RBX.lua.TextLabel (Object)

Derived Classes

None

TextLabel (extends GuiLabel)

• TweenPosition
• TweenSize
• TweenSizeAndPosition
• Clone
• FindFirstChild
• GetChildren
• GetDebugId
• GetFullName
• IsA
• IsAncestorOf
• IsDescendantOf
• Destroy
• ClearAllChildren

• Text
• TextBounds
• TextWrapped
• TextColor3
• TextScaled
• TextTransparency
• TextXAlignment
• TextYAlignment
• Font
• FontSize
• TextStrokeColor3
• TextStrokeTransparency
• Active
• BackgroundColor3
• BackgroundTransparency
• BorderColor3
• BorderSizePixel
• Position
• Size
• SizeConstraint
• Visible
• ZIndex
• Draggable
• ClipDescendants
• AbsolutePosition
• AbsoluteSize
• Name
• Parent
• Archivable
• ClassName
• RobloxLocked
• DataCost

• MouseEnter
• MouseLeave
• MouseMoved
• DragBegin
• DragStopped
• AncestryChanged
• Changed
• ChildAdded
• ChildRemoved
• DescendantAdded
• DescendantRemoving

A TextLabel is a rectangular GUI. It is used to display text within rectangular boundaries.

TweenPosition( UDim2 endPosition, Enum easingDirection = Out, Enum easingStyle = Quad, float time = 1, bool override = false, function callback = nil )
Returns	nil
Description:	Smoothly moves a GUI to a new UDim2 position.
Member of:	GuiObject

TweenSize( UDim2 endSize, Enum easingDirection = Out, Enum easingStyle = Quad, float time = 1, bool override = false, function callback = nil )
Returns	nil
Description:	Smoothly resizes a GUI to a new UDim2.
Member of:	GuiObject

TweenSizeAndPosition( UDim2 endSize, UDim2 endPosition, Enum easingDirection = Out, Enum easingStyle = Quad, float time = 1, bool override = false, function callback = nil )
Returns	bool success
Description:	Smoothly moves a GUI to a new size and position.
Member of:	GuiObject

Clone( )
Returns	Instance
Description:	Returns a clone of the object and its children, unless its Archivable property is false. The clone will have the same properties as the original object and the same descendants (except those with an Archivable property set to false). The clone's Parent will be nil.
Member of:	Instance

FindFirstChild( string name, bool recursive = false )
Returns	Instance
Description:	Returns the first child found with a name of name. Returns nil if no such child exists. If the optional recursive argument is true, will recursively descend the hierarchy while searching rather than only searching the immediate object.
Member of:	Instance

GetChildren( )
Returns	table
Description:	Returns a read-only table of the object's children.
Member of:	Instance

GetDebugId( int scopeLength )
Returns	string
Description:	Returns a coded string of the object's DebugId used internally by Roblox.
Member of:	Instance

GetFullName( )
Returns	String path to object
Description:	Returns a string with a dot (.) character separating a path of object hierarchy excluding "game".
Member of:	Instance

IsA( string className )
Returns	bool
Description:	Returns true if the Instance is that class or a subclass.
Member of:	Instance

IsAncestorOf( Instance descendant )
Returns	boolean is ancestor
Description:	Returns true if the object is an ancestor of descendant.
Member of:	Instance

IsDescendantOf( Instance ancestor )
Returns	bool
Description:	Returns true if the object is an descendant of ancestor.
Member of:	Instance

Destroy( )
Returns	nil
Description:	Sets the Parent property to nil, locks the Parent property, disconnects all connections and calls Destroy() on all children.
Member of:	Instance

ClearAllChildren( )
Returns	nil
Description:	Removes all descendants of the Instance, but leaves the Instance itself.
Member of:	Instance

Text
Property	String message text
Description	Sets the text that the message displays.
Member of	Hint, Message, TextBox, TextButton, TextLabel

TextBounds
Property	Vector2 text bounds
Description	The size of the object's current Text.
Member of	TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox

TextWrapped
Property	bool
Description	Sets whether or not text should wrap at the edges of the object.
Member of	TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox

TextColor3
Property	Color3 text color
Description	Sets the color of text.
Member of	TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox

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TextScaled
Type	bool
Description	Changes whether text is resized to fit the GUI object that renders it. This is mostly used when the GUI object is being rendered with a BillboardGui, in which the text should change size as the camera's distance from the GUI changes.
Member of	TextBox, TextButton, TextLabel

TextTransparency
Property	Number text transparency
Description	Sets the opacity in which text appears.
Member of	TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox

TextXAlignment
Property	TextXAlignment TextXAlignment
Description	Sets where the text is placed in a GUI on the X axis.
Member of	TextBox, TextButton, TextLabel

TextYAlignment
Property	TextYAlignment TextYAlignment
Description	Sets where the text is placed in a GUI on the Y axis.
Member of	TextBox, TextButton, TextLabel

Font
Type	Font
Description	This is the font displayed in a GUI TextBox, TextLabel and TextButton.
Member of	TextBox, TextButton, TextLabel

FontSize
Type	FontSize
Description	Changes the font size of a GUI object.
Member of	TextBox, TextButton, TextLabel

TextStrokeColor3
Property	Color3 text stroke color
Description	Sets the color of the text stroke.
Member of	TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox

