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+package gui
+
+import "log"
+import "errors"
+
+// import toolkit "git.wit.org/wit/gui/toolkit/andlabs"
+
+// functions for handling text related GUI elements
+
+func (n *Node) NewLabel(text string) *Node {
+	// make new node here
+	newNode := n.New(text)
+	newNode.Dump()
+
+	t := n.Toolkit.NewLabel(text)
+	newNode.Toolkit = t
+
+	return newNode
+}
+
+func (n *Node) SetText(value string) error {
+	log.Println("gui.SetText() value =", value)
+	if (n.Toolkit != nil) {
+		n.Toolkit.SetText(value)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if (n.uiText != nil) {
+		n.uiText.SetText(value)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if (n.uiButton != nil) {
+		n.uiButton.SetText(value)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if (n.uiWindow != nil) {
+		n.uiWindow.SetTitle(value)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errors.New("nothing found for gui.Node.SetText()")
+}