Set colour of font

[meaghs]

Hiya all

In my addon I am pushing a string to my label like so:
STAddonLabelHTD:SetText(string.format("%s for %d", someString, someNumber))

and then label ends up something like this:

<Controls>
<Label name="$(parent)LabelHTD" font="ZoFontGameMedium" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS" verticalAlignment="CENTER" text="HTD">
<Anchor point="LEFT" offsetX="5" offsetY="-20" />
</Label>
</Controls>

I would like to change the colour of my label or text based on the someNumber. For example, if someNumber is lt 20 then the text would display green, if it is more than twenty it would be red. What is the most efficient (and easiest as i'm a lazy programmer) way to go about this?

thanks! - M.

[Ak0]

I might as well give it a try

if someNumber <= 20 then -- If someNumber is less than or equal to 20
    STAddonLabelHTD:SetColor(0,1,0,1) -- Set the color to green
else -- If someNumber is anything else (e.g 21 and up)
    STAddonLabelHTD:SetColor(1,0,0,1) -- Set the color to red
end

Without checking I believe that should do it.

[Stormknight]

Also not at my PC, but from memory, the SetColor method takes values from zero to one, so:

:SetColor(0,1,0,1)

[Seerah]

That would be 255/255 to == 1. If a number is higher than 1, it just changes it to 1. If a number is lower than 0, it just changes it to 0.

Otherwise, how would the client know the difference between 1 (for out of 255) and just 1 (for out of 0-1)?

[meaghs]

tyvm all

You saved me alot of time looking through the API... i'm loling at how close my title is to the solution.