set_layer_text
Set layer text
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Edit an existing text layer (text.<id>). Patches its text content, font, size, colour, and full type styling — pass only the fields you want to change. Does NOT create layers and does NOT touch image layers; use add_text_layer to make a new one. font_family is a Google Fonts family name (e.g. "Anton", "Bebas Neue"). text_size is the font size in px (omit to keep the current size). text_color is #rrggbb. Styling: font_weight (100-900, e.g. 800 for a black/heavy logo look), font_style (italic), text_transform (uppercase/lowercase), letter_spacing (px, may be negative for tight tracking), line_height (multiplier), text_align, text_autofit ("wrap" default = fixed size + word-wrap, the size you set is what renders; "fit"=auto-size to fill the box, grows and shrinks; "shrink"=legacy shrink-only), text_valign (top/middle/bottom block alignment), an outline via stroke_width + stroke_color, and a text_shadow. To make text MASK another layer (video/image-filled letterforms) use set_matte_source with this layer's id as the matte source. Only elementId is required.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| elementId | string | yes | Text layer id, text.<id>. |
| text | string | no | The text to render. Newlines are honoured as hard line breaks. |
| text_size | number | no | Font size in px. |
| font_family | string | no | Google Fonts family name, e.g. "Anton". |
| text_color | string | no | Text fill colour as #rrggbb. |
| font_weight | number | no | Font weight 100..900 (400 regular, 700 bold, 800 black). Default 400; the canvas synthesizes weights a static font doesn't ship. |
| font_style | string | no | Italic toggle. Default normal. |
| text_transform | string | no | Case transform applied before layout. Default none. |
| letter_spacing | number | no | Tracking between glyphs in px; may be negative. Default 0. |
| curve | number | no | Curve the text onto an arc, in degrees of total sweep. 0 = straight (default). POSITIVE = a SMILE (⌣, ends rise); NEGATIVE = an ARCH (⌒, rainbow). Clamped ±135. A tasteful smile is ~+60. Applies to a SINGLE line — multi-line text is joined to one line while curved (the stored text is untouched, so curve:0 restores it). |
| line_height | number | no | Line height as a multiple of font size (1.2 = 120%). |
| text_align | string | no | Horizontal alignment of each line. Default center. |
| text_autofit | string | no | How text fits its box. "hug" (default for new layers): hold text_size FIXED and DERIVE the box from the measured text plus padding, honouring the literal newlines you pass — the box shrink-wraps the exact content and grows/shrinks live as the text changes, so it can never re-wrap differently between the editor preview and the export (bake your own "\n" breaks; pair with set_text_background for a rounded caption box). "wrap": hold text_size FIXED in a fixed-size box and only word-wrap (hard-breaking a single over-wide word), never resize. "fit": ignore text_size and auto-size the font BOTH ways (grow and shrink) to the largest size whose wrapped block fills the box — resizing the box resizes the text. "shrink" (legacy): word-wrap then auto-shrink the font from text_size until the block fits; never grows. |
| text_valign | string | no | Vertical alignment of the text block within its box. "middle" (default) centres it; "bottom" pins it to the box floor so extra wrapped lines grow upward from a fixed baseline (captions use this so a wrapped line doesn't shift the others); "top" pins the ceiling. |
| stroke_width | number | no | Outline width in px (0 = no outline). |
| stroke_color | string | no | Outline colour as #rrggbb. Defaults to white when a width is set. |
| text_shadow | object | null | no | Drop shadow { offsetX, offsetY, blur, color }; color is any CSS colour (rgba allowed). null clears it. |
| decorations | object | null | no | Per-character underline / strikethrough. { underline?: [{start,end}], strikethrough?: [{start,end}] } — each a list of half-open character ranges [start,end) (UTF-16 offsets) into `text`. E.g. underline the first word of "Big news": underline:[{start:0,end:3}]. Ranges are normalized (sorted + merged). null clears all decorations; editing `text` in the SAME call re-indexes existing ranges against the new text. Not rendered on curved text. |
| projectId | string | yes | Opaque project id (a v4 UUID, from list_projects/create_project). Selects which existing project this call mutates. |
| anonymousToken | string | yes | The token create_anonymous_account returned. This connection has no Morpha key, so every call carries it. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"elementId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text layer id, text.<id>."
