positioning graphics in relation to a line in a text field

[Michael Doub]

Thanks Tom.  Mark, what are some of the complications that you mentioned about scrolling fields?   I am thinking about trying to emulate the little IOS selection handles. 

I can see going from the selection to find a location to put the pin graphic, but I am not quite sure how to modify the selection to track the pin movement.  

-= Mike


On Apr 2, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgrath3 at mac.com> wrote:

> 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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