TEXTPROPERTIES TEXTPROPERTIES Text Object Properties

Usage

Below is a summary of the properties for a text object.
  -  boundingbox - four vector - The size of the bounding
 box containing the text (in pixels).  May contain negative values
 if the text is slanted.

  -  children - Not used.

  -  string - string - The text contained in the label.

  -  extent - Not used.

  -  horizontalalignment - {'left','center','right'} - Controls the 
 alignment of the text relative to the specified position point.

  -  position - three vector - The position of the label in axis
 coordinates.

  -  rotation - scalar - The rotation angle (in degrees) of the label.

  -  units - Not used.

  -  verticalalignment - {'top','bottom','middle'} - Controls the
 alignment fo the text relative to the specified position point in the
 vertical position.

  -  backgroundcolor - colorspec - The color used to fill in the background
 rectangle for the label.  Normally this is none.

  -  edgecolor - colorspec - The color used to draw the bounding rectangle
 for the label.  Normally this is none.

  -  linewidth - scalar - The width of the line used to draw the border.

  -  linestyle - {'-','--',':','-.','none'} - The style of the line used
 to draw the border.

  -  margin - scalar - The amount of spacing to place around the text as
 padding when drawing the rectangle.

  -  fontangle - {'normal','italic','oblique'} - The angle of the fonts used
 for the labels.

  -  fontsize - scalar - The size of fonts used for the text.

  -  fontunits - Not used.

  -  fontweight - {'normal','bold','light','demi'} - The weight of the font used
 for the label

  -  visible - {'on','off'} - Controls visibility of the the line.

  -  color - colorspec - The color of the text of the label.

  -  children - Not used.

  -  parent - The handle of the axis that owns this label.

  -  tag - string - A string that can be used to tag the object.

  -  type - string - Returns the string 'text'.

  -  userdata - array - Available to store any variable you
 want in the handle object.