Hey Keith, > I find textAreas easier to work with for those purposes
OK, good! Seemed like it on the surface. Not using in a browser but within 4D picture field. SO now worries about that. If I ever need a browser I’ll likely reengineer and use a javascript based SVG API. They are super fast! Appreciate, John… > I find textAreas easier to work with for those purposes. The only drawback > is that the textArea is not supported by some browsers. I'll see some > documents appear without their text in Safari when textArea is being used. > > Keith - CDI > >> On Feb 28, 2020, at 10:18 AM, John J Foster via 4D_Tech >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> 4D v17 (mac and windows) >> >> In my current need I have been creating text by looping though an array and >> then creating each text line individually and placing each new line below >> the one previously created. This works fine. >> >> But there are scenarios where I would be easier to manage a series of text >> as a single object (SVG_New_textArea OR SVG_New_tspan) and then place it >> centered horizontally/vertically at a point on the doc. >> >> For example placing centered lines of text within a circle and having it >> perfectly centered both horizontally and vertically. >> >> Before I rewrite code I’d like to make sure that I am conceiving the problem >> correctly. And then using the correct SVG command. >> >> Anyone with experience who has used SVG_New_textArea OR SVG_New_tspan? Are >> they the “ideal" way to move forward? >> >> Thanks, >> John… ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
