<function name="InsertFade" parent="Panel" type="classfunc"> <description> Begins a text fade for a <page>RichText</page> element where the last appended text segment is fully faded out after a specific amount of time, at a specific speed. The alpha of the text at any given time is determined by the text's base alpha * ((`sustain` - <page>Global.CurTime</page>) / `length`) where <page>Global.CurTime</page> is added to `sustain` when this method is called. </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="sustain" type="number">The number of seconds the text remains visible.</arg> <arg name="length" type="number">The number of seconds it takes the text to fade out.&#xA;&#xA;If set **lower** than `sustain`, the text will not begin fading out until (`sustain` - `length`) seconds have passed.&#xA;&#xA;If set **higher** than `sustain`, the text will begin fading out immediately at a fraction of the base alpha.&#xA;&#xA;If set to **-1**, the text doesn&#x27;t fade out.</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Creates a Rich Text panel that sustains visibility for 6 seconds with a 2 second long fade-out.</description> <code> -- Create a window frame TextFrame = vgui.Create("DFrame") TextFrame:SetSize(200, 200) TextFrame:Center() TextFrame:SetTitle("Fading Text") TextFrame:MakePopup() -- RichText panel local richtext = vgui.Create("RichText", TextFrame) richtext:Dock(FILL) -- Sample text richtext:SetText("This is an example of a Rich Text panel using a fade-out with:\n\n6 seconds of sustain\n\n2 second fade-out length") -- When the panel is ready for layout, begin the fade function richtext:PerformLayout() self:SetFontInternal("Trebuchet18") self:SetBGColor(Color(64, 64, 92)) -- Wait 6 seconds, then fade out in 2 seconds self:InsertFade(6, 2) end </code> <output>Some identical example outputs are shown below, only with different `length` values swapped in.</output>⤶ <output>⤶ Some identical example outputs are shown below, only with different `length` values swapped in.⤶ ⤶ ⤶ ⤶ ⤶ <image src="RichText_InsertFade_output1.gif"/><image src="RichText_InsertFade_output2.gif"/><image src="RichText_InsertFade_output3.gif"/>⤶ </output>⤶ </example> <example> <description>Create a Rich Text panel where Dr. Kleiner reads a fading message in sync with text.</description> <code> -- Create a window frame TextFrame = vgui.Create("DFrame") TextFrame:SetSize(350, 100) TextFrame:Center() TextFrame:SetTitle("Kleiner says:") TextFrame:MakePopup() -- RichText panel local richtext = vgui.Create("RichText", TextFrame) richtext:Dock(FILL) -- Red text richtext:InsertColorChange(200, 60, 32, 255) richtext:SetVerticalScrollbarEnabled(false) local words = {"There's", "only", "one", "hedy..."} local delay = 0 -- Display each word in half second interval for w, txt in pairs(words) do if(w == 1) then delay = 0.2 else delay = (w-1)*0.45 end timer.Simple(delay, function() richtext:AppendText(txt.." ") richtext:InsertFade(2, 1) -- Sustain for 2 seconds while fading out after 1 second richtext:SetBGColor(Color(0, 0, 0)) richtext:SetFontInternal("DermaLarge") end) end -- Kleiner read along LocalPlayer():EmitSound("vo/k_lab2/kl_onehedy.wav") </code> <output></output>⤶ <output><image src="RichText_InsertFade_example2.gif"/></output>⤶ </example>