How to move a text object in phaser ?

[sauravtom]

I want to move a text object ,

this.option1 = game.add.group();this.option1 = this.game.add.text(width-200, 20, "Option 1", { font: "30px Arial", fill: "#ffffff" });this.option1.velocity.x = -200;

But it throws a TypeError saying

 

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'x' of undefined

[rich]

Text objects don't have physics bodies, hence why you can't set velocity on them, sorry.

[jflowers45]

Hi sauravtom,

  Just in case you don't already know these other ways of moving text, you don't have to make them physics bodies, you can use a tween or you can use the update function

 

Here is a simple example

 

http://www.flashysubstance.com/phaserTest/phaserTextMove/

[tberend]

function create () {

  mytext = game.add.text(10, 500, 'text', { font: "16px Arial", fill: "#FFFF00" })

}

 

function update() {

  mytext.position.y = mytext.position.y-1;    // up 1 pixel            

}

 

[rich]

Please don't get into the habbit of accessing 'position' directly, it can often skip over getter/setter actions. Just do:

myText.x = 100;myText.y = 200;

Or whatever.