Multi-line Button Names

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Fri Nov 19 03:22:58 EST 2004


Konichi-wa Cragg-san :-)

> On 19 Nov 2004, at 04:57, Sivakatirswami wrote:
>
>> I recall there used to be a way to set button names to multi-line 
>> button names, but it escapes me now... e.g. let's say we want the btn 
>> width quite narrow, but button names don't wrap..
>>
>>  Upload
>>    to
>>  Siddhi
>>
>> I tried naming the button "upload" then in the msg box ran:
>>
>> set the name of btn "upload" to ("Upload" &cr& "to" &cr&  "Siddhi")
>>
>> but I got underscores in the name
>>
>> set the label of btn "upload " to ("Upload" &cr& "to" &cr&  "Siddhi")
>> also doesn't work... it discards all but the top line...
>>
>
> Use "\n" to separate lines. Like this:
>
>    set the label of btn "upload " to ("Upload\nto\nSiddhi")

This does work in the label field in the inspector, but when used in a 
script
you'll end up with "Upload\nto\nSiddhi" in the label...

> Dave

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Klaus Major
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