label done

Author: jposada202020

adafruit_display_text/bitmap_label.py

@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ def __init__(self, font, **kwargs):
             self.local_group
         )  # the local_group will always stay in the self Group
 
-        self.tab_replacement = kwargs.get("tab_replacement", (4, " "))
-        self.tab_text = self.tab_replacement[1] * self.tab_replacement[0]
+        self._tab_replacement = kwargs.get("tab_replacement", (4, " "))
+        self._tab_text = self._tab_replacement[1] * self._tab_replacement[0]
         text = kwargs.get("text", "")
-        self._text = self.tab_text.join(text.split("\t"))
+        self._text = self._tab_text.join(text.split("\t"))
 
         # Create the two-color palette
 
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ def _reset_text(
         if base_alignment is not None:
             self.base_alignment = base_alignment
         if tab_replacement is not None:
-            self.tab_replacement = tab_replacement
+            self._tab_replacement = tab_replacement
 
         # if text is not provided as a parameter (text is None), use the previous value.
         if (text is None) and self._save_text:
             text = self._text
 
         if self._save_text:  # text string will be saved
-            self._text = self.tab_text.join(text.split("\t"))
+            self._text = self._tab_text.join(text.split("\t"))
         else:
             self._text = None  # save a None value since text string is not saved
 
@@ -552,5 +552,5 @@ def _set_font(self, new_font):
             raise RuntimeError("font is immutable when save_text is False")
 
     def _set_text(self, new_text, scale):
-        new_text = self.tab_text.join(new_text.split("\t"))
+        new_text = self._tab_text.join(new_text.split("\t"))
         self._reset_text(text=new_text, scale=self.scale)

adafruit_display_text/label.py

@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ class Label(LabelBase):
      containing x,y pixel coordinates.
     :param int scale: Integer value of the pixel scaling
     :param bool base_alignment: when True allows to align text label to the baseline.
-     This is helpful when two or more labels need to be aligned to the same baseline"""
+     This is helpful when two or more labels need to be aligned to the same baseline
+    :param: (int,str) tab_replacement: tuple with tab character replace information. When
+     (4, " ") will indicate a tab replacement of 4 spaces, defaults to 4 spaces by
+     tab character"""
 
     # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes, too-many-locals
     # This has a lot of getters/setters, maybe it needs cleanup.
@@ -76,6 +79,9 @@ def __init__(self, font, **kwargs):
 
         if not max_glyphs and not text:
             raise RuntimeError("Please provide a max size, or initial text")
+        self._tab_replacement = kwargs.get("tab_replacement", (4, " "))
+        self._tab_text = self._tab_replacement[1] * self._tab_replacement[0]
+        text = self._tab_text.join(text.split("\t"))
         if not max_glyphs:
             max_glyphs = len(text)
         # add one to max_size for the background bitmap tileGrid
@@ -300,6 +306,7 @@ def _update_text(
             self._update_background_color(self._background_color)
 
     def _reset_text(self, new_text):
+        new_text = self._tab_text.join(new_text.split("\t"))
         try:
             current_anchored_position = self.anchored_position
             self._update_text(str(new_text))