SCStaticText a view for displaying text

Inherits from: Object : SCView : SCStaticTextBase

Inherits formatting methods from SCStaticTextBase.

Creation / Class Methods

*new (parent, bounds)

parent - The parent view.

bounds - An instance of Rect, or a Point indicating width@height.

(

w = Window.new.front;

a = StaticText(w, Rect(10, 10, 200, 20));

a.string = "an instance of String";

)

Examples

// basic usage

(

w = Window.new.front;

a = StaticText(w, Rect(10, 10, 200, 20));

a.string = "Rolof's Rolex";

)

// adjust look , alignment and content

a.background=Color.grey;

a.align = \center;

a.font = Font("Monaco", 11);

a.string = "Your Rolex";

// Monitoring values in a synth

(

w = Window("Frequency Monitor", Rect(200, SCWindow.screenBounds.height-200,300,150)).front;

a = StaticText(w, Rect(45, 10, 200, 20)).background_(Color.rand);

a.string = " Current Frequency ";

Button.new(w, Rect(45, 70, 200, 20)).states_([["close",Color.black,Color.rand]]).action_({w.close});

s.waitForBoot({

b=Bus.new(\control,0,1);

q=SynthDef(\Docs_FreqMonitor, {var freq,snd;

freq=LFNoise0.ar(2, 400, 650);

snd=SinOsc.ar(freq,0,0.2);

Out.ar(0,snd);

Out.kr(b.index,freq); // output the frequency to a control bus

}).play;

r= Routine{

{ // Set the value of the StaticText to the value in the control bus.

// Setting GUI values is asynchronous, so you must use .defer in the system clock.

// Also you must check if the window is still open, since Routine will continue for at least

// one step after you close the window.

b.get( {arg v; {w.isClosed.not.if{ a.string= " Current Frequency: "++v.round(0.01)}; }.defer} );

0.01.wait;

}.loop

}.play

});

CmdPeriod.doOnce({w.close});

w.onClose={r.stop; q.free; b.free }; //clean up if the window closes

)

// dynamic text

(

w = Window.new.front;

w.view.background=Color.white;

a = Array.fill(20, {StaticText(w, Rect(w.bounds.extent.x.rand, w.bounds.extent.y.rand, 160, 16))

.string_("Rolof's Rolex".scramble)

.align_(\center)

.stringColor_(Color.rand)

.font_(Font([

"Helvetica-Bold",

"Helvetica",

"Monaco",

"Arial",

"Gadget",

"MarkerFelt-Thin"

].choose, 11))

});

r = {inf.do{|i|

thisThread.randSeed_(1284);

a.do{|item|

// setting GUI values is asynchronous, so you must use .defer

{item.bounds = Rect(5+w.bounds.extent.x.rand * (cos(i*0.01)).abs,

w.bounds.extent.y.rand * sin(i*0.01),

160, 20)}.defer;

};

0.15.wait;

}}.fork;

CmdPeriod.doOnce({w.close});

w.onClose_({r.stop});

)