TouchGFX Text Widget Tutorial : From Basics to Dynamic Content

In this video, we dive deep into the Text Widget in TouchGFX Designer. Whether you are a beginner trying to display "Hello World" or an advanced user needing to display dynamic values from C++, this guide covers it all.
​We start with the basics of drag-and-drop properties and move quickly into advanced topics like Wildcard buffers, handling memory for typography, and using the C++ API to animate text.
​📘 What you will learn in this video:
​How to configure Text Widget properties (Alignment, Alpha, Rotation).
​Understanding "Wide Text Action" (Word Wrap vs. Ellipsis).
​How to use Wildcards to display dynamic numbers and strings.
​Solving the "Question Mark" (?) issue with Typography Ranges.
​Writing C++ code to update integers ,float and string values .
​Using the API to animate text movement on every tick.

​⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to the Text Widget
0:30 - Basic Properties (Color, Alignment, Auto-size ...)
3:40 - Dynamic Numbers
7:30 - Fixing the "Question Mark" Error (Typography Ranges)
9:42 - Displaying Float Values (Decimals)
11:00 - Typography Settings (Bpp, Compression, Fallback)
12:40 - The Text Database (Groups & Reusability)
14:03 - Displaying Dynamic Strings & resizeToCurrentText
15:14 - Wide Text Action
16:40 - API
18:25 - Conclusion