Entering text into vector graphic

Jerry Jensen jhj at jhj.com
Mon Mar 24 17:37:13 EDT 2014


Wow! I learn something every day, especially when Scott Rossi posts.
Thanks,
.Jerry

On Mar 24, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> I assume it's the same in LC7, but you can set the label property of the
> graphic to your text.  There's just no entry for this in the property
> inspector.  You can use the message box, something like:
> 
> set the label of graphic "oval" to "My Great Text"
> 
> Make sure you enable the showName property of the graphic also.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/24/14 12:49 PM, "Muaadh Salih" <ms1 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I am returning back to live code after being non active for a long while
>> and having encouraged by the forthcoming live code 7.00 m( Unicode).
>> ​My problem is that I am unable to type (enter text) inside a vector
>> graphic shape . (e.g. to type a word  inside an oval shape) .
>> choosing either tools ( browse or edit) does not work ( naturally !) . I
>> could not not find a "text tool" ( as in the old Hypercard).
>> I looked everywhere (tutorials, userguide, forums  ...etc)  but to no
>> avail.
>> I am sure this might appear a silly request bu your help is really
>> appreciate.d






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