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This function is used to get text | This function is used to get the text of GUI elements like edit boxes, labels, buttons etc. | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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-- 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 ) ) | |||
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Revision as of 15:05, 18 August 2007
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
General functions
- guiBringToFront
- getChatboxLayout
- getChatboxCharacterLimit
- guiCreateFont
- guiBlur
- guiFocus
- guiGetAlpha
- guiGetCursorType
- guiGetEnabled
- guiGetFont
- guiGetInputEnabled
- 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
- setChatboxCharacterLimit
- setDebugViewActive
Browsers
Buttons
Checkboxes
Comboboxes
- guiCreateComboBox
- guiComboBoxAddItem
- guiComboBoxClear
- guiComboBoxGetItemCount
- guiComboBoxGetItemText
- guiComboBoxGetSelected
- guiComboBoxIsOpen
- guiComboBoxRemoveItem
- guiComboBoxSetItemText
- guiComboBoxSetOpen
- guiComboBoxSetSelected
Edit Boxes
- guiCreateEdit
- guiEditGetCaretIndex
- guiEditGetMaxLength
- guiEditIsMasked
- guiEditIsReadOnly
- guiEditSetCaretIndex
- guiEditSetMasked
- guiEditSetMaxLength
- guiEditSetReadOnly
Gridlists
- guiCreateGridList
- guiGridListAddColumn
- guiGridListAddRow
- guiGridListAutoSizeColumn
- guiGridListClear
- guiGridListGetColumnCount
- guiGridListGetColumnTitle
- guiGridListGetColumnWidth
- guiGridListGetHorizontalScrollPosition
- guiGridListGetItemColor
- guiGridListGetItemData
- guiGridListGetItemText
- guiGridListGetRowCount
- guiGridListGetSelectedCount
- guiGridListGetSelectedItem
- guiGridListGetSelectedItems
- guiGridListGetSelectionMode
- guiGridListIsSortingEnabled
- guiGridListGetVerticalScrollPosition
- guiGridListInsertRowAfter
- guiGridListRemoveColumn
- guiGridListRemoveRow
- guiGridListSetColumnTitle
- guiGridListSetColumnWidth
- guiGridListSetHorizontalScrollPosition
- guiGridListSetItemColor
- guiGridListSetItemData
- guiGridListSetItemText
- guiGridListSetScrollBars
- guiGridListSetSelectedItem
- guiGridListSetSelectionMode
- guiGridListSetSortingEnabled
- guiGridListSetVerticalScrollPosition
Memos
- guiCreateMemo
- guiMemoGetCaretIndex
- guiMemoGetVerticalScrollPosition
- guiMemoSetVerticalScrollPosition
- guiMemoIsReadOnly
- guiMemoSetCaretIndex
- guiMemoSetReadOnly
Progressbars
Radio Buttons
Scrollbars
Scrollpanes
- guiCreateScrollPane
- guiScrollPaneGetHorizontalScrollPosition
- guiScrollPaneGetVerticalScrollPosition
- guiScrollPaneSetHorizontalScrollPosition
- guiScrollPaneSetScrollBars
- guiScrollPaneSetVerticalScrollPosition
Static Images
Tab Panels
Tabs
Text Labels
- guiCreateLabel
- guiLabelGetColor
- guiLabelGetFontHeight
- guiLabelGetTextExtent
- guiLabelSetColor
- guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign
- guiLabelSetVerticalAlign