Scilab Data type
Last update : 08/12/2006

text_properties - description of the Text entity properties

### Description

The Text entity is a leaf of the graphics entities hierarchy. This entity defines the parameters for string drawing

  parent: This property contains the handle of the parent. The parent of the text entity should be of the type `"Axes"` or `"Compound"`.
  children: This property contains a vector with the `children` of the handle. However, text handles currently do not have any `children`.
  visible: This field contains the `visible` property value for the entity . It should be `"on"` or `"off"` .By default, the text is visible, the value's property is `"on"`. If `"off"` the text is not displayed on the screen.
  text: This field is the character string vector which contains the text.
  data: This field is the vector `[x,y,[z]]` of the origin of the text in the data units of the axes.
  box: This field takes the values `"on"` or `"off"`. If `"on"` a box is draw around the text with a line on its edge and a background.
  line_mode: This boolean property allows to draw or not a line around the box when the `box` property is `"on"`. If `line_mode` is `"off"`, the line of the box is not drawn.
  fill_mode: This boolean property allows to draw or not the background of the box when the `box` property is `"on"`. If `fill_mode` is `"off"`, the background of the box is not transparent.
  font_foreground: This field contains the color used to display the characters of the text. Its value should be a color index (relative to the current colormap).
  foreground: This field contains the color used to display the line on the edge of the box. Its value should be a color index (relative to the current colormap).
  background: This field contains the color used to fill the box around of the text. Its value should be a color index (relative to the current colormap).
  font_size: The `font_size` property is used to select the type of size of the text. Its value should be an integer in between 0 and 5 which stands for 8pt, 10pt, 12pt, 14pt, 18pt and 24pt.
  font_style: Seven differents fonts are available : "Courrier", "Symbol", "Times", "Times Italic", "Times Bold", "User defined". The `font_style` property is an index in [0 6] which is associated to the previous font names.
  font_angle: This property determines the orientation of the text string. Specify value of rotation in degrees.
  clip_state: This field contains the `clip_state` property value for the text. Its value should be :
    `"off"` this means that the text is not clipped.
    `"cliprf"` this means that the text is clipped outside the Axes box.
    `"on"` this means that the text is clipped outside the rectangle given by the property `clip_box`.
  clip_box: This field contains the `clip_box` property. Its value should be an empty matrix if clip_state is "off" or the vector `[x,y,w,h`] (upper-left point width height).
  user_data: This field can be use to store any scilab variable in the text data structure, and to retreive it.

### Examples

      set("figure_style","new") //create a figure
       a=get("current_axes");
       a.data_bounds=[0,0;1,1];

       xstring(0.5,0.6,"Scilab is not esilaB",0,0)

       t=get("hdl")   //get the handle of the newly created object

       t.font_foreground=6;
       t.font_size=5;
       t.font_style=5;
       t.text="SCILAB";
       t.font_angle=90;

### See Also

`set`, `get`, `delete`, `xtitle`, `graphics_entities`,

### Author

Djalel ABDEMOUCHE