cLib.DAnimatedLabel

Label with typewriter animation effect.

Basic Usage

local label = vgui.Create("cLib.DAnimatedLabel", parent)
label:SetFont("cLib.Text")
label:SetText("This text will appear character by character!")
label:Dock(TOP)

Methods

Method	Description
`SetText(string)`	Set text (starts animation)
`SetFont(string)`	Set font
`SetTextColor(Color)`	Set text color
`SetAnimationSpeed(number)`	Seconds per character
`Skip()`	Skip to end
`Reset()`	Restart animation
`IsAnimating()`	Check if still animating

Customization

local label = vgui.Create("cLib.DAnimatedLabel", parent)
label:SetFont("cLib.Title")
label:SetTextColor(cLib.GetColor("cLib.accent"))
label:SetAnimationSpeed(0.03)  -- Faster (default: 0.05)
label:SetText("Welcome to the server!")

Callbacks

label.OnAnimationComplete = function(self)
    print("Animation finished!")
    -- Maybe show next element
    nextButton:SetVisible(true)
end

Skip on Click

local label = vgui.Create("cLib.DAnimatedLabel", parent)
label:SetText("Click to skip this long introduction text...")

label.OnMousePressed = function(self)
    if self:IsAnimating() then
        self:Skip()
    end
end

Sequential Labels

local texts = {
    "Welcome to the tutorial.",
    "This will teach you the basics.",
    "Let's get started!"
}

local currentIndex = 1
local label = vgui.Create("cLib.DAnimatedLabel", parent)

local function ShowNext()
    if currentIndex <= #texts then
        label:SetText(texts[currentIndex])
        currentIndex = currentIndex + 1
    end
end

label.OnAnimationComplete = function(self)
    timer.Simple(1, ShowNext)  -- Wait 1 second between texts
end

ShowNext()  -- Start first text