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constant
Constant
integer PRIM_TEXT = 26;

Prim parameter [PRIM_TEXT, string text, vector color, float alpha] to get or set the object's floating/hover text (equivalent to llSetText).

Constant groups

PrimParam · PrimParamGet

Other PrimParam values (42)
Other PrimParamGet values (40)

Used to get or set the object’s floating text.

Caveats

Section titled “Caveats”
  • Do not rely on Floating Text as a storage medium; it is neither secure nor finalized.
    • Floating text has been altered in past server updates, breaking existing content; future changes may occur.
    • Even “invisible”1 floating text is transmitted to the client.
      • It can be viewed by anyone with a client that is capable of rendering text that is supposed to be invisible.
      • The network packets that contain the text can be sniffed and the text read.

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Example 1
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default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        // a string to display
        string displayMessage = llGetDisplayName( llGetOwner() ) + ", test number ";


        // just so could test changing the displayMessage
        integer loopControl;
        for( loopControl = 1; loopControl < 3; ++loopControl )
        {
            // on first iteration set the text
            if( loopControl == 1 )
            {
                llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_TEXT, displayMessage + (string)loopControl + ".", <1, 0, 0>, 1.0]);
            }


            // on second iteration get the text and say it.
            else if( loopControl == 2 )
            {
                llSay(0, llDumpList2String(llGetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_TEXT]), " "));
            }
        }
    }
}

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”
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Footnotes

Section titled “Footnotes”

  1. Floating text with an alpha set to 0.0 is rendered “invisible” ↩