TextDrawAlignment

TextDrawAlignment

Description:

Function TextDrawAlignment set the alignment of text in a text draw.

For alignment 2 (center) the x and y values of TextSize need to be swapped, see notes at TextDrawTextSize, also position coordinate become position of center of textdraw and not left/top edges. If the textdraw is already shown, it must be re-shown (TextDrawShowForAll/TextDrawShowForPlayer) to show the changes of this function.

Parameters:

(Text:text, alignment)

int

text

The ID of the textdraw to set the alignment of.

int

alignment

1 - left, 2 - centered, 3 - right.

Return Values:

• 1: The function was executed successfully.
• 0: The function failed to execute. This means the textdraw specified does not exist.

Examples:

Example 1

new Text:MyTextdraw;
 
public OnGameModeInit()
{
    new Text:MyTextdraw = TextDrawCreate(320.0, 425.0, "This is an example textdraw");
    TextDrawAlignment(MyTextdraw, 2); // Align the textdraw text in the center
    return 1;
}

Related Functions

The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.

• TextDrawCreate: Create a textdraw.
• TextDrawDestroy: Destroy a textdraw.
• TextDrawColor: Set the color of the text in a textdraw.
• TextDrawBoxColor: Set the color of the box in a textdraw.
• TextDrawBackgroundColor: Set the background color of a textdraw.
• TextDrawFont: Set the font of a textdraw.
• TextDrawLetterSize: Set the letter size of the text in a textdraw.
• TextDrawTextSize: Set the size of a textdraw box.
• TextDrawSetOutline: Choose whether the text has an outline.
• TextDrawSetShadow: Toggle shadows on a textdraw.
• TextDrawSetProportional: Scale the text spacing in a textdraw to a proportional ratio.
• TextDrawUseBox: Toggle if the textdraw has a box or not.
• TextDrawSetString: Set the text in an existing textdraw.