---
sidebar_label: QLabel
title: QLabel
---

> Create and control text.

**This class is a JS wrapper around Qt's [QLabel class](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qlabel.html)**

A `QLabel` provides ability to add and manipulate text.

**QLabel inherits from [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md)**

### Example

```javascript
const { QLabel } = require("@nodegui/nodegui");

const label = new QLabel();
label.setText("Hello");
```

### `new QLabel(parent?)`

- `parent` NodeWidget (_optional_). Any widget inheriting from NodeWidget can be passed as a parent. This will make this widget, the child of the parent widget.

## Static Methods

QLabel can access all the static methods defined in [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md)

## Instance Properties

QLabel can access all the instance properties defined in [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md). Additionally it also has the following instance properties:

### `label.pixmap`

The pixmap currently set on this label.

### `label.text`

the current text set on the label.

## Instance Methods

QLabel can access all the instance methods defined in [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md). Additionally it also has the following instance methods:

### `label.setText(text)`

Sets the given text to the label.

- `text` string

### `label.setWordWrap(on)`

- `on` boolean - If true it sets wordwrap on the label

### `label.setPixmap(pixMap)`

Images in the form of a pixmap can be set as the label content

- `pixMap` [QPixmap](api/QPixmap.md) - Allows to set image content in the form of a QPixmap on the label