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obj_uiZ_text

This is an object that can be used to draw some text to the screen. You can give the text a color and determine how the text should be aligned within the text object.

The text is contained within the sizes you give it and any characters that don't fit into the width of the object are cut off. Furthermore, this cutting off of text happens on a per-pixel bases, meaning no "..." are added.

Property Variables

• text[""]: What text to draw.
• color[c_black]: The color of the text.
• halign[fa_left]: How to draw the text. A halign of fa_left means that the object will be on the left side of the object, fa_middle/center means the text is centered on the middle of the object and fa_right means that the object will be drawn from the right of the object.
• valign[fa_top]: How to draw the text. A halign of fa_top means that the object will be on the top side of the object, fa_middle/center means the text is centered on the middle of the object and fa_bottom means that the object will be drawn from the bottom of the object.
• font[-1]: the font to use, a value of -1 means font will be ignored.

Functions

• uiz_text_settext(instanceid,text[""]):
  • instanceid: the instance id of the instance you want to modify
  • text[""]: What text to draw.
• uiz_text_setcolor(instanceid,color[c_black]):
  • instanceid: the instance id of the instance you want to modify
  • color[c_black]: The color of the text.
• uiz_text_setfont(instanceid,font[-1]):
  • instanceid: the instance id of the instance you want to modify
  • font[-1]: the font to use, a value of -1 means font will be ignored.
• uiz_text_setalign(instanceid,halign[fa_left],valign[fa_top]):
  • instanceid: the instance id of the instance you want to modify
  • halign[fa_left]: How to draw the text. A halign of fa_left means that the object will be on the left side of the object, fa_middle/center means the text is centered on the middle of the object and fa_right means that the object will be drawn from the right of the object.
  • valign[fa_top]: How to draw the text. A halign of fa_top means that the object will be on the top side of the object, fa_middle/center means the text is centered on the middle of the object and fa_bottom means that the object will be drawn from the bottom of the object.