The ellipsis property

If the Text object has a maximum size, the text might be too long to fit. In such cases, the string set in this property will be apended to the displayed text so that the player is aware of this fact.

Examples

-- Font properties
font = {
    file = "assets/fonts/Roboto-Medium.ttf",
    size = 28,
    color = {r = 255, g = 255, b = 255, a = 255},
    shadowDistance = 0,
    shadowColor = {r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0}
}

-- Create a Text object
local text = Text.new(font, 1)

-- Set a max size and the text to display
text:setText("This is the text to display")
text:setMaxSize(160, 1)
text:show()

-- Set the ellipsis string (the default value is "...")
text.ellipsis = "--"

-- The player will see the following text:
-- "This is the te--"

See also

• The setMaxSize method