new BitmapText(game, x, y, font, text, size)
BitmapText objects work by taking a texture file and an XML file that describes the font layout.
On Windows you can use the free app BMFont: http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/ On OS X we recommend Glyph Designer: http://www.71squared.com/en/glyphdesigner For Web there is the great Littera: http://kvazars.com/littera/
Parameters:
Name | Type | Argument | Default | Description |
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game |
Phaser.Game | A reference to the currently running game. |
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x |
number | X position of the new bitmapText object. |
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y |
number | Y position of the new bitmapText object. |
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font |
string | The key of the BitmapFont as stored in Game.Cache. |
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text |
string |
<optional> |
'' | The actual text that will be rendered. Can be set later via BitmapText.text. |
size |
number |
<optional> |
32 | The size the font will be rendered in, in pixels. |
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 24
Extends
Members
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align :string
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Alignment for multiline text ('left', 'center' or 'right'), does not affect single line text.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 265
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alpha :Number
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The opacity of the object.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 65
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angle :number
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Indicates the rotation of the Text, in degrees, from its original orientation. Values from 0 to 180 represent clockwise rotation; values from 0 to -180 represent counterclockwise rotation. Values outside this range are added to or subtracted from 360 to obtain a value within the range. For example, the statement player.angle = 450 is the same as player.angle = 90. If you wish to work in radians instead of degrees use the property Sprite.rotation instead. Gets or sets the angle of rotation in degrees.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 309
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buttonMode :Boolean
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This is used to indicate if the displayObject should display a mouse hand cursor on rollover
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 90
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cacheAsBitmap :Boolean
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Set if this display object is cached as a bitmap. This basically takes a snap shot of the display object as it is at that moment. It can provide a performance benefit for complex static displayObjects. To remove simply set this property to 'null'
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 436
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cameraOffset :Phaser.Point
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If this object is fixedToCamera then this stores the x/y offset that its drawn at, from the top-left of the camera view.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 108
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<readonly> children :Array.<DisplayObject>
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[read-only] The array of children of this container.
Type:
- Array.<DisplayObject>
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 17
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destroyPhase :boolean
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True if this object is currently being destroyed.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 471
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dirty :Boolean
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The dirty state of this object.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/text/BitmapText.js, line 54
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events :Phaser.Events
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The Events you can subscribe to that are dispatched when certain things happen on this Sprite or its components.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 98
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exists :boolean
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If exists = false then the Sprite isn't updated by the core game loop or physics subsystem at all.
- Default Value:
- true
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 41
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filterArea :PIXI.Rectangle
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The area the filter is applied to like the hitArea this is used as more of an optimisation rather than figuring out the dimensions of the displayObject each frame you can set this rectangle
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 180
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filters :Array.<Filter>
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Sets the filters for the displayObject. IMPORTANT: This is a webGL only feature and will be ignored by the canvas renderer. To remove filters simply set this property to 'null'
Type:
- Array.<Filter>
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 400
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fixedToCamera :boolean
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An BitmapText that is fixed to the camera uses its x/y coordinates as offsets from the top left of the camera. These are stored in BitmapText.cameraOffset. Note that the cameraOffset values are in addition to any parent in the display list. So if this BitmapText was in a Group that has x: 200, then this will be added to the cameraOffset.x Set to true to fix this BitmapText to the Camera at its current world coordinates.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 440
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font :string
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The font the text will be rendered in, i.e. 'Arial'. Must be loaded in the browser before use.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 328
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fontSize :number
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The size of the font in pixels.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 351
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game :Phaser.Game
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A reference to the currently running Game.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 35
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height :Number
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The height of the displayObjectContainer, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 63
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hitArea :PIXI.Rectangle|PIXI.Circle|PIXI.Ellipse|PIXI.Polygon
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This is the defined area that will pick up mouse / touch events. It is null by default. Setting it is a neat way of optimising the hitTest function that the interactionManager will use (as it will not need to hit test all the children)
Type:
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 81
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input :Phaser.InputHandler|null
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The Input Handler for this object. Needs to be enabled with image.inputEnabled = true before you can use it.
Type:
- Phaser.InputHandler | null
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 103
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inputEnabled :boolean
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By default a Text object won't process any input events at all. By setting inputEnabled to true the Phaser.InputHandler is activated for this object and it will then start to process click/touch events and more. Set to true to allow this object to receive input events.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 399
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mask :PIXI.Graphics
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Sets a mask for the displayObject. A mask is an object that limits the visibility of an object to the shape of the mask applied to it. In PIXI a regular mask must be a PIXI.Graphics object. This allows for much faster masking in canvas as it utilises shape clipping. To remove a mask, set this property to null.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 380
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name :string
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The user defined name given to this BitmapText.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 47
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<readonly> parent :PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer
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[read-only] The display object container that contains this display object.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 106
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pivot :PIXI.Point
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The pivot point of the displayObject that it rotates around
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 49
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position :PIXI.Point
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The coordinate of the object relative to the local coordinates of the parent.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 14
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renderable :Boolean
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Can this object be rendered
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 98
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rotation :Number
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The rotation of the object in radians.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 57
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scale :PIXI.Point
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The scale factor of the object.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 22
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smoothed
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- Source - gameobjects/RetroFont.js, line 598
Properties:
Name Type Description text
string Set this value to update the text in this sprite. Carriage returns are automatically stripped out if multiLine is false. Text is converted to upper case if autoUpperCase is true.
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<readonly> stage :PIXI.Stage
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[read-only] The stage the display object is connected to, or undefined if it is not connected to the stage.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 115
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text :string
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The text string to be displayed by this Text object, taking into account the style settings.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 376
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text :string
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Set this value to update the text in this sprite. Carriage returns are automatically stripped out if multiLine is false. Text is converted to upper case if autoUpperCase is true.
- Source - gameobjects/RetroFont.js, line 560
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<readonly> textHeight :Number
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[read-only] The height of the overall text, different from fontSize, which is defined in the style object
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/text/BitmapText.js, line 33
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<readonly> textWidth :Number
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[read-only] The width of the overall text, different from fontSize, which is defined in the style object
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/text/BitmapText.js, line 23
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tint :number
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The tint applied to the BitmapText. This is a hex value. Set to white to disable (0xFFFFFF)
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 287
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transformCallback :function
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The transform callback is an optional callback that if set will be called at the end of the updateTransform method and sent two parameters: This Display Objects worldTransform matrix and its parents transform matrix. Both are PIXI.Matrix object types. The matrix are passed by reference and can be modified directly without needing to return them. This ability allows you to check any of the matrix values and perform actions such as clamping scale or limiting rotation, regardless of the parent transforms.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 30
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transformCallbackContext :Object
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The context under which the transformCallback is invoked.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 41
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<readonly> type :number
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The const type of this object.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 53
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visible :Boolean
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The visibility of the object.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 73
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width :Number
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The width of the displayObjectContainer, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 35
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world :Phaser.Point
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The world coordinates of this Sprite. This differs from the x/y coordinates which are relative to the Sprites container.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 63
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<readonly> worldAlpha :Number
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[read-only] The multiplied alpha of the displayObject
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 124
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worldVisible :Boolean
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[read-only] Indicates if the sprite is globally visible.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 359
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x :Number
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The position of the displayObject on the x axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 761
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y :Number
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The position of the displayObject on the y axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 776
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z :number
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The z-depth value of this object within its Group (remember the World is a Group as well). No two objects in a Group can have the same z value.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 58
Methods
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addChild(child) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}
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Adds a child to the container.
Parameters:
Name Type Description child
PIXI.DisplayObject The DisplayObject to add to the container
Returns:
The child that was added.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 90
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addChildAt(child, index) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}
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Adds a child to the container at a specified index. If the index is out of bounds an error will be thrown
Parameters:
Name Type Description child
PIXI.DisplayObject The child to add
index
Number The index to place the child in
Returns:
The child that was added.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 102
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destroy(destroyChildren)
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Destroy this BitmapText instance. This will remove any filters and un-parent any children.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Default Description destroyChildren
boolean <optional>
true Should every child of this object have its destroy method called?
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 205
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generateTexture(resolution, scaleMode, renderer) → {PIXI.Texture}
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Useful function that returns a texture of the displayObject object that can then be used to create sprites This can be quite useful if your displayObject is static / complicated and needs to be reused multiple times.
Parameters:
Name Type Description resolution
Number The resolution of the texture being generated
scaleMode
Number See {{#crossLink "PIXI/scaleModes:property"}}PIXI.scaleModes{{/crossLink}} for possible values
renderer
PIXI.CanvasRenderer | PIXI.WebGLRenderer The renderer used to generate the texture.
Returns:
a texture of the graphics object
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 582
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getBounds() → {PIXI.Rectangle}
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Retrieves the bounds of the displayObjectContainer as a rectangle. The bounds calculation takes all visible children into consideration.
Returns:
The rectangular bounding area
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 302
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getChildAt(index) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}
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Returns the child at the specified index
Parameters:
Name Type Description index
Number The index to get the child from
Returns:
The child at the given index, if any.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 193
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getChildIndex(child) → {Number}
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Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance
Parameters:
Name Type Description child
PIXI.DisplayObject The DisplayObject instance to identify
Returns:
Number -The index position of the child display object to identify
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 158
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getLocalBounds() → {PIXI.Rectangle}
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Retrieves the non-global local bounds of the displayObjectContainer as a rectangle. The calculation takes all visible children into consideration.
Returns:
The rectangular bounding area
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 362
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postUpdate()
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Automatically called by World.postUpdate.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 190
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preUpdate()
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Automatically called by World.preUpdate.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 148
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removeChild(child) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}
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Removes a child from the container.
Parameters:
Name Type Description child
PIXI.DisplayObject The DisplayObject to remove
Returns:
The child that was removed.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 210
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removeChildAt(index) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}
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Removes a child from the specified index position.
Parameters:
Name Type Description index
Number The index to get the child from
Returns:
The child that was removed.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 225
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removeChildren(beginIndex, endIndex)
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Removes all children from this container that are within the begin and end indexes.
Parameters:
Name Type Description beginIndex
Number The beginning position. Default value is 0.
endIndex
Number The ending position. Default value is size of the container.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 243
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removeStageReference()
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Removes the current stage reference from the container and all of its children.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 404
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setChildIndex(child, index)
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Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container
Parameters:
Name Type Description child
PIXI.DisplayObject The child DisplayObject instance for which you want to change the index number
index
Number The resulting index number for the child display object
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 175
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setStageReference(stage)
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Sets the containers Stage reference. This is the Stage that this object, and all of its children, is connected to.
Parameters:
Name Type Description stage
PIXI.Stage the stage that the container will have as its current stage reference
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 386
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setText(text)
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Set the text string to be rendered.
Parameters:
Name Type Description text
String The text that you would like displayed
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/text/BitmapText.js, line 66
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swapChildren(child, child2)
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Swaps the position of 2 Display Objects within this container.
Parameters:
Name Type Description child
PIXI.DisplayObject -
child2
PIXI.DisplayObject -
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 133
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toGlobal(position) → {PIXI.Point}
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Calculates the global position of the display object
Parameters:
Name Type Description position
PIXI.Point The world origin to calculate from
Returns:
A point object representing the position of this object
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 616
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toLocal(position, from) → {PIXI.Point}
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Calculates the local position of the display object relative to another point
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description position
PIXI.Point The world origin to calculate from
from
PIXI.DisplayObject <optional>
The DisplayObject to calculate the global position from
Returns:
A point object representing the position of this object
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 630
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update()
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Override and use this function in your own custom objects to handle any update requirements you may have.
- Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 181
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updateCache()
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Generates and updates the cached sprite for this object.
- Inherited From:
- Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 606