I realize that if TextLineMetrics had a "y" property as well as the "x", that would do it for me, so I wonder why that was left off... Regards, Hudson
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Hudson Ansley<hudsonans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone have a technique for centering a TextField vertically > (accurately)? other than converting to bitmap... > I can get the textHeight, but I don't know how to get the amount of > empty space between the top of the TextField and the actual text. This > varies with font, style, etc, and of course the characters in the > text. Looked at TextLineMetrics, afaict, it does not give a value for > the distance from the top of the field to the top of the text, and I > suppose I might be able to use getCharBoundaries, but then I'd have to > combine the results from all the characters, which seems a bit over > the top... also, must be Flash 9 > > > Regards, > Hudson > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
