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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 | 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. | ||
NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars. | NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars. | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 5 April 2008
← 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.