Hello, I had similar problem (space below the text) in one project this year. I ended up with the following: 1) Edges of the text field itself are NOT used to show the "space". You just use no borders, bg etc, so no one can say where are textfield edges :-) 2) To show padding and other "space around text" additional elements are used, mainly mc's. Say, the screen_mc (containing just one rectangle) is placed below the textfield.
3) When you update the textfield, measure it's size and resize the screen_mc accordingly. 4) I've used margin/padding settings as attributes in the XML where the text itself is stored (or transferred). The designers are quite happy so far :-). PS. As to "textformat vs. css" - it's a matter of taste, IMO. I like CSS and try to use them whenever possible. However, there's no affordable (e.g., quite easy) way to build a WYSIWYG editor for css-formatted text... Therefore, all depends on your task. -- Best regards, GregoryN ================================ http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. > =========== grimmwerks wrote: > > Ok - I've got this kiosk application I'm building - there's a playback > and there's a builder. The builder has a lot of textformatting going > on. Up to now I've been allowing the client to put in their text into > a textfiled, select a pulldown and it automatically inserts the > correct textformatting. > > However, since I'm saving all this textformatting to an xml file > embedded in a CDATA file, if there's a problem with the textformat, > then I'm screwed. > > One of the biggest problems that has been pointed out is that there is > no way of setting more 'space after a paragraph' that you can do in > photoshop. > > I'm starting to think that I should do it all as CSS, so that if i use > an external CSS file, and put <class> around the selected/edited text, > it's not saved with the xml and I can massage it afterwards. > > But is it also possible to do a 'space after paragraph' setting in css > for flash text? > > Thanks for any advice; it's at the tail end and this project is way behind. _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
