Multiple Colors in sf::Text

[NGM88]

Would it be possible to have sf::Text use multiple colors? As far as implementation goes, it could hold a vector of strings instead of one and you could do something like

txtObject.addString("str", sf::Color::Red)

instead of just setString().

[Nexus]

This would lead to a complex formatting feature -- the next request would be to apply style (bold/italics/underline) and size (pt) partially.

It's possible to build such a formatter out of separate sf::Text instances, and it has been done before, IIRC one of them with a markup language similar to HTML. If you look on the forum or the Wiki, you should find such extensions.

[eXpl0it3r]

There are extension libraries like RichText that provide such features: https://github.com/skyrpex/RichText

I'd say it's not necessarily out of SFML's scope, but since it can be implemented in many ways with certain trade-offs, it's not as simple to pick an API that works for most everyone.