15.3.3.5 Text Properties

The text properties are:

__modified__: "off" | {"on"}

backgroundcolor: colorspec, def. "none"

Background area is not yet implemented for text objects. backgroundcolor is unused.

beingdeleted: {"off"} | "on"

busyaction: "cancel" | {"queue"}

buttondownfcn: string | function handle, def. [](0x0)

children (read-only): vector of graphics handles, def. [](0x1)

children is unused.

clipping: "off" | {"on"}

If clipping is "on", the text is clipped in its parent axes limits.

color: colorspec, def. [0 0 0]

Color of the text. See colorspec.

createfcn: string | function handle, def. [](0x0)

Callback function executed immediately after text has been created. Function is set by using default property on root object, e.g., set (0, "defaulttextcreatefcn", 'disp ("text created!")').

deletefcn: string | function handle, def. [](0x0)

Callback function executed immediately before text is deleted.

displayname: def. ""

edgecolor: colorspec, def. "none"

Background area is not yet implemented for text objects. edgecolor is unused.

editing: {"off"} | "on"

extent (read-only): def. [0.000000 -0.008764 0.000000 0.037978]

fontangle: "italic" | {"normal"} | "oblique"

Flag whether the font is italic or normal. fontangle is currently unused.

fontname: string, def. "*"

The font used for the text.

fontsize: scalar, def. 10

The font size of the text as measured in fontunits.

fontunits: "centimeters" | "inches" | "normalized" | "pixels" | {"points"}

The units used to interpret fontsize property.

fontweight: "bold" | "demi" | "light" | {"normal"}

Control variant of base font used: bold, light, normal, etc.

handlevisibility: "callback" | "off" | {"on"}

If handlevisibility is "off", the text’s handle is not visible in its parent’s "children" property.

hittest: "off" | {"on"}

horizontalalignment: "center" | {"left"} | "right"

interpreter: "latex" | "none" | {"tex"}

Control the way the "string" property is interpreted. See Use of the interpreter property.

interruptible: "off" | {"on"}

linestyle: {"-"} | "--" | "-." | ":" | "none"

Background area is not yet implemented for text objects. linestyle is unused.

linewidth: scalar, def. 0.50000

Background area is not yet implemented for text objects. linewidth is unused.

margin: scalar, def. 2

Background area is not yet implemented for text objects. margin is unused.

parent: graphics handle

Handle of the parent graphics object.

position: four-element vector, def. [0 0 0]

Vector [X0 Y0 Z0] where X0, Y0 and Z0 indicate the position of the text anchor as defined by verticalalignment and horizontalalignment.

rotation: scalar, def. 0

The angle of rotation for the displayed text, measured in degrees.

selected: {"off"} | "on"

selectionhighlight: "off" | {"on"}

string: string, def. ""

The text object string content.

tag: string, def. ""

A user-defined string to label the graphics object.

type (read-only): string

Class name of the graphics object. type is always "text"

uicontextmenu: graphics handle, def. [](0x0)

Graphics handle of the uicontextmenu object that is currently associated to this text object.

units: "centimeters" | {"data"} | "inches" | "normalized" | "pixels" | "points"

userdata: Any Octave data, def. [](0x0)

User-defined data to associate with the graphics object.

verticalalignment: "baseline" | "bottom" | "cap" | {"middle"} | "top"

visible: "off" | {"on"}

If visible is "off", the text is not rendered on screen.