Extends

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer
• Phaser.Component.Core
• Phaser.Component.Angle
• Phaser.Component.AutoCull
• Phaser.Component.Bounds
• Phaser.Component.Destroy
• Phaser.Component.FixedToCamera
• Phaser.Component.InputEnabled
• Phaser.Component.InWorld
• Phaser.Component.LifeSpan
• Phaser.Component.PhysicsBody
• Phaser.Component.Reset

Members

align :string

Alignment for multi-line text ('left', 'center' or 'right'), does not affect single lines of text.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 470

alive :boolean

A useful flag to control if the Game Object is alive or dead.

This is set automatically by the Health components damage method should the object run out of health. Or you can toggle it via your game code.

This property is mostly just provided to be used by your game - it doesn't effect rendering or logic updates. However you can use Group.getFirstAlive in conjunction with this property for fast object pooling and recycling.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.LifeSpan#alive

Default Value:

• true

Source - gameobjects/components/LifeSpan.js, line 50

alpha :Number

The opacity of the object.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#alpha

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 46

anchor :Phaser.Point

The anchor value of this BitmapText.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 92

angle :number

The angle property is the rotation of the Game Object 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 you can use the property rotation instead. Working in radians is slightly faster as it doesn't have to perform any calculations.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Angle#angle

Source - gameobjects/components/Angle.js, line 29

animations :Phaser.AnimationManager

If the Game Object is enabled for animation (such as a Phaser.Sprite) this is a reference to its AnimationManager instance. Through it you can create, play, pause and stop animations.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#animations

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 186

See:

• Phaser.AnimationManager

autoCull :boolean

A Game Object with autoCull set to true will check its bounds against the World Camera every frame. If it is not intersecting the Camera bounds at any point then it has its renderable property set to false. This keeps the Game Object alive and still processing updates, but forces it to skip the render step entirely.

This is a relatively expensive operation, especially if enabled on hundreds of Game Objects. So enable it only if you know it's required, or you have tested performance and find it acceptable.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.AutoCull#autoCull

Source - gameobjects/components/AutoCull.js, line 28

body :Phaser.Physics.Arcade.Body|Phaser.Physics.P2.Body|Phaser.Physics.Ninja.Body|null

body is the Game Objects physics body. Once a Game Object is enabled for physics you access all associated properties and methods via it.

By default Game Objects won't add themselves to any physics system and their body property will be null.

To enable this Game Object for physics you need to call game.physics.enable(object, system) where object is this object and system is the Physics system you are using. If none is given it defaults to Phaser.Physics.Arcade.

You can alternatively call game.physics.arcade.enable(object), or add this Game Object to a physics enabled Group.

Important: Enabling a Game Object for P2 or Ninja physics will automatically set its anchor property to 0.5, so the physics body is centered on the Game Object.

If you need a different result then adjust or re-create the Body shape offsets manually or reset the anchor after enabling physics.

Type:

• Phaser.Physics.Arcade.Body | Phaser.Physics.P2.Body | Phaser.Physics.Ninja.Body | null

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.PhysicsBody#body

Source - gameobjects/components/PhysicsBody.js, line 91

<readonly> bottom :number

The sum of the y and height properties. This is the same as y + height - offsetY.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Bounds#bottom

Source - gameobjects/components/Bounds.js, line 110

cacheAsBitmap :Boolean

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:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#cacheAsBitmap

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 355

cameraOffset :Phaser.Point

The x/y coordinate offset applied to the top-left of the camera that this Game Object will be drawn at if fixedToCamera is true.

The values are relative to the top-left of the camera view and in addition to any parent of the Game Object on the display list.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.FixedToCamera#cameraOffset

Source - gameobjects/components/FixedToCamera.js, line 86

checkWorldBounds :boolean

If this is set to true the Game Object checks if it is within the World bounds each frame.

When it is no longer intersecting the world bounds it dispatches the onOutOfBounds event.

If it was previously out of bounds but is now intersecting the world bounds again it dispatches the onEnterBounds event.

It also optionally kills the Game Object if outOfBoundsKill is true.

When checkWorldBounds is enabled it forces the Game Object to calculate its full bounds every frame.

