Qt Quick Examples - Text

This is a collection of QML examples relating to text.

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Text is a collection of small QML examples relating to text. Each example is a small QML file, usually containing or emphasizing a particular type or feature. You can run and observe the behavior of each example.

Hello

Hello shows how to change and animate the letter spacing of a Text type. It uses a sequential animation to first animate the font.letterSpacing property from 0 to 50 over three seconds and then move the text to a random position on screen:

SequentialAnimation on font.letterSpacing {
    loops: Animation.Infinite;
    NumberAnimation { from: 0; to: 50; easing.type: Easing.InQuad; duration: 3000 }
    ScriptAction {
        script: {
            container.y = (screen.height / 4) + (Math.random() * screen.height / 2)
            container.x = (screen.width / 4) + (Math.random() * screen.width / 2)
        }
    }
}

Fonts

Fonts shows different ways of using fonts with the Text type. Simply by name, using the font.family property directly:

font.family: "Times"

or using a FontLoader type:

FontLoader { id: fixedFont; name: "Courier" }

or using a FontLoader and specifying a local font file:

FontLoader { id: localFont; source: "content/fonts/tarzeau_ocr_a.ttf" }

or finally using a FontLoader and specifying a remote font file:

FontLoader { id: webFont; source: "http://www.princexml.com/fonts/steffmann/Starburst.ttf" }

Available Fonts

Available Fonts shows how to use the Qt global object and a list view to display all the fonts available on the system. The ListView type uses the list of fonts available as its model:

model: Qt.fontFamilies()

Inside the delegate, the font family is set with the modelData:

font.family: parent.modelData

Img Tag

Img tag shows different ways of displaying images in text objects using the <img> tag.

Text Layout

Text Layout shows how to create a more complex layout for a text item. This example lays out the text in two columns using the onLineLaidOut handler that allows you to position and resize each line:

onLineLaidOut: (line) => {
    line.width = width / 2  - main.margin

    if (line.y + line.height >= height) {
        line.y -= height - main.margin
        line.x = width / 2 + main.activeFocusmargin
    }

    if (line.isLast) {
        lastLineMarker.x = line.x + line.implicitWidth
        lastLineMarker.y = line.y + (line.height - lastLineMarker.height) / 2
    }
}

Example project @ code.qt.io