How do I make a text object that is scrollable?

[Reim]

How do I make a text object that is scrollable?

I’m making a project and I need to add a lot of text in a single text object, so I thought is there any way to make the text objects scrollable so I can just paste it all in a single object?

[Keith_1357]

I don’t think you can. It would be nice. IDK if there is already a feature request fir it.

In the meantime, I just posted something similar that uses the object masking that might help.

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One way would be to use the object masking extension. Put the object that you want to scroll on their own layer, along with a background object and mask sprite. The slider and any non-moveable object would be on a different layer. This code needs work. But I hope it shows a way. try me: project: (click the green [code] button and select download zip. The slider math is sloppy. That could be simplified. I’m tired. It disables the buttons when the mouse is outside of the background so butto…

You wouldn’t need a group if it was just one text object. It would need some tweaking but I think the concept should work.

Place a text object on a layer, add a spite for the part that you want visible, mask the text, use a scroll bar to move the masked layer.

Edit: If you’re just making a single text objwct then you wouldn’t need another layer.

Add the text object set it’s position and width. Put a sprite in the same position and set it’s size to the size that you want to be masked or kept visible. Add the mask and move the text object. For my slider, I used a minimum or - 500 and a maximum of 0. I then set the y of the text object to the value of the slider. Player in my example is just a sprite that I used for another project. It’s just a plane sprite object. The opacity is set to the color. So, white would make the text completely visible.

You can use math. I’m just not able to properly test a formula. It would be based on the mask and text object heights.