TextStrokeTransparency
Property	Number text stroke transparency
Description	Sets the opacity in which text stroke appears.
Member of	TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox

Active
Type	bool
Description	true will react to mouse events, and pass them to any objects layered underneath, while false won't.
Member of	BillboardGui, GuiObject, HopperBin

BackgroundColor3
Property	Color3 background color
Description	Sets the color of the background on the item.
Member of	GuiObject

BackgroundTransparency
Property	Number Transparency
Description	Sets the transparency of the background of a GUI. (1 is completely transparent; 0 is completely opaque)
Member of	GuiObject

BorderColor3
Property	Color3 BorderColor
Description	Sets the color of the border around a GUI.
Member of	GuiObject

BorderSizePixel
Type	int
Description	This property can either be 0 or 1, the former having no border, the latter having a one pixel border.
Member of	GuiObject

Position
Property	UDim2 Position
Description	Sets the position of the GUI object in object coordinates.
Member of	GuiObject

Size
Property	UDim2 Size
Description	Sets the size of the GUI object in object coordinates.
Member of	GuiObject

SizeConstraint
Property	SizeConstraint SizeConstraint
Description	Sets the direction that an object can be resized in.
Member of	GuiObject

Visible
Property	bool
Description	Determines whether the object and its descendants will be displayed.
Member of	GuiObject, LoadingGui, GuiBase3d

ZIndex
Property	Integer ZIndex
Description	Alters the order in which GUI items are placed.
Member of	GuiObject

Draggable
Property	Boolean draggable
Description	Whether or not the object is draggable
Member of	GuiObject

ClipDescendants
Property	Boolean clip
Description	Clips Descendants is a property of GUI objects that decides if ROBLOX will render any portions of it's GUI descendants that are outside of the it's own borders. This is convenient for making scroll GUIs.
Member of	GuiObject

AbsolutePosition
Type	Vector2
Description	The distance, in pixels, from the top left corner of the game window.
Member of	GuiBase

AbsoluteSize
Type	Vector2
Description	Size of the render window in pixels.
Member of	GuiBase

Name
Type	string
Description	The name of the object, which is often used to identify it in the context of its parent. Note that names are not unique identifiers; multiple children of an object may share the same name. In a script where you want to access an object using a name, for example, game.Workspace["Brick"], the first object found with that name is that object. This "first object" can be found in the Explorer menu.Names are great for showing a very brief title or summary of an object.
Member of	Instance

Parent
Type	Instance
Description	The hierarchical parent of the object. When no scripts hold references to an object, it will still be maintained as long as it's parent is set to an object which does have references to it, either by other objects or scripts. The toplevel DataModel object (the one referred to as the "game" by scripts) has no parent, but always has a reference held to it by the game engine, and exists for the duration of a session.
Member of	Instance

Archivable
Type	bool
Description	Sets whether or not the object is saved when publishing or saving to file. Also sets whether or not the object is clonable.
Member of	Instance

ClassName
Type	string
Description	A unique string per type of Instance. Should only be used as a unique identifier, as it does not reveal any information about nature of the type hierarchy the type is in. For this use, see IsA.
Member of	Instance

RobloxLocked
Type	bool
Description	If true, the object and its descendants cannot be indexed or edited by a Script or LocalScript and will throw an error if it is attempted.
Member of	Instance

DataCost
Type	int
Description	How much saving this instance with SaveInstance will add to DataComplexity
Member of	Instance

There is a special event for 2D GUI objects.

MouseEnter ( int x, int y )
Description	Fired when the mouse enters a GuiObject, as long as the GuiObject is active (see active property for more detail). Arguments x, and y specify the absolute pixel position of the mouse.
Member of:	GuiObject

There is also a special event for 3D Handle objects.

MouseEnter ( )
Description	Fired when a mouse "enters" or "touches" a 3D Object.
Member of:	ArcHandles, Handles

MouseLeave ( )
Description	Fired when a mouse "leaves" or moves off of a GUI Object.
Member of:	GuiObject

MouseMoved ( Integer x, Integer y )
Description	Fired when the mouse moves or goes on top of a GUI Object.
Member of:	GuiObject

DragBegin ( UDim2 InitialPosition )
Description	Fired when a player begins dragging the object.
Member of:	GuiObject

DragStopped ( int x, int y )
Description	Fired when a player stops dragging the object. The arguments x and y represent the mouse's location.
Member of:	GuiObject

AncestryChanged ( Instance child, Instance parent )
Description	Fired when an ancestor of the Instance the event which is a member of child has its parent changed to parent.
Member of:	Instance

Changed ( Property property )
Description	Fired whenever a property of the object changes.
Member of:	Instance

ChildAdded ( Instance child )
Description	Fired after a child is added.
Member of:	Instance

ChildRemoved ( Instance child )
Description	Fired when a child is removed from the object.
Member of:	Instance

DescendantAdded ( Instance descendant )
Description	Fired when a descendant is added to the object.
Member of:	Instance

DescendantRemoving ( Instance descendant )
Description	Fired when a descendant is being removed.
Member of:	Instance

This article is part of a series on GUI.
BillboardGui	Frame	TextButton	TextLabel
ImageButton	ImageLabel	ScreenGui	CoreGui

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