---
name: "SoTextDetail"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "coin"
version: "1:4.0.10-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SoTextDetail"
---

# SoTextDetail(3)

The SoTextDetail stores information about a character in a string.

## NAME

SoTextDetail - The **SoTextDetail** stores information about a character in a string.

## SYNOPSIS

\#include \<Inventor/details/SoTextDetail.h\>

Inherits **SoDetail**.

### Public Member Functions

virtual **SoType** **getTypeId** (void) const\
 **SoTextDetail** (void)\
 virtual **~SoTextDetail** ()\
 virtual **SoDetail** \* **copy** (void) const\
 int **getStringIndex** (void) const\
 int **getCharacterIndex** (void) const\
 int **getPart** (void) const\
 void **setStringIndex** (const int idx)\
 void **setCharacterIndex** (const int idx)\
 void **setPart** (const int idx)\

Public Member Functions inherited from **SoDetail** virtual **~SoDetail** ()\
 SbBool **isOfType** (const **SoType** type) const\

### Static Public Member Functions

static **SoType** **getClassTypeId** (void)\
 static void **cleanupClass** (void)\
 static void **initClass** (void)\

Static Public Member Functions inherited from **SoDetail** static void **initClass** (void)\
 static void **initClasses** (void)\
 static **SoType** **getClassTypeId** (void)\

### Additional Inherited Members

Protected Member Functions inherited from **SoDetail** **SoDetail** (void)\

## Detailed Description

The **SoTextDetail** stores information about a character in a string.

Instances of this class are used for storing information about hit points on textual 2D or 3D geometry after pick operations, and for storing information returned to tessellation callbacks.

**See also**

**SoRayPickAction**, **SoCallbackAction**

**SoText3**, **SoText2**, **SoAsciiText**

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

### SoTextDetail::SoTextDetail (void )

Constructor sets up an "empty" detail; all indices are set to -1 to indicate this.

### SoTextDetail::~SoTextDetail () \[virtual\]

Destructor. This class does not allocate any extra resources, so no actions are taken.

## Member Function Documentation

### SoType SoTextDetail::getTypeId (void ) const \[virtual\]

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting **SoDetail**. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.

Implements **SoDetail**.

### SoType SoTextDetail::getClassTypeId (void ) \[static\]

This static method returns the **SoType** object associated with objects of this class.

### void SoTextDetail::cleanupClass (void ) \[inline\], \[static\]

This static method cleans up static data of the class.

### SoDetail \* SoTextDetail::copy (void ) const \[virtual\]

Return a deep copy of ourself.

**Note that if the Coin library has been built as a DLL under Microsoft Windows and you use this method from application code, you** *must* **make sure that both the Coin DLL and the application executable are using the same instance of a C Run-Time (CRT) library. Otherwise, you** *will* **get memory heap corruption upon deallocating the returned instances, eventually leading to mysterious crashes.**\

*Implements* **SoDetail***.*

### int SoTextDetail::getStringIndex (void ) const

*Returns the index of the string where a character was hit / generated, from a set of multiple strings.*

**See also**

**SoMFString**

### int SoTextDetail::getCharacterIndex (void ) const

*Returns the index of the character in the string which was hit.*

**See also**

**getStringIndex()**

### int SoTextDetail::getPart (void ) const

*For* **SoText3***, returns the part id of the text geometry. The id numbers matches those specified in the* **SoText3::Part** *enumeration.*

### void SoTextDetail::setStringIndex (const int idx)

*Internal method for "client" shape nodes to initialize this* **SoTextDetail** *instance.*

### void SoTextDetail::setCharacterIndex (const int idx)

*Internal method for "client" shape nodes to initialize this* **SoTextDetail** *instance.*

### void SoTextDetail::setPart (const int partarg)

*Internal method for "client" shape nodes to initialize this* **SoTextDetail** *instance.*

## Author

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