live.comment
Description
live.comment displays text which is typed into it in order to serve as a label or explanatory text. The text follows Ableton Live's color scheme, if used in a Max for Live device.
Arguments
None.
Attributes
bgcolor [4 floats]
Sets the background color of the comment box in RGBA format. The style color.
attribute is mapped to thebubble [int] (default: 0)
Enable bubble comments
bubblepoint [float] (default: 0.5)
Bubble Arrow Point (0-1)
bubbleside [int] (default: 1)
Sets the side from which the arrow will originate on bubble comments.
Possible values:
0 = 'Top'
1 = 'Left'
2 = 'Bottom'
3 = 'Right'
bubbletextmargin [int] (default: 5)
Bubble Text Margin
bubbleusescolors [int] (default: 0)8.0.0
Turns on drawing the bubble outline and background in the comment's textcolor and bgcolor.
style [symbol] (default: )7.0.0
Sets the style to be applied to the object. Styles can be set using the Format palette.
suppressinlet [int] (default: 0)7.1.0
Suppress the display of an inlet.
underline [int] (default: 0)
Toggles underlining the comment's text. This value can only be set using the Underline setting in the live.comment object's Inspector.
Common Box Attributes
Messages
append
Arguments
prepend
Arguments
set
Arguments
setwithtruncation
Arguments
width [int]
suffix [symbol]
Output
(visual)
live.comment has no outlets, sends no output, and does not affect patch functionality.
See Also
Name | Description |
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ubutton | |
textedit | |
message | |
textbutton | |
comment | |
Max Data Tutorial 1: Data Viewing | Max Data Tutorial 1: Data Viewing |