Detailed Description

Used to show multiple pieces of text in the same position, by fading from one to the other.

`Class: ControlFadeLabel(x, y, width, height[, font, textColor, alignment])`

The fade label control is used for displaying multiple pieces of text in the same space in Kodi. You can choose the font, size, colour, location and contents of the text to be displayed. The first piece of information to display fades in over 50 frames, then scrolls off to the left. Once it is finished scrolling off screen, the second piece of information fades in and the process repeats. A fade label control is not supported in a list container.

Note: This class include also all calls from Control

Parameters

x integer - x coordinate of control.

y integer - y coordinate of control.

width integer - width of control.

height integer - height of control.

font [opt] string - font used for label text. (e.g. 'font13')

textColor [opt] hexstring - color of fadelabel's labels. (e.g. '0xFFFFFFFF')

alignment

[opt] integer - alignment of label

Flags for alignment used as bits to have several together:

Defination name	Bitflag	Description
XBFONT_LEFT	0x00000000	Align X left
XBFONT_RIGHT	0x00000001	Align X right
XBFONT_CENTER_X	0x00000002	Align X center
XBFONT_CENTER_Y	0x00000004	Align Y center
XBFONT_TRUNCATED	0x00000008	Truncated text
XBFONT_JUSTIFIED	0x00000010	Justify text

Note: You can use the above as keywords for arguments and skip certain optional arguments.
Once you use a keyword, all following arguments require the keyword.
After you create the control, you need to add it to the window with addControl().

Example:

...
self.fadelabel = xbmcgui.ControlFadeLabel(100, 250, 200, 50, textColor='0xFFFFFFFF')
...

Function Documentation

◆ addLabel()

addLabel ( ... )

`Function: addLabel(label)`

Add a label to this control for scrolling.

Parameters

label string or unicode - text string to add.

Note: To remove added text use reset() for them.

Example:

...
self.fadelabel.addLabel('This is a line of text that can scroll.')
...

◆ setScrolling()

setScrolling ( ... )

`Function: setScrolling(scroll)`

Set scrolling. If set to false, the labels won't scroll. Defaults to true.

Parameters

scroll boolean - True = enabled / False = disabled

Example:

...
self.fadelabel.setScrolling(False)
...