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Text area

Introduction¶

A container with a text, slider, and scroller.

Author: Rex
Game object

Live demos¶

Text-area

Usage¶

Sample code

Install plugin¶

Load minify file¶

Load plugin (minify file) in preload stage

scene.load.scenePlugin('rexuiplugin', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rexrainbow/phaser3-rex-notes/master/dist/rexuiplugin.min.js', 'rexUI', 'rexUI');

Add text-area object

var textArea = scene.rexUI.add.textArea(config);

Import plugin¶

Install rex plugins from npm
```
npm i phaser3-rex-plugins
```

Install plugin in configuration of game

import UIPlugin from 'phaser3-rex-plugins/templates/ui/ui-plugin.js';
var config = {
    // ...
    plugins: {
        scene: [{
            key: 'rexUI',
            plugin: UIPlugin,
            mapping: 'rexUI'
        },
        // ...
        ]
    }
    // ...
};
var game = new Phaser.Game(config);

Add text-area object

var textArea = scene.rexUI.add.textArea(config);

Import class¶

Install rex plugins from npm
```
npm i phaser3-rex-plugins
```

Import class

import { TextArea } from 'phaser3-rex-plugins/templates/ui/ui-components.js';

Add text-area object

var textArea = new TextArea(scene, config);
sscene.add.existing(textArea);

Add text-area object¶

var textArea = scene.rexUI.add.textArea({
    // x: 0,
    // y: 0,
    // anchor: undefined,
    // width: undefined,
    // height: undefined,

    // Elements
    background: backgroundGameObject,

    text: textGameObject,
    // textWidth: undefined,
    // textHeight: undefined,

    slider: {
        track: trackGameObject,
        thumb: thumbGameObject,
    },

    scroller: {
        threshold: 10,
        slidingDeceleration: 5000,
        backDeceleration: 2000,
    },

    clamplChildOY: false,

    header: headerGameObject,
    footer: footerGameObject,

    space: {
        left: 0,
        right: 0,
        top: 0,
        bottom: 0,

        text: 0,
        // text: {
        //    top: 0,
        //    bottom: 0,
        //    left: 0,
        //    right: 0,
        //},
        header: 0,
        footer: 0,
    },

    expand: {
        header: true,
        footer: true,
    },

    align: {
        header: 'center',
        footer: 'center',
    },

    content: '',

    // name: '',
    // draggable: false
});

x, y : Position of this object, it is valid when this object is the top object.
anchor : See anchor.
- left, right, centerX, x, top, bottom, centerY, y : Position based on visible window, which composed of
  - Percentage of visible width/height : 'p%', p: 0 ~ 100.
    - 'left'(=0%), 'center'(=50%), 'right'(=100%)
    - 'top'(=0%), 'center'(=50%), 'bottom'(=100%)
  - Offset : '+n', or '-n'.
width, height : Minimum width, minimum height.
background : Game object of background, optional. This background game object will be resized to fit the size of text area.
text : Game object of text.
textWidth : Fixed width of text game object. Set undefined to ignore this feature.
textHeight : Fixed height of text game object. Set undefined to ignore this feature.
slider : Componments of slider, optional.
- slider.background : Game object of slider background, optional.
- slider.track : Game object of track.
- slider.thumb : Game object of thumb.
- slider.input :
  - 'drag' : Control slider by dragging thumb game object. Default setting.
  - 'click' : Control slider by touching track game object.
  - 'none' : Disable sider controlling.
- slider.position : Position of this sldier.
  - 0, 'right', 'bottom' : Sldier at right/bottom side. Default value.
  - 1, 'left', 'top' : Sldier at left/top side.
- Set to false to skip creating slider.
scroller : Configuration of scroller behavior.
- scroller.threshold : Minimal movement to scroll. Set 0 to scroll immediately.
- scroller.slidingDeceleration : Deceleration of slow down when dragging released.
  - Set false to disable it.
- scroller.backDeceleration : Deceleration of pull back when out of bounds.
  - Set false to disable it.
- Set to false to skip creating scroller.
clamplChildOY : Set true to clamp scrolling.
header : Game object of header, optional.
footer : Game object of footer, optional.
space : Pads spaces
- space.left, space.right, space.top, space.bottom : Space of bounds.
- space.text :
  - A number: Space between text object and slider object.
  - An object: Padding of text object.
    - If scrollMode is 0 (vertical) :
      - space.text.top, space.text.bottom : Top, bottom padding space of text object.
      - space.text.right : Space between text object and slider object.
    - If scrollMode is 1 (horizontal) :
      - space.text.left, space.text.right : Left, right padding space of text object.
      - space.text.bottom : Space between text object and slider object.
- space.header : Space between header and text object.
- space.footer : Space between footer and text object.
expand : Expand width or height of element
- expand.header : Set true to expand width or height of header game object.
- expand.footer
align : Align element
- align.header
  - 'center', or Phaser.Display.Align.CENTER : Align game object at center. Default value.
  - 'left', or Phaser.Display.Align.LEFT_CENTER : Align game object at left-center.
  - 'right', or Phaser.Display.Align.RIGHT_CENTER : Align game object at right-center.
- align.footer
content : Content of this text area.
name : Set name of this textArea.

Custom class¶

Define class

class MyTextArea extends RexPlugins.UI.TextArea {
    constructor(scene, config) {
        super(scene, config);
        // ...
        scene.add.existing(this);
    }
    // ...
}

Create instance

var textArea = new MyTextArea(scene, config);

Layout children¶

Arrange position of all elements.

textArea.layout();

Content¶

Set
```
textArea.setText(text);
```
Append
```
textArea.appendText(text);
```
Get
```
var text = textArea.text;
```

Scroll content¶

Set

textArea.setChildOY(oy);

or

textArea.childOY = oy;

Get
```
var childOY = textArea.childOY;
```
Top OY
```
var topOY = textArea.topChildOY;
```
Bottom OY
```
var bottomOY = textArea.bottomChildOY;
```

Scroll by percentage¶

Set

textArea.setT(t);  // t: 0~1

or

textArea.t = t;

Get
```
var t = textArea.t;
```

Scroll to top/bottom¶

Scroll to top
```
textArea.scrollToTop();
```
- Equal to textArea.t = 0;
Scroll to bottom
```
textArea.scrollToBottom();
```
- Equal to textArea.t = 1;

Enable/disable scrolling¶

Slider

Set enable state

textArea.setSliderEnable(enabled);

or

textArea.sliderEnable = enabled;

Get enable state
```
var enable = textArea.sliderEnable;
```

Scroller

Set enable state

textArea.setScrollerEnable(enabled);

or

textArea.scrollerEnable = enabled;

Get enable state
```
var enable = textArea.scrollerEnable;
```

Event¶

On scroll

textArea.on('scroll', function(textArea) {
    // ...
})

Lines count¶

var linesCount = textArea.linesCount;

Other properties¶

See sizer object, base sizer object.

Get element¶

Get element

Background game object

var background = textArea.getElement('background');

Text game object

var text = textArea.getElement('text');

Slider

Track

var track = textArea.getElement('slider.track');

Thumb

var thumb = textArea.getElement('slider.thumb');

Scroller

var scroller = textArea.getElement('scroller');

Get by name

var gameObject = textArea.getElement('#' + name);
// var gameObject = textArea.getElement('#' + name, recursive);

or

var gameObject = textArea.getByName('#' + name);
// var gameObject = textArea.getByName('#' + name, recursive);

recursive : Set true to search all children recursively.