I haven't thought this through, but .....
there are only 3 (or maybe 4) different indent cases.
create a suitable image for each case (i.e. normal, bulletted, 2nd
level, continuation, etc.) which is blank space of the appropriate
number of pixels wide
then insert an extra character at the start of each line, and set the
imagesource of that first character according according to what kind of
line it is
-- Alex.
On 09/11/2010 18:39, Scott Rossi wrote:
Hi List:
Was hoping someone here might have some uncanny insight into how to solve a
text formatting dilemma...
Basic problem: I need to create two levels on indenting in a block of text,
but the text needs to always be directly editable and may span multiple
lines.
About a month or so back I mentioned an app I was working on that was sort
of a poor man's PowerPoint, and was trying to mimic the bullet formatting
one can apply to text. I've been asked to implement two levels
bulleting/indenting, something like the following (hope it comes across):
€ Main Bullet Item 1 that spans
multiple lines
€ Main Bullet Item 2
- Secondary Bullet 1
- Secondary Bullet 2 which
spans multiple lines
- Secondary Bullet 3
€ Main Bullet Item 3
I can accomplish the first level bullet/indenting using a combination of
margins and firstIndent, but I can't figure out a way to handle second
level. To date I've been using HTMLtext and non-breaking spaces to pad the
secondary level lines, but arbitrarily adding spaces to live editable text
is messy, and I can't find a way to align a padded+wrapped line with the
line above it. It occurred to me maybe there's some non-typeable,
non-selectable character I could use for padding, but I only know of
formFeed/lineFeed characters which wouldn't help here.
And the thing that really makes this difficult is the fact that the text
needs to be directly editable by users (cannot be in a locked field).
Any suggestions on how I might tackle this?
Thanks& Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design
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