This is a relatively expensive operation, especially if enabled on hundreds of Game Objects. So enable it only if you know it's required, or you have tested performance and find it acceptable.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.InWorld#checkWorldBounds

Source - gameobjects/components/InWorld.js, line 92

<readonly> children :Array.<DisplayObject>

[read-only] The array of children of this container.

Type:

• Array.<DisplayObject>

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#children

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 17

<internal> components :object

The components this Game Object has installed.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#components

Internal:

• This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 160

debug :boolean

A debug flag designed for use with Game.enableStep.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#debug

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 211

<readonly> destroyPhase :boolean

As a Game Object runs through its destroy method this flag is set to true, and can be checked in any sub-systems or plugins it is being destroyed from.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Destroy#destroyPhase

Source - gameobjects/components/Destroy.js, line 22

dirty :boolean

The dirty state of this object.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 153

events :Phaser.Events

All Phaser Game Objects have an Events class which contains all of the events that are dispatched when certain things happen to this Game Object, or any of its components.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#events

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 178

See:

• Phaser.Events

exists :boolean

Controls if this Game Object is processed by the core game loop. If this Game Object has a physics body it also controls if its physics body is updated or not. When exists is set to false it will remove its physics body from the physics world if it has one. It also toggles the visible property to false as well.

Setting exists to true will add its physics body back in to the physics world, if it has one. It will also set the visible property to true.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#exists

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 277

filterArea :Rectangle

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:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#filterArea

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 164

filters :Array.<Filter>

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'.

You cannot have a filter and a multiply blend mode active at the same time. Setting a filter will reset this objects blend mode to NORMAL.

Type:

• Array.<Filter>

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#filters

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 307

fixedToCamera :boolean

A Game Object that is "fixed" to the camera uses its x/y coordinates as offsets from the top left of the camera during rendering.

The values are adjusted at the rendering stage, overriding the Game Objects actual world position.

The end result is that the Game Object will appear to be 'fixed' to the camera, regardless of where in the game world the camera is viewing. This is useful if for example this Game Object is a UI item that you wish to be visible at all times regardless where in the world the camera is.

The offsets are stored in the cameraOffset property.

Note that the cameraOffset values are in addition to any parent of this Game Object on the display list.

Be careful not to set fixedToCamera on Game Objects which are in Groups that already have fixedToCamera enabled on them.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.FixedToCamera#fixedToCamera

Source - gameobjects/components/FixedToCamera.js, line 56

font :string

The font the text will be rendered in, i.e. 'Arial'. Must be loaded in the browser before use.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 514

fontSize :number

The size of the font in pixels.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 537

<readonly> fresh :boolean

A Game Object is considered fresh if it has just been created or reset and is yet to receive a renderer transform update. This property is mostly used internally by the physics systems, but is exposed for the use of plugins.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#fresh

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 241

game :Phaser.Game

A reference to the currently running Game.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#game

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 145

height :Number

The height of the displayObjectContainer, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#height

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 61

hitArea :Rectangle|Circle|Ellipse|Polygon

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:

• Rectangle | Circle | Ellipse | Polygon

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#hitArea

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 62

<readonly> inCamera :boolean

Checks if the Game Objects bounds intersect with the Game Camera bounds. Returns true if they do, otherwise false if fully outside of the Cameras bounds.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.AutoCull#inCamera

Source - gameobjects/components/AutoCull.js, line 37

input :Phaser.InputHandler|null

The Input Handler for this Game Object.

By default it is disabled. If you wish this Game Object to process input events you should enable it with: inputEnabled = true.

After you have done this, this property will be a reference to the Phaser InputHandler.

Type:

• Phaser.InputHandler | null

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.InputEnabled#input

Source - gameobjects/components/InputEnabled.js, line 24

inputEnabled :boolean

By default a Game Object won't process any input events. By setting inputEnabled to true a Phaser.InputHandler is created for this Game Object and it will then start to process click / touch events and more.

You can then access the Input Handler via this.input.

Note that Input related events are dispatched from this.events, i.e.: events.onInputDown.

