Tutorial EzLang Label

The label widget displays (colored) text non-interactively. If the label has a height higher than one, text will be automatically wrapped to respect word boundaries.

The text of a label comes either from its 'text' property, or from a text file using the 'from_file' property. If you load the text from a text file, then the file must be available in the folder specified by the EZ_FOLDER environment variable, and referred to as './path/to/file.txt' (the relative path starts at your EZ_FOLDER).

Fully formatted text and justify options are on the roadmap with priority.

Here are a few cropped examples with screenshots (see 'examples' for the full functional EzLang/code):

Scaled label

// This is a label with auto scale enabled. This way it will not take up any more space than needed.
// Keep in mind that since auto scale width is enabled, the label will always be height 1. In the next example
// we'll show how to grow the label vertically.
- Label:
    text: Scaled label
    auto_scale: true, true
    border: true

Scrolled, vertically growing label from text file

// This label loads a large dummy text from a file. We want the label to fit the text, so we want it to grow. We
// can accomplish this by fixing the width to the width of the layout (already true due to default
// 'size_hint_x: 1.0') and auto scaling height. We'll wrap it inside of a scrolling layout as well.
- Layout:
    scroll_y: true
    size_hint_y: 0.5
    border: true
    - Label:
        from_file: lorem_ipsum.txt
        auto_scale_height: true

Centered label

// This label is centered. In order to center we have to scale the label, because if the label takes up the full
// width of the layout, it cannot be centered.
- Label:
    text: Centered label
    auto_scale: true, true
    halign: center
    border: true

Colored text label

// This label has colored text through fg_color
- Label:
    text: Yellow label
    auto_scale: true, true
    fg_color: yellow
    border: true

Continue

The general tutorial continues with: EzLang Text input.