[Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

Fri Feb 18 15:30:49 GMT 2011

Good lad. Just say to yourself it always better second time round. It will help.

When I got into Flash stuff from AW, I was also stunned to find that text fields needed about half a page of code to set up.

;-)

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 18 February 2011 15:29
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

I'll write off 3 months and restart the project.
:)
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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:21:58 +0000
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto
It's better in Flex, trust me.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 18 February 2011 15:19
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

Not scrolling exactly.
Even if you specify _height and _width, without setting maxchars, the text continues to wrap and expand the input area downward.

In an effort to avoid using maxChars, (which I would like to, as this is a proto interaction)  I added:

icontextentry.txt.multiline = false;
icontextentry.txt.wordWrap = false;

If I use multiline = false; the input box collapses to a single character width.
If I use wordWrap = false; the input box continues expanding to the right until it's off screen

I can't believe this is so complicated.
At least Flash could have learned one thing from AW.
Insert, drag to size, that's it.
;-)
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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:29:35 +0000
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto
Scrolling was it?

Would any engine-side support help?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 18 February 2011 14:27
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

Thanks Julian. That did it.

Still don't get it though.

If I create a new text object, I can see using setTextFormat, as it would be a "blank" object with no inheritance.

But if I'm using the default .txt object, it seems to use the properties applied in the icon, *except if there is no text in the field to begin with*.
And using setNewTextFormat seems to imply those properties are already there.

So to get a blank, single line, limited width, non-scrolling, non-collapsing, input text field with the correct font/size:

icontextentry.txt._height = 20;
icontextentry.txt._width = 300;
icontextentry.txt.background = true;
icontextentry.txt.border = true;
icontextentry.txt.type = 'input';
icontextentry.txt.selectable = true;
icontextentry.txt.maxChars = 40;
myTF = new TextFormat();
myTF.font = "Verdana";
myTF.size = 14;
icontextentry.txt.setNewTextFormat(myTF);
setFocus(icontextentry.txt);

What was the advantage over a regular text entry again?
;-)
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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:46:04 +0000
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto
setNewTextFormat()

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 17 February 2011 22:29
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

Should it be:
icontextentry.txt.setTextFormat(icontextentryFormat);

In either case, no joy.

Set the input font and size in the LO.
No change. This is funny.

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:03:37 -0800
From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto
icontextentryFormat = new TextFormat();
icontextentryFormat.size = 12; // 12 point
icontextentry.setTextFormat(icontextentryFormat);

Does that do anything?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:44 PM
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

Yes, thanks Paul.
I was suckered by inspect showing "height" and "height" going blue in the code window.

So now if there is no text in the field to begin with, the box doesn't collapse, but the text is some tiny default, even if I set it explicitly in the icon.
This is quite the PITA for a simple text entry. I forget Flash really does suck in some regards.
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:30:32 -0800
From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto
Shouldn't it be _height?

>From Flash help:
_height Property

public _height : Number

Player version: Flash Player 6

The height of the text field in pixels.

Example
The following code example sets the height and width of a text field:

my_txt._width = 200;
my_txt._height = 200;

You might also try applying a CSS style that sets the font-size.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:13 PM
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto

Trying the text icon.

icontextentry.txt.height = 20;
icontextentry.txt.background = true;
icontextentry.txt.type = 'input';
icontextentry.txt.selectable = true;
setFocus(icontextentry.txt);

Unless I have text in the icon to begin with, it collapses down to about 2 pixels high.
(tried textHeight too).
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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:54:51 +0000
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Text Entry scroll = auto
I dont think the text entries are set up to scroll: I use a normal text icon in such situations and set events on iconID.txt.onChanged

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett [d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]
Sent: 17 February 2011 13:42
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Subject: [Xerte] Text Entry scroll = auto

Doesn't seem to want to scroll when set to auto.

Simple example
0,0,100,100, match this, scrolling=auto, border=1, erase=1, exit=0

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