On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Raymond E. Griffith wrote:
> I am working with the graphics in MetaCard, and would like to attach a label
> to a filled oval. Unfortunately, the label is placed inside the oval.
> Filling the oval obscures the label.
I can't reproduce this: the label is always drawn on top of the filled
area here...
> Another problem is that the label is
> likely to be longer (in width) than the oval, but the oval's width is
> determined by the size of the graphic.
>
> Any chance in a future release that we can have
>
> 1) labels underneath the graphic?
Why would you want this?
> 2) label sizes independent of the graphic size?
Not likely: having size of the drawn area be the same as the object's
"rect" property is a fundamental assumption in how objects work in
MetaCard.
> Just a thought. For now, I am going to have to go with a graphic and attach
> a field.
A reasonable workaround. If you set the textAlign to "center" and
make the field as large as you'd ever want it to be, it should work
just the way you want.
Regards,
Scott
> Raymond
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