If you set this property to false it will stop the Input Handler from processing any more input events.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.InputEnabled#inputEnabled

Source - gameobjects/components/InputEnabled.js, line 38

<readonly> inWorld :boolean

Checks if the Game Objects bounds are within, or intersect at any point with the Game World bounds.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.InWorld#inWorld

Source - gameobjects/components/InWorld.js, line 114

key :string|Phaser.RenderTexture|Phaser.BitmapData|Phaser.Video|PIXI.Texture

The key of the image or texture used by this Game Object during rendering. If it is a string it's the string used to retrieve the texture from the Phaser Image Cache. It can also be an instance of a RenderTexture, BitmapData, Video or PIXI.Texture. If a Game Object is created without a key it is automatically assigned the key __default which is a 32x32 transparent PNG stored within the Cache. If a Game Object is given a key which doesn't exist in the Image Cache it is re-assigned the key __missing which is a 32x32 PNG of a green box with a line through it.

Type:

• string | Phaser.RenderTexture | Phaser.BitmapData | Phaser.Video | PIXI.Texture

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#key

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 196

<readonly> left :number

The left coordinate of the Game Object. This is the same as x - offsetX.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Bounds#left

Source - gameobjects/components/Bounds.js, line 59

lifespan :number

The lifespan allows you to give a Game Object a lifespan in milliseconds.

Once the Game Object is 'born' you can set this to a positive value.

It is automatically decremented by the millisecond equivalent of game.time.physicsElapsed each frame. When it reaches zero it will call the kill method.

Very handy for particles, bullets, collectibles, or any other short-lived entity.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.LifeSpan#lifespan

Source - gameobjects/components/LifeSpan.js, line 65

mask :PIXI.Graphics

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:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#mask

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 282

maxWidth :number

The maximum display width of this BitmapText in pixels.

If BitmapText.text is longer than maxWidth then the lines will be automatically wrapped based on the last whitespace character found in the line.

If no whitespace was found then no wrapping will take place and consequently the maxWidth value will not be honored.

Disable maxWidth by setting the value to 0. The maximum width of this BitmapText in pixels.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 583

name :string

A user defined name given to this Game Object. This value isn't ever used internally by Phaser, it is meant as a game level property.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#name

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 153

<readonly> offsetX :number

The amount the Game Object is visually offset from its x coordinate. This is the same as width * anchor.x. It will only be > 0 if anchor.x is not equal to zero.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Bounds#offsetX

Source - gameobjects/components/Bounds.js, line 24

<readonly> offsetY :number

The amount the Game Object is visually offset from its y coordinate. This is the same as height * anchor.y. It will only be > 0 if anchor.y is not equal to zero.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Bounds#offsetY

Source - gameobjects/components/Bounds.js, line 42

outOfBoundsKill :boolean

If this and the checkWorldBounds property are both set to true then the kill method is called as soon as inWorld returns false.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.InWorld#outOfBoundsKill

Source - gameobjects/components/InWorld.js, line 100

<readonly> parent :PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer

[read-only] The display object container that contains this display object.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#parent

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 79

pendingDestroy :boolean

A Game Object is that is pendingDestroy is flagged to have its destroy method called on the next logic update. You can set it directly to allow you to flag an object to be destroyed on its next update.

This is extremely useful if you wish to destroy an object from within one of its own callbacks such as with Buttons or other Input events.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#pendingDestroy

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 252

<readonly> physicsType :number

The const physics body type of this object.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 75

pivot :Point

The pivot point of the displayObject that it rotates around

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#pivot

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 30

position :Point

The coordinate of the object relative to the local coordinates of the parent.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#position

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 14

<readonly> previousPosition :Phaser.Point

The position the Game Object was located in the previous frame.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#previousPosition

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 218

<readonly> previousRotation :number

The rotation the Game Object was in set to in the previous frame. Value is in radians.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#previousRotation

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 225

renderable :Boolean

Can this object be rendered

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#renderable

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 71

<readonly> renderOrderID :number

The render order ID is used internally by the renderer and Input Manager and should not be modified. This property is mostly used internally by the renderers, but is exposed for the use of plugins.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#renderOrderID

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 233

<readonly> right :number

The right coordinate of the Game Object. This is the same as x + width - offsetX.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Bounds#right

Source - gameobjects/components/Bounds.js, line 76

rotation :Number

The rotation of the object in radians.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#rotation

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 38

scale :Point

The scale factor of the object.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#scale

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 22

smoothed :boolean

Enable or disable texture smoothing for this BitmapText.

