SHIP:TextModel

Text selection and styling properties are common to a variety of displayable nodes, including box and text.

This common properties are called the Text Model properties, and include textfont, textsize, textcolor and more.

Text Model Property Summary

The following table summarizes the set of Text Model properties.

TextModel Property Summary

Property	Data Type	Description
textfont	FontFamilyInfo	Font family selector for displayable text.
textsize	Dimension	Pixel height selector for displayable text.
textstyle	FONTSTYLE	Style selector for displayable text.
texthalign	HALIGN	Horizontal alignment of text within its parent container's inner dimensions.
textvalign	VALIGN	Vertical alignment of text within its parent container's inner dimensions.
textbgcolor	Color	The background color of displayable text.
textcolor	Color	The color of displayable text.
textspacing	Float	A multiplier of the line spacing, with default unset value of 1.0f.
textmultiline	Boolean	Determines if a text line is permitted to overflow to the next line. The default (unset) is true.
textwrap	Boolean	Determines if a text line is permitted to automatically wrap to the following line if it will not fit on the current line. The default (unset) is true.

Alignment (textdirection, texthalign, textvalign)

Text Model Alignment Overview

Inheritance Model

When a piece of text is rendered, each of the Text Model properties is determined by the following prioritized inheritance rules:

1. Any property specification on the layout text node itself
2. Any attached object with the property specified
3. The nearest displayable parent node's determination of that property