = "orange"

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Label::Label ( string  name)

creates a label widget on the user inteface.

Parameters
namethe name to give to the widget