menu Text

menu Text {name} {x} {y} {text}

menu Text places a label at x, y. The label is as big as its text. $ in the text starts a new line.

It uses the current font settings. menu Font Align aligns the lines of a multi-line label, and menu Font Transparent drops its background.

Parameters

Parameter	Meaning
`name`	The control’s name, used later by `menu Get`, `menu Set` and `menu Delete`. Case does not matter.
`x`, `y`	Position of the label’s top-left corner.
`text`	The text.

Change the text later with menu Set; $ does not start a new line there. A label’s text cannot be read back with menu Get.

menu Clear
menu Window Size 180 40
menu Text status 10 10 Waiting...
menu Show
wait 40
menu Set status Done
halt

1.6: labels always have a background, in the colour set by menu Font BgColor: menu Font Transparent is ignored. The label goes into the current default parent, and its name must be free: a second label with a taken name stays on screen but cannot be changed or deleted.