TextObject:setMask()

Audio and Graphics
#1

I want to add a Mask to a TextObject but i dosent work because :setMask is nil for textObjec.

But the parent of textObject is DisplayObject ? Why i cant setMask ? is there anyother way ? 

#2

I’ll let somebody from Corona Labs correct me if I’m wrong, but text objects are masked to begin with - that’s how Corona generates them, by applying a mask to a rect that results in the text appearing on screen. So that’s why you’d be unable to apply a mask. You could, however, put the text object into a display group and mask that group, as a workaround.

#3

Jason is right. Text objects are masked rectangles. Using some other grouping feature (group, container, snapshot) and mask that.

Rob

#4

I’ll let somebody from Corona Labs correct me if I’m wrong, but text objects are masked to begin with - that’s how Corona generates them, by applying a mask to a rect that results in the text appearing on screen. So that’s why you’d be unable to apply a mask. You could, however, put the text object into a display group and mask that group, as a workaround.

#5

Jason is right. Text objects are masked rectangles. Using some other grouping feature (group, container, snapshot) and mask that.

Rob