GuiGetText
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This function is used to get the text of GUI elements like edit boxes, labels, buttons etc.
Syntax
string guiGetText ( element guiElement )
Required Arguments
- guiElement: element you wish to get text of.
Returns
Returns a string containing the requested element's text, or false if the gui element passed to the function is invalid.
Example
This example gets the text of a pre-made gui element and outputs it to chat box.
-- We create a dummy gui label to get text of local dummyGUIElement = guiCreateLabel ( 0.45, 0.48, 0.10, 0.04, "Hello world", true ) -- Output the text of the label to chat box outputChatBox ( "Text in the GUI label: " .. guiGetText ( dummyGUIElement ) )
See Also
- guiGetInputMode
- guiGetPosition
- guiGetProperties
- guiGetProperty
- guiGetScreenSize
- guiGetSize
- guiGetText
- guiGetVisible
- guiMoveToBack
- guiSetAlpha
- guiSetEnabled
- guiSetFont
- guiSetInputEnabled
- guiSetInputMode
- guiSetPosition
- guiSetProperty
- guiSetSize
- guiSetText
- guiSetVisible
- isChatBoxInputActive
- isConsoleActive
- isDebugViewActive
- isMainMenuActive
- isMTAWindowActive
- isTransferBoxActive
Buttons
Checkboxes
Comboboxes
- guiCreateComboBox
- guiComboBoxAddItem
- guiComboBoxClear
- guiComboBoxGetItemText
- guiComboBoxSetItemText
- guiComboBoxRemoveItem
- guiComboBoxGetSelected
- guiComboBoxSetSelected
Edit fields
Gridlists
- guiCreateGridList
- guiGridListAddColumn
- guiGridListAddRow
- guiGridListAutoSizeColumn
- guiGridListClear
- guiGridListGetItemData
- guiGridListGetItemText
- guiGridListGetRowCount
- guiGridListGetSelectedItem
- guiGridListInsertRowAfter
- guiGridListRemoveColumn
- guiGridListRemoveRow
- guiGridListSetItemData
- guiGridListSetItemText
- guiGridListSetScrollBars
- guiGridListSetSelectedItem
- guiGridListSetSelectionMode
- guiGridListSetSortingEnabled
Memos
Progress bars
Radio buttons
Scrollbars
Scroll panes
- guiCreateScrollPane
- guiScrollPaneGetHorizontalScrollPosition
- guiScrollPaneGetVerticalScrollPosition
- guiScrollPaneSetHorizontalScrollPosition
- guiScrollPaneSetScrollBars
- guiScrollPaneSetVerticalScrollPosition
Static images
Tab panels
Tabs
Text labels
- guiCreateLabel
- guiLabelGetFontHeight
- guiLabelGetTextExtent
- guiLabelSetColor
- guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign
- guiLabelSetVerticalAlign
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