Looks like the script got slightly munged en route. That should be “if y > 0 then” a few lines down.
Terry... On 15/01/2016 1:21 pm, "use-livecode on behalf of Terry Judd" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: >Hi Scott - I think you might be able to do something by manipulating the >margins of the field as well as the textShift. > >I did a test with 2 basic fields - one containing the text and the other >the value I wanted to adjust the textshift by... > >Contents of fld 1 > >word1 word2 word3 >word1 word2 word3 > >word1 word2 word3 > > >Script of fld 2 > >on returnInField > lock screen > put me into y > if (pMargins is empty) or (y<0) then put "8,8,0,0" into pMargins # >default margins > put pMargins into tMargins > set the textShift of word 2 of line 3 of fld 1 to y > if y „ 0 then > add y to item 2 of tMargins > end if > set the margins of fld 1 to tMargins > unlock screen >end returnInField > >Šmy test was pretty basic but it seemed to work under these conditions. > >Regards, > >Terry... > > > >On 15/01/2016 11:41 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >>Thanks Bernd, but if I understand what you're suggesting, I've already >>tried this and it doesn't appear to work. Using different textShift >>values for the selected text and surrounding text just seems to average >>out, always moving text upward, never downward. >> >>Regards, >> >>Scott Rossi >>Creative Director >>Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >>On 1/14/16, 4:04 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of BNig" >><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >>bernd.niggem...@uni-wh.de> wrote: >> >>>Hi Scott, >>> >>>the following works for me in 7.0.6 >>> >>>textSize 14, textheight 28, fixed lineHeight >>> >>>e.g. >>> >>>----- >>>set the textShift of char 1 to - 1 of field 1 to -9 >>>----- >>> >>>then a slider with values from - 9 to - 3 >>> >>>---- >>>on scrollbarDrag pValue >>> set the textShift of word 2 of line 1 of field 1 to pValue >>>end scrollbarDrag >>>---- >>> >>>this pushes word 2 of line 1 of field 1 down. If I use values above - 3, >>>e.g. -2 or 0 then it pushes the text up again. >>> >>>Maybe this is an option to set the textshift of the whole text to a >>>negative >>>number and then move down the text by setting it to another negative >>>number >>>but not as high as the whole text. >>> >>>Kind regards >>>Bernd >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>View this message in context: >>>http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Getting-textShift-To-Shif >>>t >>>- >>>Down-tp4700184p4700193.html >>>Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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