The smoothing is applied to the BaseTexture of this font, which all letters of the text reference.

Smoothing is enabled by default.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 616

<readonly> stage :Stage

[read-only] The stage the display object is connected to, or undefined if it is not connected to the stage.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#stage

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 88

text :string

The text to be displayed by this BitmapText object.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 561

<readonly> textHeight :number

The height in pixels of the overall text area, taking into consideration multi-line text.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 87

<readonly> textWidth :number

The width in pixels of the overall text area, taking into consideration multi-line text.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 81

tint :number

The tint applied to the BitmapText. This is a hex value. Set to white to disable (0xFFFFFF)

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 492

<readonly> top :number

The y coordinate of the Game Object. This is the same as y - offsetY.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Bounds#top

Source - gameobjects/components/Bounds.js, line 93

<readonly> type :number

The const type of this object.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 69

visible :Boolean

The visibility of the object.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#visible

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 54

width :Number

The width of the displayObjectContainer, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#width

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 32

world :Phaser.Point

The world coordinates of this Game Object in pixels. Depending on where in the display list this Game Object is placed this value can differ from position, which contains the x/y coordinates relative to the Game Objects parent.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#world

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 204

<readonly> worldAlpha :Number

[read-only] The multiplied alpha of the displayObject

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#worldAlpha

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 97

<readonly> worldPosition :Point

The position of the Display Object based on the world transform. This value is updated at the end of updateTransform and takes all parent transforms into account.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#worldPosition

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 116

<readonly> worldRotation :Number

The rotation of the Display Object, in radians, based on the world transform. This value is updated at the end of updateTransform and takes all parent transforms into account.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#worldRotation

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 136

<readonly> worldScale :Point

The scale of the Display Object based on the world transform. This value is updated at the end of updateTransform and takes all parent transforms into account.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#worldScale

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 126

worldVisible :Boolean

[read-only] Indicates if the sprite is globally visible.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#worldVisible

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 258

x :Number

The position of the displayObject on the x axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#x

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 719

y :Number

The position of the displayObject on the y axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#y

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 737

<readonly> z :number

The z depth of this Game Object within its parent Group. No two objects in a Group can have the same z value. This value is adjusted automatically whenever the Group hierarchy changes. If you wish to re-order the layering of a Game Object then see methods like Group.moveUp or Group.bringToTop.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#z

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 170

Methods

addChild(child) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Adds a child to the container.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
child	PIXI.DisplayObject	The DisplayObject to add to the container

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

The child that was added.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#addChild

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 91

addChildAt(child, index) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

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:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

The child that was added.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#addChildAt

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 103

destroy()

Destroy this DisplayObject. Removes all references to transformCallbacks, its parent, the stage, filters, bounds, mask and cached Sprites.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#destroy

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 223

generateTexture(resolution, scaleMode, renderer) → {PIXI.Texture}

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:

PIXI.Texture -

a texture of the graphics object

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#generateTexture

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 542

getBounds() → {Rectangle}

Retrieves the bounds of the displayObjectContainer as a rectangle. The bounds calculation takes all visible children into consideration.

Returns:

Rectangle -

The rectangular bounding area

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#getBounds

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 307

getChildAt(index) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Returns the child at the specified index

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
index	Number	The index to get the child from

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

The child at the given index, if any.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#getChildAt

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 194

getChildIndex(child) → {Number}

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:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#getChildIndex

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 159

getLocalBounds() → {Rectangle}

Retrieves the non-global local bounds of the displayObjectContainer as a rectangle. The calculation takes all visible children into consideration.

Returns:

Rectangle -

The rectangular bounding area

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#getLocalBounds

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 367

kill() → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Kills a Game Object. A killed Game Object has its alive, exists and visible properties all set to false.

It will dispatch the onKilled event. You can listen to events.onKilled for the signal.

