Hello Glen, On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Glen Pike <g...@engineeredarts.co.uk> wrote: > You can get the text metrics - |flash.text.TextField.getLineMetrics()| > > Have a look in the docs about this class it's quite useful. Watch out for > the obligatory 2px gutter around your text..
> Alexander Farber wrote: >> (my code available at http://pastebin.com/m6d9f4087 ) thank you, I've changed my code to: public function set text(str:String):void { _tf.x = PADDING + Util.randRange(10, 40); _tf.y = PADDING + Util.randRange(10, 40); _tf.width = W; _tf.text = str; if (1 == _tf.numLines) { var metrics:TextLineMetrics = _tf.getLineMetrics(0); // add TextField gutter on both side _tf.width = metrics.width + 2 * 2; } ...... } But that 2 * 2 seems to be not enough, because the TextField breaks my line in two after I set its width to metrics.width + 2 * 2. There are probably additional margins at left and right sides? Regards Alex _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
