Multiple different text colours/formats in one text box?

[d.healey]

@cynthasiser What is a text box in this context?

[cynthasiser]

@d-healey The text property of a label.

[Lindon]

@cynthasiser use LAF

[d.healey]

@Lindon Do labels have laf?

[Lindon]

@d-healey said in Multiple different text colours/formats in one text box?:

@Lindon Do labels have laf?

if he cant get it done in a label - then he might have to use a panel-or a button...??

[d.healey]

@Lindon yeah I think a panel is a good choice

[cynthasiser]

@cynthasiser Thanks for the reply, but could you be more specific? I thought look and feel was for setting a global aesthetic for the plugin.

My goal is to have a big list of frequencies on screen (the frequencies of every held note and a given number of their harmonics), for example:

C: 262___523___785___1047__1308...
E: 330___659___989___1317__1648...
G: 392 ___784__1176__1568__1960...

This information is stored in an array of arrays; an array for each note, which each contains the note's harmonics. I want to highlight any frequencies that are beating - we can see the third harmonic of C and the second harmonic of G are 1Hz apart for example. Let's say my criteria is any frequency within 20Hz of any other frequency in the list.

From what I can tell, if I used a panel, I'd need to set a paint routine and use g.drawText. I'd do a bunch of for loops to get the indexes of all values that i wanted to format and then do something like:

for (i = 0; i = noOfNotes.length; i++)
{
	for (j = 0; j = noOfHarmonics.length; j++)
	{
		local area = this.getLocalBounds(j * 20, i * 20);      //I'm not clear on how to set the area! Is this right?
		if ( noteNeedsFormatting == true) 	{g.setFont(highlightFont); g.drawText(exampleNote,  area); }
		else					{g.setFont(normalFont);	g.drawText(exampleNote,  area); }
	}
}

And i could use set colour or set opacity where I've put set font, but is this generally right? I'd need to set the exact position of every frequency I wanted to display and then switch back and forth between my chosen formatting?

And finally, would this work in real time, reacting as I held and released notes?

Thanks again!

[d.healey]

@cynthasiser said in Multiple different text colours/formats in one text box?:

And finally, would this work in real time, reacting as I held and released notes?

The GUI is not real-time, but it's close enough for the human eye.

Start with something simpler to get a feel for paint routines.

You can't use local in paint routines, you need to use var.

The formatting of your if statements is not so readable. Do it like this:

if (thing)
{
   do stuff
}
else
{
   do other stuff
}

I'm not clear on how to set the area! Is this right?

If a function has "get" in the name, such as getLocalBounds then it's returning a value not setting a value.

I have a video about this specific function:

https://youtu.be/0izdwn7UcV0

[cynthasiser]

@d-healey Thanks for the quick response and the advice, I'll have a play around with paint routines. I was just being lazy with the if statements! And thank you so much for your videos generally, they're an incredible resource, and I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without them!

[ustk]

Another way is to use a MarkdownRenderer and a panel, but it's not highly customisable.
So a simple panel with a neat paintRoutine is still a good choice