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

Example 1

-- 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)

Example 2

application:setBackgroundColor(0x6c6c6c)

-- some vars
local width = application:getContentWidth()
local height = application:getContentHeight()

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.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTLF_BREAKWORDSxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTLF_BREAKWORDSxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTLF_BREAKWORDS,
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.
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:setSample(mystring)
textfield:setLayout( {w=width/3, h=height/2, lineSpacing=2, flags=FontBase.TLF_CENTER|FontBase.TLF_BREAKWORDS} )
textfield:setScale(2)
textfield:setPosition(8, 8)
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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