---
name: "SoTextDetail"
section: "3iv"
platform: "linux"
package: "inventor-doc"
version: "2.1.6+ds-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SoTextDetail/3iv"
---

# SoTextDetail(3iv)

stores detail information about a text node

## NAME

SoTextDetail — stores detail information about a text node

## INHERITS FROM

SoDetail \> SoTextDetail

## SYNOPSIS

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

Methods from class SoTextDetail:

	**SoTextDetail()**\
 **virtual** 	**~SoTextDetail()**\
 **int32\_t**	**getStringIndex() const**\
 **int32\_t**	**getCharacterIndex() const**\
 **SoText3::Part**	**getPart() const**\
 **SbBox3f**	**getBoundingBox() const**\
 **SbXfBox3f**	**getXfBoundingBox() const**\
 **static SoType**	**getClassTypeId()**

Methods from class SoDetail:

**SoDetail \***	**copy() const**\
 **virtual SoType**	**getTypeId() const**\
 **SbBool**	**isOfType(SoType type) const**

## DESCRIPTION

**This class contains detail information about a point on a text shape (SoText2** or **SoText3**). It contains the part of the text, string, and character that were hit or generated.

## METHODS

	**SoTextDetail()**\
 **virtual** 	**~SoTextDetail()**\
 Constructor and destructor.

**int32\_t**	**getStringIndex() const**\
 Returns the index of the relevant string within a multiple-value **string** field of a text node.

**int32\_t**	**getCharacterIndex() const**\
 Returns the index of the relevant character within the string. For example, if the character of detail was the "u" within "Splurmph", the character index would be 3.

**SoText3::Part**	**getPart() const**\
 For **SoText3**, this returns which part was picked or generated.

**SbBox3f**	**getBoundingBox() const**\
 **SbXfBox3f**	**getXfBoundingBox() const**\
 When the detail is returned from picking, these return the object-space bounding box of the character that was intersected. Otherwise, they return an empty box. The second method returns an **SbXfBox3f** instead of a **SbBox3f**. These methods are implemented only for 3D text.

**static SoType**	**getClassTypeId()**\
 Returns type identifier for this class.

## SEE ALSO

**SoText2, SoText3, SoDetail, SoPickedPoint, SoPrimitiveVertex**