Gtk.Label.set_text

### Method

# Gtk Labelset_text

#### Declaration [src]

    void
    gtk_label_set_text (
      GtkLabel* self,
      const char* str
    )

#### Description [src]

Sets the text within the `GtkLabel` widget.

It overwrites any text that was there before.

This function will clear any previously set mnemonic accelerators, and set the `GtkLabel:use-underline` property to `FALSE` as a side effect.

This function will set the `GtkLabel:use-markup` property to `FALSE` as a side effect.

See also: `gtk_label_set_markup()`.

#### Parameters

`str`

  Type: `const char*`

  The text you want to set.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.