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Started 2 years ago by Osiris
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Osiris
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I am trying to setup a series of labels to display stats after every level. Every label I try to put on the screen is center-justified.

I looked through the Class Reference and Found the "labelWithString:dimensions:alignment:fontName:fontSize:" member function. I have been trying to load it as follows,

'
labelSize = CGSizeMake(200,24);

Label *theScore = [Label labelWithString:@"000000" dimensions:labelSize aligmnent:UITextAlignmentRight fontName:@"Marker Felt" fontSize:20];
'

but I get a warning each time "label may not respond to '+labelWithString:dimensions:alignment:fontName:fontSize:"

Posted 2 years ago #
SciFiDad
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This will set the anchor point to the lower left, so then you set the position it will be based on that, rather than the middle of the label.
```
[theScore setAnchorPoint:ccp(0,0)];
```
Values range from 0 to 1, with 0.5 being the middle of the label. I don't use the "alignment", just this anchor point. So, for example, you can use ccp(1.0,0.5) to set the anchor right-middle.
Posted 2 years ago #
Osiris
Member

ahhh.. thanks. is there anyway to make a series of labels all the same size since the dimension parameter seems to be the part that is giving the trouble?

Posted 2 years ago #
SciFiDad
Member

I'm not sure if I follow what you mean correctly (let me know if not) but if you don't use the "dimentions" or "alignment" arguments, and set all labels the same font size, then they should come out the same size. Or do you mean you need them to all fit in the same area?

Posted 2 years ago #
Osiris
Member

I would like all like it to act like a field of a fixed size with text on it. so whether it says "Score: 99999" or "Hit% 99.9%", I would like the system to see them as fields 100 px wide.

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
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Guess what, it's already the case. If you specify the dimensions when you create a Label , then the Label will be like a textfield of these dimensions with the text inside of it. As SciFiDad pointed out, when you set the position of a label, you set the position of its lower-left corner. Text alignment is handled as it should, see below :
```
____________
|text        | CGSizeMake(50, 20)
|____________| UITextAlignmentLeft

 ____________
|    text    | CGSizeMake(50, 20)
|____________| UITextAlignmentCenter

 ____________
|        text| CGSizeMake(50, 20)
|____________| UITextAlignmentRight
```
If the text you're trying to display is bigger than the dimensions you specified, then you won't see any text. So be sure all your strings will be small enough to fit in the rectangle.

As for your original question, don't you have a typo in the method's name ? (aligmnent)
Posted 2 years ago #
Osiris
Member

@clain, so, if I set CGSizeMake(100,20) for all my labels then I will get them lining up together. It might be a moot point now as it seems to line up fairly well as it is, but this is good information to know, Thanks! (and I know those boxes are a pain in the ass to draw.. so doubly thanks!)

Posted 2 years ago #
Tim
Member

Thx for the clarification Clain.

Posted 2 years ago #
mucino
Member

i am stuck up at how to display dynamic score in a label.
my CCLabel label is:

CCLabel *lbl3=[[CCLabel labelWithString:@"YOU SCORED %d points",score fontName:@"helvetica" fontSize:20.0f]retain];

but i get a cast error.

how do i insert a dynamic score into a text message?
thnkx in advance.

Posted 1 year ago #

miiifan
Member

@mucino I think you need to specify NSString if you have are passing arguments:

CCLabel *scoreLabel =[CCLabel labelWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"YOU SCORED %d points", score] fontName:@"helvetica" fontSize:20.0f];

Posted 1 year ago #

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