Moobile.Text

Extends Moobile.Control

Provides a control that contains text and HTML.

Initialization

Syntax:

var text = new Moobile.Text([element], [options], [name]);

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
element Optional	Element	The text's element, element id or html string.
options Optional	Object	The text's options, see below.
name Optional	String	The text's name.

Options:

Name	Type	Description
className	String	The text's extended CSS class name, defaults to null.
styleName	String	The text's default style, defaults to null.
tagName	String	The text's element tag name, defaults to span.

Subclassing Notes:

This class overrides the following method:

• willBuild: Call the parent method at the top of your implementation if you override this method.

Generates:

<span class="text"></span>

Defined roles:

Name	Description	Applies to	Note
text	Defines an element acting as a Moobile.Text control	All components	Use the data-text attribute to specify a subclass instead

Examples:

Specifying an element that acts a text control using the data-role attribute:

<span data-role="text"></span>

Specifying an element that acts a text control subclass using the data-role attribute:

<span data-role="text" data-text="MyText"></span>

Methods

setText(text)

Set the given text as the html property of this text's element.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
text	String	The text content.

Returns:

• Moobile.Text This Moobile.Text instance.

Example:

var text = new Moobile.Text();
text.setText('Moo');

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getText()

Return the text using this text element's html property.

Returns:

• String The text.

Example:

var text = new Moobile.Text();
text.setText('Moo');
text.getText(); // returns 'Moo'