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Object >> Component >> UIComponent >> UIComp_DrawComponents >> UIComp_DrawString

Package: 

Engine

Within class: 

UIObject

Implemented interfaces: 

UIStyleResolver

Direct subclasses:

UIComp_DrawCaption, UIComp_DrawStringEditbox, UIComp_DrawStringSlider, UIComp_UTGlowString

This class in other games:

UDK

This component handles rendering UIStrings for widgets. It is responsible for managing any formatting data that is specific to each widget instance (thus inappropriate for storage in UIStyles).

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[edit] Properties

[edit] Property group 'Data'

[edit] bIgnoreMarkup

Type: bool

whether the UIString should process markup

[edit] Property group 'Debug'

[edit] bRefreshString

Type: bool

Modifiers: transient

Used for debugging strings - causes RefreshValue to be called

[edit] Property group 'Presentation'

[edit] AutoSizeParameters

Type: UIRoot.AutoSizeData

Array size: 2 (EUIOrientation.UIORIENT_MAX)

Controls whether the owning widget will be automatically resized to display this string's value.

[edit] ClampRegion

Type: UIRoot.UIRenderingSubregion

Array size: 2 (EUIOrientation.UIORIENT_MAX)

Modifiers: private

Specifies how much of the available bounding region should be available for rendering the string in.

Default value, index 0:

Default value, index 1:

[edit] Property group 'StyleOverride'

[edit] TextStyleCustomization

Type: UIRoot.UITextStyleOverride

Contains values for customizing and overriding rendering and formatting values designated by this component's style.

Default value:

[edit] Internal variables

[edit] bReapplyFormatting

Type: bool

Modifiers: transient

set to indicate that this label needs to recalculate the extents for its string

[edit] StringClass

Type: class<UIString>

Modifiers: const, transient

the class to use for creating the ValueString

[edit] StringStyle

Type: UIRoot.UIStyleReference

Modifiers: private

The style to use for rendering this component's string. If the style is invalid, the component will use the owning widget's PrimaryStyle, if possible.

Default value:

[edit] StyleResolverTag

Type: name

The tag used to fulfill the UIStyleResolver interface's GetStyleResolverTag method. Value should be set by the owning widget.

Default value: 'String Style'

[edit] SubscriberOwner

Type: UIDataStoreSubscriber

Modifiers: transient

The subscriber that owns this component. If set, will be added to the refresh delegates for any data stores resolved in the string contained by this component.

[edit] ValueString

Type: UIString

Modifiers: private, transient

The UIString that will render the text. Created at runtime when this component is initialized.

[edit] Functions

[edit] Native functions

See UIComp_DrawString native functions.

[edit] Events

[edit] EnableAutoSizing

Changes the value of bAutoSizeEnabled for the specified orientation.

Parameters:

• Orientation - the orientation to enable/disable
• bShouldEnable - whether autosizing should be enabled

[edit] SetAutoSizePadding

[edit] Other instance functions

[edit] IsAutoSizeEnabled

Returns TRUE if autosizing is enabled for the specified orientation.

Parameters:

• Orientation - the orientation to check

Returns:

TRUE if auto-sizing is enabled for the specified orientation