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The text to render. Newlines are honoured as hard line breaks."
},
"text_size": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Font size in px."
},
"font_family": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Google Fonts family name, e.g. \"Anton\"."
},
"text_color": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text fill colour as #rrggbb."
},
"font_weight": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Font weight 100..900 (400 regular, 700 bold, 800 black). Default 400; the canvas synthesizes weights a static font doesn't ship."
},
"font_style": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"normal",
"italic"
],
"description": "Italic toggle. Default normal."
},
"text_transform": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"uppercase",
"lowercase"
],
"description": "Case transform applied before layout. Default none."
},
"letter_spacing": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Tracking between glyphs in px; may be negative. Default 0."
},
"curve": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Curve the text onto an arc, in degrees of total sweep. 0 = straight (default). POSITIVE = a SMILE (⌣, ends rise); NEGATIVE = an ARCH (⌒, rainbow). Clamped ±135. A tasteful smile is ~+60. Applies to a SINGLE line — multi-line text is joined to one line while curved (the stored text is untouched, so curve:0 restores it)."
},
"line_height": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Line height as a multiple of font size (1.2 = 120%)."
},
"text_align": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"left",
"center",
"right"
],
"description": "Horizontal alignment of each line. Default center."
},
"text_autofit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"fit",
"shrink",
"wrap",
"hug"
],
"description": "How text fits its box. \"hug\" (default for new layers): hold text_size FIXED and DERIVE the box from the measured text plus padding, honouring the literal newlines you pass — the box shrink-wraps the exact content and grows/shrinks live as the text changes, so it can never re-wrap differently between the editor preview and the export (bake your own \"\\n\" breaks; pair with set_text_background for a rounded caption box). \"wrap\": hold text_size FIXED in a fixed-size box and only word-wrap (hard-breaking a single over-wide word), never resize. \"fit\": ignore text_size and auto-size the font BOTH ways (grow and shrink) to the largest size whose wrapped block fills the box — resizing the box resizes the text. \"shrink\" (legacy): word-wrap then auto-shrink the font from text_size until the block fits; never grows."
},
"text_valign": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"top",
"middle",
"bottom"
],
"description": "Vertical alignment of the text block within its box. \"middle\" (default) centres it; \"bottom\" pins it to the box floor so extra wrapped lines grow upward from a fixed baseline (captions use this so a wrapped line doesn't shift the others); \"top\" pins the ceiling."
},
"stroke_width": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Outline width in px (0 = no outline)."
},
"stroke_color": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Outline colour as #rrggbb. Defaults to white when a width is set."
},
"text_shadow": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Drop shadow { offsetX, offsetY, blur, color }; color is any CSS colour (rgba allowed). null clears it.",
"properties": {
"offsetX": {
"type": "number"
},
"offsetY": {
"type": "number"
},
"blur": {
"type": "number"
},
"color": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"decorations": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Per-character underline / strikethrough. { underline?: [{start,end}], strikethrough?: [{start,end}] } — each a list of half-open character ranges [start,end) (UTF-16 offsets) into `text`. E.g. underline the first word of \"Big news\": underline:[{start:0,end:3}]. Ranges are normalized (sorted + merged). null clears all decorations; editing `text` in the SAME call re-indexes existing ranges against the new text. Not rendered on curved text.",
"properties": {
"underline": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "number"
},
"end": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"strikethrough": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "number"
},
"end": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque project id (a v4 UUID, from list_projects/create_project). Selects which existing project this call mutates."
},
"anonymousToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The token create_anonymous_account returned. This connection has no Morpha key, so every call carries it."
}
},
"required": [
"elementId",
"projectId",
"anonymousToken"
]
}