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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use [[UI_Escape_Sequences|escape sequences]] to modify the string's appearance. | Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a [[API_FontString_SetTextColor|FontString:SetTextColor]] call). You may however use [[UI_Escape_Sequences|escape sequences]] to modify the string's appearance. | ||
NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars. | NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars. | ||
Revision as of 23:04, 25 July 2009
← Widget API ← FontString < SetText
Synopsis
FontString:SetText(string text)
Description
Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use escape sequences to modify the string's appearance.
NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.
Examples
FontString:SetText('|cff000000This text is black,|r |cffff0000while this text will be red.|r')
will return
This text is black, while this text will be red.
- Notes
- The Font must be set before calling this function. This is not done for you if the FontString is created via Frame:CreateFontString. There are 3 ways to ensure the Font is set:
- Send in an inheritsFrom value to Frame:CreateFontString.
- Set the inheritsFrom via FontInstance:SetFontObject.
- Set the font directly via FontInstance:SetFont.