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.