---
name: "Tickit::Widget::Static"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtickit-widgets-perl"
version: "0.42-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Tickit::Widget::Static"
---

# Tickit::Widget::Static(3pm)

a widget displaying static text

## NAME

"Tickit::Widget::Static" - a widget displaying static text

## SYNOPSIS

```
   use Tickit;
   use Tickit::Widget::Static;
   my $hello = Tickit::Widget::Static->new(
      text   => "Hello, world",
      align  => "centre",
      valign => "middle",
   );
   Tickit->new( root => $hello )->run;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class provides a widget which displays a single piece of static text. The text may contain more than one line, separated by linefeed (`"\n"`) characters. No other control sequences are allowed in the string.

## STYLE

The default style pen is used as the widget pen.

Note that while the widget pen is mutable and changes to it will result in immediate redrawing, any changes made will be lost if the widget style is changed.

## CONSTRUCTOR

### new

```
   $static = Tickit::Widget::Static->new( %args );
```

Constructs a new `"Tickit::Widget::Static"` object.

Takes the following named arguments in addition to those taken by the base Tickit::Widget constructor:

- text =\> STRING

  The text to display

- align =\> FLOAT\|STRING

  Optional. Defaults to `0.0` if unspecified.

- valign =\> FLOAT\|STRING

  Optional. Defaults to `0.0` if unspecified.

- on\_click =\> CODE

  Optional. Defaults to `"undef"` if unspecified.

For more details see the accessors below.

## ACCESSORS

### text

```
   $text = $static->text;
```

### set\_text

```
   $static->set_text( $text );
```

Accessor for `"text"` property; the actual text on display in the widget

### align

### set\_align

```
   $align = $static->align;
   $static->set_align( $align );
```

Accessor for horizontal alignment value.

Gives a value in the range from `0.0` to `1.0` to align the text display within the window. If the window is larger than the width of the text, it will be aligned according to this value; with `0.0` on the left, `1.0` on the right, and other values inbetween.

See also Tickit::WidgetRole::Alignable.

## AUTHOR

Paul Evans \<leonerd@leonerd.org.uk\>