On Nov 8, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Quincey Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2012, at 13:23 , Matt Neuburg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The result (and this is the problem) is that the label truncates after the >> **first line** of the second paragraph ("Four score and seven years ago, our >> fa…"). Why? There's plenty of room in my label for more lines! > > I believe it's just a quirk of the way the text system divides > responsibility, which is in turn a consequence of the archeology of text > capabilities. Paragraph styles let you specify *one* line (with truncation) > or *multiple* lines (without truncation). There is a separate option that > truncates the last line of a multiple-line paragraph > (NSStringDrawingTruncatesLastVisibleLine), but AFAICT the only way to apply > this option is via 'drawWithRect:options:context:' -- I don't think there's > any way to specify the option as a string attribute. So, this text drawing > style would require a custom view rather than a UILabel. > Yes, this turned out to be exactly right. I was misled by the repeated mantra in the WWDC 2012 videos about UILabel being your basic "nexus of power" for attributed strings. That mantra is a lie. It turns out that UILabel is your "nexus of inconvenience": it doesn't play very well with attributed strings, especially attributed strings with a paragraph style. As you suggested, I replaced my label with a plain-vanilla view that just draws the string directly using drawWithRect:... and all is well. Thanks. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = [email protected], http://www.apeth.net/matt/ pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phusei Programming iOS 5! http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023562.do RubyFrontier! http://www.apeth.com/RubyFrontierDocs/default.html TidBITS, Mac news and reviews since 1990, http://www.tidbits.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
