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PlayerTextDrawSetSelectable

Description

Toggles whether a player-textdraw can be selected or not.

Name	Description
playerid	The ID of the player whose player-textdraw to set the selectability of.
PlayerText:textid	The ID of the player-textdraw to set the selectability of.
bool:selectable	Set the player-textdraw selectable 'true' or non-selectable 'false'. By default this is 'false'.

Returns

This function does not return any specific values.

Examples

new PlayerText:welcomeText[MAX_PLAYERS];

public OnPlayerConnect(playerid)
{
    welcomeText[playerid] = CreatePlayerTextDraw(playerid, 320.0, 240.0, "Welcome to my server");
    PlayerTextDrawTextSize(playerid, welcomeText[playerid], 30.0, 10.0);
    
    // Set 'welcomeText[playerid]' selectable
    PlayerTextDrawSetSelectable(playerid, welcomeText[playerid], true);

    // Enable select textdraw for player
    SelectTextDraw(playerid, 0xFF0000FF);

    // Show 'welcomeText[playerid]' to the player
    PlayerTextDrawShow(playerid, welcomeText[playerid]);
    return 1;
}

Notes

tip

Use PlayerTextDrawTextSize to define the clickable area.

warning

PlayerTextDrawSetSelectable and SelectTextDraw MUST be used BEFORE the textdraw is shown to the player.

Related Functions

PlayerTextDrawIsSelectable: Checks if a player-textdraw is selectable.
SelectTextDraw: Enables the mouse, so the player can select a textdraw
CancelSelectTextDraw: Cancel textdraw selection with the mouse

Related Callbacks

OnPlayerClickPlayerTextDraw: Called when a player clicks on a player-textdraw.