freesewing/markdown/dev/reference/api/path/settext/en.md

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Path.setText()

The Path.setText() method sets text on the path.

Signature

Path path.setText(string text, string className = '')

The second argument will optionally be used to set the CSS class for the text.

This method is chainable as it returns the Path object

Example

```js ({ Point, points, Path, paths, part }) => { points.from = new Point(5, 10) points.to = new Point(95, 10)

paths.line = new Path() .move(points.from) .line(points.to) .setText('FreeSewing rocks')

return part }

</Example>

## Notes

The main purpose of this method is to save your some typing,
as the two following calls yield the same result:

```js
path.attr('data-text', 'Hello')
path.setText('Hello')

The difference with Path.addText() is that this method will overwrite existing text on the path, whereas Path.addText() will add to the existing text.