Label

CactusGUI element for drawing text labels to the screen

Example Code:

gui.makeLabel('myLabel')
gui['myLabel'].style(owner='main', text='label text here', top=50, left=100, color=(255,0,0))

Attributes:

Label - Specific Type Attributes:

Attribute	Datatype	Comments
text	string	Text to display
color	color (R,G,B)	Color of the text (R,G,B)
font	pygame.font.Font	Font for the label. Use pygame.font.Font()
height	int
width	int
top	int
bottom	int
centery	int
left	int
right	int
centerx	int
image_offset_left	int
image_offset_top	int
target	string	Name of another element. When the current element would be focused, the target element will focus instead.

GUI Primary Attributes:

Attribute	Datatype	Comments
name	string	Identifies the element inside the GUI
owner	string	Name of the element that "owns" the current element
type	string	The specific kind of element - ex: Textbox, Button, Image, State, etc.
z_order	int	Determines the layering order of the element when GUI elements with the same owner are rendered. The element with the highest z-order is layered on top. Can use both positive and negative numbers.
visible	bool	If visible is True then the element is displayed, if False then the element will not display. Child-elements that the element owns will still be rendered. Defaults to True.
show	bool	If False then the element's child-elements will not be rendered to the screen. Defaults to True.
use_hover	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. Tells the GUI's listener object to listen for events from the current element: onHover, onUnhover
use_click	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. Tells the GUI's listener object to listen for events from the current element: onMousedown, onRightMousedown, onAnyMousedown, onMouseup, onRightMouseup, onAnyMouseup, onClick, onRightClick, onAnyClick, onBlur, onDeactivate onActivate requires both use_click and use_active onFocus requires both use_click and use_focus
use_scroll	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. Tells the GUI's listener object to listen for events from the current element: onCenterMousedown, onCenterMouseup, onScrollUp, onScrollDown
use_active	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. onActivate requires both use_click and use_active
use_focus	bool	Defaults to True for some elements. onFocus requires both use_click and use_focus