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SelectTextDraw

Description

Display the cursor and allow the player to select a textdraw

Name	Description
playerid	The ID of the player that should be able to select a textdraw
hoverColour	The color of the textdraw when hovering over with mouse (RGBA)

Returns

This function does not return any specific values.

Examples

public OnPlayerCommandText(playerid, cmdtext[])
{
    if (!strcmp(cmdtext, "/tdselect", true))
    {
        SelectTextDraw(playerid, 0x00FF00FF); // Highlight green when hovering over
        SendClientMessage(playerid, 0xFFFFFFFF, "SERVER: Please select a textdraw!");
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

Notes

tip

It is the TEXT which will be highlighted when hovered over, NOT the box (if one is shown).

Related Functions

CancelSelectTextDraw: Cancel textdraw selection with the mouse
TextDrawSetSelectable: Sets whether a textdraw is selectable through SelectTextDraw
PlayerTextDrawSetSelectable: Sets whether a player-textdraw is selectable through SelectTextDraw

Related Callbacks

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