Set label text alpha at runtime

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#1

Hello, Defold! Does anybody know how to set text opacity in label component at runtime? Is it possible?
What I’ve found here is not suitable for case of runtime or I always may missed something…:unamused:

#2

You should be able to add a tint to the label material just like for sprites and modify the tint run-time to change the font color (or opacity). Like this: https://gist.github.com/britzl/9880dad39b0d01fa0c908927320dd6d1

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#3

@britzl , the github example offered here says it’s deprecated. It now looks like you change a label’s alpha like this:

            go.set(url, "color.w", 0)
            go.set(url, "outline.w", 0)
            go.set(url, "shadow.w", 0)

…where ‘url’ points to the label.
Is this correct?

#4

Yep, that’s correct.

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