---
title: "PlayerTextDrawShow | open.mp"
description: "Show a player-textdraw to the player it was created for."
canonical: https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawShow
language: en
---

# PlayerTextDrawShow

## Description

Show a player-textdraw to the player it was created for

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| playerid | The ID of the player to show the textdraw for |
| PlayerText:textid | The ID of the textdraw to show |

## Returns

This function does not return any specific values.

## Examples

```c
new PlayerText:welcomeText[MAX_PLAYERS];

public OnPlayerConnect(playerid)
{
    welcomeText[playerid] = CreatePlayerTextDraw(playerid, 320.0, 240.0, "Welcome to my OPEN.MP server");

    PlayerTextDrawShow(playerid, welcomeText[playerid]);
    return 1;
}
```

## Notes

note

The player-textdraw is only valid for the player it is created for. This means that you can't show a player-textdraw created for a particular player to another player.

## Related Functions

-   [PlayerTextDrawHide](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawHide): Hide a player-textdraw.
-   [CreatePlayerTextDraw](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/CreatePlayerTextDraw): Create a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawDestroy](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawDestroy): Destroy a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawColor](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawColor): Set the color of the text in a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawBoxColor](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawBoxColor): Set the color of a player-textdraw's box.
-   [PlayerTextDrawBackgroundColor](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawBackgroundColor): Set the background color of a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawAlignment](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawAlignment): Set the alignment of a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawFont](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawFont): Set the font of a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawLetterSize](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawLetterSize): Set the letter size of the text in a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawTextSize](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawTextSize): Set the size of a player-textdraw box (or clickable area for PlayerTextDrawSetSelectable).
-   [PlayerTextDrawSetOutline](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawSetOutline): Toggle the outline on a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawSetShadow](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawSetShadow): Set the shadow on a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawSetProportional](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawSetProportional): Scale the text spacing in a player-textdraw to a proportional ratio.
-   [PlayerTextDrawUseBox](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawUseBox): Toggle the box on a player-textdraw.
-   [PlayerTextDrawSetString](https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/PlayerTextDrawSetString): Set the text of a player-textdraw.