CharFXTransform

CharFXTransform

Controls how an individual character will be displayed in a RichTextEffect.

Description

By setting various properties on this object, you can control how individual characters will be displayed in a RichTextEffect.

Tutorials

Properties

int	absolute_index	`0`
int	character	`0`
Color	color	`Color( 0, 0, 0, 1 )`
float	elapsed_time	`0.0`
Dictionary	env	`{}`
Vector2	offset	`Vector2( 0, 0 )`
int	relative_index	`0`
bool	visible	`true`

Property Descriptions

int absolute_index

Default	`0`
Setter	set_absolute_index(value)
Getter	get_absolute_index()

The index of the current character (starting from 0). Setting this property won’t affect drawing.

int character

Default	`0`
Setter	set_character(value)
Getter	get_character()

The Unicode codepoint the character will use. This only affects non-whitespace characters. @GDScript.ord can be useful here. For example, the following will replace all characters with asterisks:

# `char_fx` is the CharFXTransform parameter from `_process_custom_fx()`.
# See the RichTextEffect documentation for details.
char_fx.character = ord("*")

Color color

Default	`Color( 0, 0, 0, 1 )`
Setter	set_color(value)
Getter	get_color()

The color the character will be drawn with.

float elapsed_time

Default	`0.0`
Setter	set_elapsed_time(value)
Getter	get_elapsed_time()

The time elapsed since the RichTextLabel was added to the scene tree (in seconds). Time stops when the project is paused, unless the RichTextLabel‘s Node.pause_mode is set to Node.PAUSE_MODE_PROCESS.

Note: Time still passes while the RichTextLabel is hidden.

Dictionary env

Default	`{}`
Setter	set_environment(value)
Getter	get_environment()

Contains the arguments passed in the opening BBCode tag. By default, arguments are strings; if their contents match a type such as bool, int or float, they will be converted automatically. Color codes in the form #rrggbb or #rgb will be converted to an opaque Color. String arguments may not contain spaces, even if they’re quoted. If present, quotes will also be present in the final string.

For example, the opening BBCode tag [example foo=hello bar=true baz=42 color=#ffffff] will map to the following Dictionary:

{"foo": "hello", "bar": true, "baz": 42, "color": Color(1, 1, 1, 1)}

Vector2 offset

Default	`Vector2( 0, 0 )`
Setter	set_offset(value)
Getter	get_offset()

The position offset the character will be drawn with (in pixels).

int relative_index

Default	`0`
Setter	set_relative_index(value)
Getter	get_relative_index()

The index of the current character (starting from 0). Setting this property won’t affect drawing.

bool visible

Default	`true`
Setter	set_visibility(value)
Getter	is_visible()

If true, the character will be drawn. If false, the character will be hidden. Characters around hidden characters will reflow to take the space of hidden characters. If this is not desired, set their color to Color(1, 1, 1, 0) instead.