Y coordinate for a line of text

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Tue Nov 12 11:46:21 EST 2019


The selectedLoc function may also be helpful.


> On Nov 12, 2019, at 7:27 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> You may want to look at the Dictionary entry for "measureText"
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> On 11/12/2019 1:43 AM, scott--- via use-livecode wrote:
>> I’m needing to know the coordinate (Y is the tricky one) for a line of text. I’m not do a very good job at calculating it. I think I remember a newish LC command or function that achieved this but I can’t locate it in the dictionary. Am I imagining?
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