Scene Element: Text

About

Displays non-editable text for labels etc.

Parameter: Position

Where to place the text within its box

Parameter: Text Width Scale

A horizontal scaling factor to squash up (negative values) or stretch (positive values) the text.

Parameter: Font

Specifies a custom font file to use for the text instead of the system default. Many thousands of free font files (with the filename ending in .ttf are available for download on the Internet.

Parameter: Vertical Fit Mode

What to do when the height of the text to display is greater than the height of the element.

Parameter: Text Format

Specifies how the text should be displayed.

• Plain Text
  just show the text as-is
• Text With Links
  things that look like links are clickable (though not in the scene editor) e.g. URLs, email addresses, phone numbers
• HTML
  interpret the text as a piece of HTML. Only simple tags are interpreted and no images are displayable.

Events

• Tap, Long Tap
• Stroke

Related Actions

• Element Text
• Element Text Colour
• Element Border
• Element Back Colour
• Element Focus
• Element Position
• Element Size
• Element Visibility
• Element Depth
• Test Element

See Also

The Element Editor screen.