Creates an opacity gradient over the text in the font string.
Creates an opacity gradient over the text in the font string. Seen in the default UI when quest text is presented by a questgiver (if the "Instant Quest Text" feature is not turned on): This method is used with a length of 30 to fade in the letters of the description, starting at the first character; then the start value is incremented in an OnUpdate script, creating the animated fade-in effect.
Signature:
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FontString:SetAlphaGradient(start, length)
Arguments:
start - Character position in the font string's text at which the gradient should begin (between 0 and string.len(fontString:GetText()) - 6) (number)
length - Width of the gradient in pixels, or 0 to restore the text to full opacity (number)
