Rename Label to TextLabel

[aaronfranke]

Implements #16863 (comment), implements and closes godotengine/godot-proposals#1815.

This is a huge change and probably conflicts with tons of other PRs.

[Malkverbena]

What exactly the reason for change the name of this node?
I mean, "Label" is totally self explanatory. A change like this will really help?

[ghost]

What exactly the reason for change the name of this node?
I mean, "Label" is totally self explanatory. A change like this will really help?

For better search results. Allows for typing text or label when filtering nodes.

[aaronfranke]

In addition to better search results:

• More consistent with RichTextLabel since it's still text but without the rich.

• More familiar for users of other engines (in Unity it's called TextMesh, so this way both names contain "Text")

The improved search results also helps people who haven't used Godot before and are just searching for "Text".

[Chaosus]

I don't like it - Label is a simple explanatory term in many GUI API's, the gain of adding "Text" is very little in my opinion

[Xrayez]

I'd much prefer a general purpose Text/TextBlock node or similar, something like godotengine/godot-proposals#826 suggests, people could then make a global script to make a default Label/TextLabel implementation if we go the "barebones" Godot route, but yeah if the logic is to make it consistent with RichTextLabel, no big evil. 🙂

Also, how often do we actually need to use something like ImageLabel which would justify the rename? Those kind of stuff can be represented as texture icons I think.

For better search results.

The poor searching might be already addressed by #39990. Perhaps the searching could also be improved to seek within method descriptions to suggest better results.

[Xrayez]

What about LineEdit? I find this one more difficult to find in the documentation compared to Label personally. I forget about the name and type something like TextField or InputField. 😄

See also #20611.

[akien-mga]

We discussed this in a PR review meeting today, and decided to reject the proposal (and the PR). Label is a very common term in UI libraries and the addition of a Text prefix doesn't seem particularly beneficial (Qt uses QLabel, GTK uses GtkLabel).

What about LineEdit? I find this one more difficult to find in the documentation compared to Label personally. I forget about the name and type something like TextField or InputField. smile

That's a more valid point in my opinion (also was @Faless' opinion). Godot uses LineEdit probably because Qt uses QLineEdit too, so it's also a common UI term. And it goes together with TextEdit which is the multiline / free form version, so LineEdit makes it clear that it's only a single line of text. But I'm not sure I'm convinced by any change proposal, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal to me, so I'd err on the side of the status quo personally (but if anyone feels strongly about LineEdit, feel free to open a proposal for further discussion).