Widget to display text, with simple html-like markup.

The Label widget doesn't allow text to overflow its boundaries, if the text doesn't fit the geometry of the label it will be ellipsized or be cut. Elementary provides several styles for this widget:

default - No animation
marker - Centers the text in the label and makes it bold by default
slide_long - The entire text appears from the right of the screen and slides until it disappears in the left of the screen(reappearing on the right again).
slide_short - The text appears in the left of the label and slides to the right to show the overflow. When all of the text has been shown the position is reset.
slide_bounce - The text appears in the left of the label and slides to the right to show the overflow. When all of the text has been shown the animation reverses, moving the text to the left.

Custom themes can of course invent new markup tags and style them any way they like.

This widget inherits from the Layout one, so that all the functions acting on it also work for label objects.

This widget emits the following signals, besides the ones sent from Layout:

"language,changed": The program's language changed.
"slide,end": The slide is end.

See Label example for a demonstration of how to use a label widget.

Functions
void	elm_label_wrap_width_set (Elm_Label *obj, int w)
	Control wrap width of the label.
int	elm_label_wrap_width_get (const Elm_Label *obj)
	Control wrap width of the label.
void	elm_label_slide_speed_set (Elm_Label *obj, double speed)
	Control the slide speed of the label.
double	elm_label_slide_speed_get (const Elm_Label *obj)
	Control the slide speed of the label.
void	elm_label_slide_mode_set (Elm_Label *obj, Elm_Label_Slide_Mode mode)
	Control the slide mode of the label widget.
Elm_Label_Slide_Mode	elm_label_slide_mode_get (const Elm_Label *obj)
	Control the slide mode of the label widget.
void	elm_label_slide_duration_set (Elm_Label *obj, double duration)
	Control the slide duration of the label.
double	elm_label_slide_duration_get (const Elm_Label *obj)
	Control the slide duration of the label.
void	elm_label_line_wrap_set (Elm_Label *obj, Elm_Wrap_Type wrap)
	Control the wrapping behavior of the label.
Elm_Wrap_Type	elm_label_line_wrap_get (const Elm_Label *obj)
	Control the wrapping behavior of the label.
void	elm_label_ellipsis_set (Elm_Label *obj, Eina_Bool ellipsis)
	Control the ellipsis behavior of the label.
Eina_Bool	elm_label_ellipsis_get (const Elm_Label *obj)
	Control the ellipsis behavior of the label.
void	elm_label_slide_go (Elm_Label *obj)
	Start slide effect.
Evas_Object *	elm_label_add (Evas_Object *parent)
	Add a new label to the parent.

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum Elm_Label_Slide_Mode

Slide mode of a label widget

Enumerator:

ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_NONE	No slide effect.
ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO	Slide only if the label area is bigger than the text width length.
ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS	Slide always.

Function Documentation

Evas_Object* elm_label_add ( Evas_Object * parent )

Add a new label to the parent.

Parameters:

parent The parent object

Returns:: The new object or NULL if it cannot be created

Since :: 2.3.1

Examples:: bubble_example_01.c, fileselector_button_example.c, inwin_example.c, label_example_01.c, location_example_01.c, map_example_02.c, notify_example_01.c, panel_example_01.c, popup_example_01.c, prefs_example_01.c, prefs_example_02.c, progressbar_example.c, scroller_example_01.c, table_example_01.c, and win_example.c.

Eina_Bool elm_label_ellipsis_get ( const Elm_Label * obj )

Control the ellipsis behavior of the label.

If set to true and the text doesn't fit in the label an ellipsis("...") will be shown at the end of the widget.

Warning This doesn't work with slide(elm_label_slide_set()) or if the chosen wrap method was ELM_WRAP_WORD.

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Returns:: To ellipsis text or not

Since :: 2.3.1

void elm_label_ellipsis_set	(	Elm_Label *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	ellipsis
	)

Control the ellipsis behavior of the label.

If set to true and the text doesn't fit in the label an ellipsis("...") will be shown at the end of the widget.

Warning This doesn't work with slide(elm_label_slide_set()) or if the chosen wrap method was ELM_WRAP_WORD.

Parameters:

[in]	obj	The object.
[in]	ellipsis	To ellipsis text or not

Since :: 2.3.1

Examples:: label_example_01.c.

Elm_Wrap_Type elm_label_line_wrap_get ( const Elm_Label * obj )

Control the wrapping behavior of the label.

