positioning graphics in relation to a line in a text field

[Thomas McGrath III]

This works really well for me and it will handle multiple selected word on different lines etc. I had a grc that was a dashed box:

on mouseUp
     put the formattedRect of the selectedChunk into tRect
     put "4" into tMargin
     put item 1 of tRect - tMargin into item 1 of tRect
     put item 3 of tRect + tMargin + 3 into item 3 of tRect
     put item 4 of tRect + tMargin into item 4 of tRect
     set the rect of graphic "Box" to tRect
end mouseUp

-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
mcgrath3 at mac.com

On Apr 2, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Michael Doub <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mark.   I think it is going to be one of those days that I might as well stop looking for the forest or the trees.
> 
> -= Mike
> 
> 
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:
> 
>> Michael-
>> 
>> Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 6:52:57 AM, you wrote:
>> 
>>> I must be missing something.  selectedLoc gets you the upper left
>>> corner.  FormattedHeight will allow computation of the lowerLeft.  
>>> How do you get the right side?
>> 
>> The formattedWidth of the longest line plus the left.
>> 
>> -- 
>> -Mark Wieder
>> mwieder at ahsoftware.net
>> 
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