TextMesh
7/14/25About 2 min
TextMesh
Info
TextMesh inherits from [Component](/docs/create/lua/API/Component/index.html)
A script interface for the text mesh component.
Members
Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
TextMesh.alignment | How lines of text are aligned (Left, Right, Center). |
TextMesh.anchor | Which point of the text shares the position of the Transform. |
TextMesh.characterSize | The size of each character (This scales the whole text). |
TextMesh.color | The color used to render the text. |
TextMesh.fontSize | The font size to use (for dynamic fonts). |
TextMesh.fontStyle | The font style to use (for dynamic fonts). |
TextMesh.lineSpacing | How much space will be in-between lines of text. |
TextMesh.offsetZ | How far should the text be offset from the transform.position.z when drawing. |
TextMesh.richText | Enable HTML-style tags for Text Formatting Markup. |
TextMesh.tabSize | How much space will be inserted for a tab '\t' character. This is a multiplum of the 'spacebar' character offset. |
TextMesh.text | The text that is displayed. |
Inherited Members
Inherited Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
TextMesh.gameObject | The game object this component is attached to. A component is always attached to a game object. |
TextMesh.tag | The tag of this game object. |
TextMesh.transform | The Transform attached to this GameObject. |
TextMesh.hideFlags | Should the object be hidden, saved with the Scene or modifiable by the user? |
TextMesh.name | The name of the object. |
Inherited Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
TextMesh.BroadcastMessage(methodName, parameter=nil) | Calls the method named methodName on every Lua Script in this game object or any of its children. |
TextMesh.CompareTag(tag) | Is this game object tagged with tag ? |
TextMesh.GetAllLuaScripts() | Returns an array of all Lua scripts that attached to the game object. |
TextMesh.GetComponent(type) | Returns the component of Type type if the game object has one attached, nil if it doesn't. |
TextMesh.GetComponentInChildren(t) | Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children using depth first search. |
TextMesh.GetComponentInParent(t) | Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its parents. |
TextMesh.GetComponents(type) | Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject. |
TextMesh.GetComponentsInChildren(t) | Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children. |
TextMesh.GetComponentsInParent(t) | Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject or any of its parents. |
TextMesh.SendMessage(methodName, value=nil) | Calls the method named methodName on every Lua Script in this game object. |
TextMesh.SendMessageUpwards(methodName, value=nil) | Calls the method named methodName on every LuaScript in this game object and on every ancestor of the behaviour. |
TextMesh.TryGetComponent(type) | Gets the component of the specified type, if it exists. |
TextMesh.GetInstanceID() | Returns the instance id of the object. |

