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color=#0000ff size=2>Yes, _ytile + 11 worked (I have setGutter at 5, plus the
border line height to take into account). And icon.previousSibling.clip()._y for
the adjacent cells on the same row. I guess my expression was just missing the
clip() method. I had tried both _y and y.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Patrick, I'm setting this on the property panel of the text
icon, not in a script. The script just draws the border and sets the
gutter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Geez, don't you guys ever sleep? It must be 11pm in the UK!
Thanks for the speedy response!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Julian
Tenney<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Positioning icons
relative to the previous icon.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>try _ytile</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>It gives you the value of
icon.previousSibling.clip()._y + icon.previousSibling.clip()._height. I
usually put _ytile + 10 in the y property.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on
behalf of Paul Swanson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 19/11/2008 21:59<BR><B>To:</B>
Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Positioning icons relative to
the previous icon.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I'm attempting to build a table using multiple
text icons. I'm using individual text icons for each cell in combination with
drawBorder in a script icon. I've been manually computing the y coordinate by
adding the height of the previous icon to the y coordinate of the previous
icon. It's time consuming, and I'm thinking there must be a better way. I've
tried variations of icon.previousSibling._y, but it seems to be returning 0
(or, more likely, undefined) because it always ends up at y=0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I've currently got
icon.previousSibling.attributes.y + icon.previousSibling.attributes.h as the y
property, but that makes the text disappear completely (perhaps it's off the
stage?). Do I just have the wrong property, or is this because the properties
of the previousSibling are unknown when the next icon is
encountered?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080 size=2> Paul Swanson</FONT>
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