By default no wrapping is done. Possible values for wrap are: ELM_WRAP_NONE - No wrapping ELM_WRAP_CHAR - wrap between characters ELM_WRAP_WORD - wrap between words ELM_WRAP_MIXED - Word wrap, and if that fails, char wrap

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Returns:: To wrap text or not

Since :: 2.3.1

void elm_label_line_wrap_set	(	Elm_Label *	obj,
		Elm_Wrap_Type	wrap
	)

Control the wrapping behavior of the label.

By default no wrapping is done. Possible values for wrap are: ELM_WRAP_NONE - No wrapping ELM_WRAP_CHAR - wrap between characters ELM_WRAP_WORD - wrap between words ELM_WRAP_MIXED - Word wrap, and if that fails, char wrap

Parameters:

[in]	obj	The object.
[in]	wrap	To wrap text or not

Since :: 2.3.1

Examples:: label_example_01.c, and location_example_01.c.

double elm_label_slide_duration_get ( const Elm_Label * obj )

Control the slide duration of the label.

Note:: If you set the speed of the slide using elm_label_slide_speed_set you cannot get the correct duration using this function until the label is actually rendered and resized.

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Returns:: The duration in seconds in moving text from slide begin position to slide end position

Since :: 2.3.1

void elm_label_slide_duration_set	(	Elm_Label *	obj,
		double	duration
	)

Control the slide duration of the label.

Note:: If you set the speed of the slide using elm_label_slide_speed_set you cannot get the correct duration using this function until the label is actually rendered and resized.

Parameters:

[in]	obj	The object.
[in]	duration	The duration in seconds in moving text from slide begin position to slide end position

Since :: 2.3.1

Examples:: label_example_01.c.

void elm_label_slide_go ( Elm_Label * obj )

Start slide effect.

See elm_label_slide_mode_set.

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Since :: 2.3.1

Elm_Label_Slide_Mode elm_label_slide_mode_get ( const Elm_Label * obj )

Control the slide mode of the label widget.

By default, slide mode is none. Possible values for mode are: ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_NONE - no slide effect ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO - slide only if the label area is bigger than the text width length ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS - slide always

Warning:: ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO, ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS only work with the themes "slide_short", "slide_long" and "slide_bounce". Warning: ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO, ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS don't work if the line wrap(elm_label_line_wrap_set()) or ellipsis(elm_label_ellipsis_set()) is set.

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Returns:: The slide mode

Since (EFL) :: 1.8

Since :: 2.3.1

void elm_label_slide_mode_set	(	Elm_Label *	obj,
		Elm_Label_Slide_Mode	mode
	)

Control the slide mode of the label widget.

By default, slide mode is none. Possible values for mode are: ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_NONE - no slide effect ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO - slide only if the label area is bigger than the text width length ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS - slide always

Warning:: ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO, ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS only work with the themes "slide_short", "slide_long" and "slide_bounce". Warning: ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_AUTO, ELM_LABEL_SLIDE_MODE_ALWAYS don't work if the line wrap(elm_label_line_wrap_set()) or ellipsis(elm_label_ellipsis_set()) is set.

Parameters:

[in]	obj	The object.
[in]	mode	The slide mode

Since (EFL) :: 1.8

Since :: 2.3.1

Examples:: label_example_01.c, and location_example_01.c.

double elm_label_slide_speed_get ( const Elm_Label * obj )

Control the slide speed of the label.

Note:: If you set the duration of the slide using elm_label_slide_duration_set you cannot get the correct speed using this function until the label is actually rendered and resized.

See elm_label_slide_duration_set

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Returns:: The speed of the slide animation in px per seconds

Since :: 3.0

void elm_label_slide_speed_set	(	Elm_Label *	obj,
		double	speed
	)

Control the slide speed of the label.

Note:: If you set the duration of the slide using elm_label_slide_duration_set you cannot get the correct speed using this function until the label is actually rendered and resized.

See elm_label_slide_duration_set

Parameters:

[in]	obj	The object.
[in]	speed	The speed of the slide animation in px per seconds

Since :: 3.0

int elm_label_wrap_width_get ( const Elm_Label * obj )

Control wrap width of the label.

This function sets the maximum width size hint of the label.

Warning:: This is only relevant if the label is inside a container.

Parameters:

[in] obj The object.

Returns:: The wrap width in pixels at a minimum where words need to wrap

Since :: 2.3.1

void elm_label_wrap_width_set	(	Elm_Label *	obj,
		int	w
	)

Control wrap width of the label.

This function sets the maximum width size hint of the label.

Warning:: This is only relevant if the label is inside a container.

Parameters:

[in]	obj	The object.
[in]	w	The wrap width in pixels at a minimum where words need to wrap

Since :: 2.3.1

Functions

Enumeration Type Documentation

Function Documentation