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Text:add

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Adds additional colored text to the Text object at the specified position.

Function

Synopsis

index = Text:add( textstring, x, y, angle, sx, sy, ox, oy, kx, ky )

Arguments

string textstring
The text to add to the object.
number x
The position of the new text on the x-axis.
number y
The position of the new text on the y-axis.
number angle (0)
The orientation of the new text in radians.
number sx (1)
Scale factor on the x-axis.
number sy (sx)
Scale factor on the y-axis.
number ox (0)
Origin offset on the x-axis.
number oy (0)
Origin offset on the y-axis.
number kx (0)
Shearing / skew factor on the x-axis.
number ky (0)
Shearing / skew factor on the y-axis.

Returns

number index
An index number that can be used with Text:getWidth or Text:getHeight.

Function

Synopsis

index = Text:add( coloredtext, x, y, angle, sx, sy, ox, oy, kx, ky )

Arguments

table coloredtext
A table containing colors and strings to add to the object, in the form of {color1, string1, color2, string2, ...}.
table color1
A table containing red, green, blue, and optional alpha components to use as a color for the next string in the table, in the form of {red, green, blue, alpha}.
string string1
A string of text which has a color specified by the previous color.
table color2
A table containing red, green, blue, and optional alpha components to use as a color for the next string in the table, in the form of {red, green, blue, alpha}.
string string2
A string of text which has a color specified by the previous color.
tables and strings ...
Additional colors and strings.
number x
The position of the new text on the x-axis.
number y
The position of the new text on the y-axis.
number angle (0)
The orientation of the new text in radians.
number sx (1)
Scale factor on the x-axis.
number sy (sx)
Scale factor on the y-axis.
number ox (0)
Origin offset on the x-axis.
number oy (0)
Origin offset on the y-axis.
number kx (0)
Shearing / skew factor on the x-axis.
number ky (0)
Shearing / skew factor on the y-axis.

Returns

number index
An index number that can be used with Text:getWidth or Text:getHeight.

Notes

The color set by love.graphics.setColor will be combined (multiplied) with the colors of the text, when drawing the Text object.

See Also

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Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3.
https://love2d.org/wiki/Text:add