DgsGetText
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This function is used to get the text of DGS elements like edit boxes, labels, buttons etc.
Syntax
string dgsGetText ( element guiElement )
DGS OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!
- Method: DGSElement:getText(...)
- Variable: .text
- Counterpart: dgsSetText
Required Arguments
- guiElement: element you wish to get text of.
Returns
Returns a string containing the requested element's text, or false if the dgs element passed to the function is invalid.
Example
This example gets the text of a pre-made dgs element and outputs it to chat box.
DGS = exports.dgs -- We create a dummy dgs label to get text of local dummyGUIElement = DGS:dgsCreateLabel ( 0.45, 0.48, 0.10, 0.04, "Hello world", true ) -- Output the text of the label to chat box outputChatBox ( "Text in the DGS label: " .. DGS:dgsGetText ( dummyGUIElement ) )
See Also
General Functions
- dgsGetPosition
- dgsSetPosition
- dgsSetParent
- dgsGetParent
- dgsGetChild
- dgsGetChildren
- dgsGetSize
- dgsSetSize
- dgsGetType
- dgsSetLayer
- dgsGetLayer
- dgsSetCurrentLayerIndex
- dgsGetCurrentLayerIndex
- dgsGetLayerElements
- dgsGetProperty
- dgsSetProperty
- dgsSetPropertyInherit
- dgsGetProperties
- dgsSetProperties
- dgsGetVisible
- dgsSetVisible
- dgsGetEnabled
- dgsSetEnabled
- dgsGetPositionAlignment
- dgsSetPositionAlignment
- dgsGetAlpha
- dgsSetAlpha
- dgsGetFont
- dgsSetFont
- dgsGetText
- dgsSetText
- dgsGetPostGUI
- dgsSetPostGUI
- dgsGetInputEnabled
- dgsSetInputEnabled
- dgsGetInputMode
- dgsSetInputMode
- dgsAttachToAutoDestroy
- dgsDetachFromAutoDestroy
- dgsFocus
- dgsBlur
- dgsCreateFont
- dgsBringToFront
- dgsMoveToBack
- dgsGetScreenSize
- dgsGetCursorPosition
- dgsGetMouseEnterGUI
- dgsGetMouseLeaveGUI
- dgsIsMouseWithinGUI
- dgsSetSystemFont
- dgsGetSystemFont
- dgsGetElementsInLayer
- dgsGetElementsFromResource
- dgsGetFocusedGUI
- dgsImportFunction
- dgsImportOOPClass
- dgsG2DLoadHooker
- dgsSetRenderSetting
- dgsGetRenderSetting
- dgsSimulateClick
- dgsGetRootElement
- dgsAddMoveHandler
- dgsRemoveMoveHandler
- dgsIsMoveHandled
- dgsAddSizeHandler
- dgsRemoveSizeHandler
- dgsIsSizeHandled
- dgsAttachElements
- dgsDetachElements
- dgsElementIsAttached
- dgsAddPropertyListener
- dgsRemovePropertyListener
- dgsGetListenedProperties
- dgsSetMultiClickInterval
- dgsGetMultiClickInterval
- dgsSetMouseStayDelay
- dgsGetMouseStayDelay
- dgsCenterElement
- dgsSetElementKeeperEnabled
- dgsGetElementKeeperEnabled
- dgsSetClickingSound
- dgsGetClickingSound
- dgsSetClickingSoundVolume
- dgsGetClickingSoundVolume
General Events
- onDgsBlur
- onDgsCreate
- onDgsCursorTypeChange
- onDgsCursorStateChange
- onDgsDestroy
- onDgsElementRender
- onDgsElementMove
- onDgsElementSize
- onDgsElementEnter
- onDgsElementLeave
- onDgsFocus
- onDgsKey
- onDgsPositionChange
- onDgsPreRender
- onDgsRender
- onDgsElementScroll
- onDgsSizeChange
- onDgsTextChange
- onDgsWindowClose
- onDgsPropertyChange