Class Text

Extends SceneContent.
Text Draws some text on the Stage. This implementation uses the WHATWG specifications and is only available in certain browsers.
Defined in: Text.js.

// Simple example
Text({ x: 10, y: 50, text: "HTML 5 Rocks!" })

// Centering text.
Text({ x: 50, y: 50, text: "HTML 5 Rocks!", align: Text.Align.center })

// Making it cooler.
Text({
   x: 50, y: 50, text: "~CooL~", align: Text.Align.center,
   fill: "#DFDFFF", stroke: "#413FFF", stroke_width: 2,
   font: Font({ size: "18px", weight: Font.Weights.bold })
})

Class Summary
Constructor Attributes	Constructor Name and Description
	Text(_details)

Fields borrowed from class SceneContent:: details

Method Summary
Method Attributes	Method Name and Description
	setText(_text) Sets the text of this Text object.

Methods borrowed from class SceneContent:: draw, extend, getBounds, getName, getParent, getScene, getStage, isActive, isVisible, load, loadBase, moveBy, moveTo, setActive, setSize, setVisible, update, updateBase

Class Detail

Text(_details)

Parameters:

{Object} _details

An JSON object containing the following properties:

Property	Required	Default
align	no	start
baseline	no	alphabetic
fill	no	#000000
font	no	Font({family: ["Tahoma", "Ariel"]})
stroke	no	transparent
stroke_width	no	1
text	no	""

Requires:: Firefox 3.5.x, Safari, or Google Chrome

See:: WHATWG Canvas and Text

Method Detail

setText(_text)

Sets the text of this Text object.

Parameters:
{String} _text: The text to display.

Classes

Class Text