TextField

Supported platforms: android, ios, mac, pc
Available since: Gideros 2011.6

Description

The `TextField` class is used to create display objects for text display.

Examples

Example

local font = Font.new(&quot;myfont.txt&quot;, &quot;myfont.png&quot;)<br />
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local textfield = TextField.new(font, &quot;some text&quot;)<br />
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stage:addChild(textfield)<br />
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textfield:setText(&quot;some other text&quot;)		-- change the text<br />
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-- to use the default font, pass nil value for the font parameter<br />
local textfield2 = TextField.new(nil, &quot;some other text with default font&quot;)

Methods TextField.new - creates a new TextField object with the specified font and text TextField:getLayout - Retrieve the layout parameters of this Textfield TextField:getLetterSpacing - returns the letter-spacing property which is used to increase or decrease the space between characters in a text TextField:getLineHeight - Get line height TextField:getSample - get string that was used as sample for determining line height TextField:getText - returns the text displayed TextField:getTextColor - returns the color of the text in a text field in hexadecimal format TextField:setFont - set font to use TextField:setLayout - Change the layout parameters for this TextField TextField:setLetterSpacing - sets the letter-spacing property which is used to increase or decrease the space between characters in a text TextField:setSample - Set string that will be used as sample for determining text's line height TextField:setText - sets the text to be displayed TextField:setTextColor - sets the color of the text in a text field in hexadecimal format

Events Constants