Scott.
This is a Kluge and a half, but I filled a field with some text. In a button script: on mouseUp ask "What length to trunc?" if it is not an integer then exit mouseup click at the left of fld 1 + it & "," & the top of fld 1 + 12 put "..." into char (word 2 of the selectedChunk) to 10000 of fld 1 end mouseUp Is this anything like you wanted? Of course the subsequent text is lost, though it could be saved somewhere. And I only dealt with the first line, since I hard coded the vertical dimension (12) of the click location. But I can see it being extended anywhere in the field. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> To: LiveCode Mail List <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Wed, Jun 12, 2013 9:15 pm Subject: Truncate Text Based On Available Space? Has anyone created a routine that will truncate text in a field to given pixel width, and append ellipses? I found one that limits text based on character count, but I'm looking to limit based on available space. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode