TextGadget()

Syntax

Result = TextGadget(#Gadget, x, y, Width, Height, Text$ [, Flags])
Description
Creates a Text gadget in the current GadgetList. A TextGadget is a basic text area for displaying, not entering, text.

Parameters

#Gadget A number to identify the new gadget. #PB_Any can be used to auto-generate this number.
x, y, Width, Height The position and dimensions of the new gadget.
Text$ The text (HTML format) to display.
Flags (optional) Flags to modify the gadget behavior. It can be a combination of the following values:
  #PB_Text_Center        : The text is horizontally centered in the gadget.
  #PB_Text_VerticalCenter: The text is vertically centered in the gadget.
  #PB_Text_Right         : The text is right aligned.
  #PB_Text_Border        : A border is drawn around the gadget.

Return value

Returns nonzero on success and zero on failure. If #PB_Any was used as the #Gadget parameter then the return-value is the auto-generated gadget number on success.

Remarks

The content can be changed with the function SetGadgetText() and can be obtained with GetGadgetText().

This gadget supports the SetGadgetColor() and GetGadgetColor() functions with the following values as 'ColorType':
  #PB_Gadget_FrontColor: Textcolor
  #PB_Gadget_BackColor : Backgroundcolor
Note: This Gadget doesn't receive any user events, and GadgetToolTip() can't be used with it.

Example

  If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 270, 190, "TextGadget", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
    TextGadget(0, 10,  10, 250, 20, "TextGadget Standard (Left)")
    TextGadget(1, 10,  70, 250, 20, "TextGadget Center", #PB_Text_Center)
    TextGadget(2, 10,  40, 250, 20, "TextGadget Right", #PB_Text_Right)
    TextGadget(3, 10, 100, 250, 20, "TextGadget Border", #PB_Text_Border)
    TextGadget(4, 10, 130, 250, 20, "TextGadget Center + Border", #PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border)
    TextGadget(5, 10, 160, 250, 20, "<b>Bold</b> TextGadget") ; Using HTML markup
  EndIf

See Also

GetGadgetText(), SetGadgetText(), GetGadgetColor(), SetGadgetColor()

Supported OS

All

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