Vertical adjustment of specific field text?

Björnke von Gierke bvg at mac.com
Thu May 12 05:07:24 EDT 2011


there's no search, what you see in the documentation is a result of a "filter" on the extended list. That is why (for example) you'll get a ton of results when entering "the", but only one when entering "revxmlchildnames".

On 12 May 2011, at 11:04, Keith Clarke wrote:

> Thanks John, textShift will solve my problem very nicely. 
> 
> Strange that the Dictionary didn't return anything when I searched on 'superscript' or 'subscript' - as they're both in the description of shiftText?!?
> 
> I don't see any Preferences settings to prevent the Dictionary from searching all fields - am I missing a trick here?   
> Best,
> Keith..
> 
> On 12 May 2011, at 09:25, John Dixon wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kieth...
>> 
>> have a look at textShift in the dictionary...
>> 
>> be well
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Is there any way to adjust the vertical alignment of specific text within a field - such as lifting a word by 2 pixels?
>>> 
>>> I'm using a simple scrollable list to provide (static) navigate between cards on a stack. Each row comprises 3 space characters (the first space overwritten using imageSource to show a 16px icon for the card) followed by the Card's name (in a 12px font).
>>> 
>>> The list is OK but it would look better if the text could be 'lifted' by just a couple of pixels to align vertically with the centre of the icon - and changing margins doesn't help as this affects the icon as well as the text.
>>> 
>>> Maybe it will just have to wait until I have time to replace the navigation with a more sophisticated data grid form?
>>> Best,
>>> Keith..
>> 
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