Note that killing a Game Object is a way for you to quickly recycle it in an object pool, it doesn't destroy the object or free it up from memory.

If you don't need this Game Object any more you should call destroy instead.

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

This instance.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.LifeSpan#kill

Source - gameobjects/components/LifeSpan.js, line 113

postUpdate()

Automatically called by World.preUpdate.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 198

preUpdate() → {boolean}

Automatically called by World.preUpdate.

Returns:

boolean -

True if the BitmapText was rendered, otherwise false.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 187

purgeGlyphs() → {integer}

If a BitmapText changes from having a large number of characters to having very few characters it will cause lots of Sprites to be retained in the BitmapText._glyphs array. Although they are not attached to the display list they still take up memory while sat in the glyphs pool waiting to be re-used in the future.

If you know that the BitmapText will not grow any larger then you can purge out the excess glyphs from the pool by calling this method.

Calling this doesn't prevent you from increasing the length of the text again in the future.

Returns:

integer -

The amount of glyphs removed from the pool.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 412

removeChild(child) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Removes a child from the container.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
child	PIXI.DisplayObject	The DisplayObject to remove

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

The child that was removed.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#removeChild

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 211

removeChildAt(index) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Removes a child from the specified index position.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
index	Number	The index to get the child from

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

The child that was removed.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#removeChildAt

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 226

removeChildren(beginIndex, endIndex)

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:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#removeChildren

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 244

removeStageReference()

Removes the current stage reference from the container and all of its children.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#removeStageReference

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 407

reset(x, y, health) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Resets the Game Object.

This moves the Game Object to the given x/y world coordinates and sets fresh, exists, visible and renderable to true.

If this Game Object has the LifeSpan component it will also set alive to true and health to the given value.

If this Game Object has a Physics Body it will reset the Body.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
x	number			The x coordinate (in world space) to position the Game Object at.
y	number			The y coordinate (in world space) to position the Game Object at.
health	number	<optional>	1	The health to give the Game Object if it has the Health component.

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

This instance.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Reset#reset

Source - gameobjects/components/Reset.js, line 30

revive(health) → {PIXI.DisplayObject}

Brings a 'dead' Game Object back to life, optionally resetting its health value in the process.

A resurrected Game Object has its alive, exists and visible properties all set to true.

It will dispatch the onRevived event. Listen to events.onRevived for the signal.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
health	number	<optional>	1	The health to give the Game Object. Only set if the GameObject has the Health component.

Returns:

PIXI.DisplayObject -

This instance.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.LifeSpan#revive

Source - gameobjects/components/LifeSpan.js, line 78

setChildIndex(child, index)

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:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#setChildIndex

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 176

setStageReference(stage)

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	Stage	the stage that the container will have as its current stage reference

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#setStageReference

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 391

setText(text)

The text to be displayed by this BitmapText object.

It's faster to use BitmapText.text = string, but this is kept for backwards compatibility.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
text	string	The text to be displayed by this BitmapText object.

Source - gameobjects/BitmapText.js, line 217

swapChildren(child, child2)

Swaps the position of 2 Display Objects within this container.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
child	PIXI.DisplayObject	-
child2	PIXI.DisplayObject	-

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer#swapChildren

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObjectContainer.js, line 134

toGlobal(position) → {Point}

Calculates the global position of the display object

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
position	Point	The world origin to calculate from

Returns:

Point -

A point object representing the position of this object

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#toGlobal

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 576

toLocal(position, from) → {Point}

Calculates the local position of the display object relative to another point

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
position	Point		The world origin to calculate from
from	PIXI.DisplayObject	<optional>	The DisplayObject to calculate the global position from

Returns:

Point -

A point object representing the position of this object

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#toLocal

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 590

update()

Override this method in your own custom objects to handle any update requirements. It is called immediately after preUpdate and before postUpdate. Remember if this Game Object has any children you should call update on those too.

Inherited From:

• Phaser.Component.Core#update

Source - gameobjects/components/Core.js, line 321

updateCache()

Generates and updates the cached sprite for this object.

Inherited From:

• PIXI.DisplayObject#updateCache

Source - pixi/display/DisplayObject.js, line 566