TextField has a getLineMetrics() function, which returns a TextLineMetrics
object.
Check out the AS3 Reference stuff for TextField and the TextLineMetrics
class for the breakdown, there's all kinds of good, fun stuff in there.
--Matt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Glen Pike <g...@engineeredarts.co.uk>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can you get text metrics for characters / lines in the text field???
>
> Glen
>
>
> ali drongo wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all of your responses guys,I ended up using getCharBoundaries
>> and
>> it works a treat.
>> FYI I created a text field at the position I wanted the letters to finally
>> go then stored the rectangle object for each char in an array and then
>> cycled through the array as Glen suggested.
>>
>> Only thing is, when I use a multiline textfield my function will only
>> gather
>> the char boundaries for the first line:
>> If anyone can suggest why it would be a help.
>> Cheers!
>> Ali
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> public static function letterPosAr(t:TextField):Array
>> {
>> trace("letterPosAr");
>> var retA:Array = new Array();
>> for (var i:int = 0; i < t.text.length; i++){
>> var rect:Rectangle = t.getCharBoundaries(i);
>> trace("---index"+i+" char:"+t.text.substr(i, 1)+" x:"+rect.x+"
>> y:"+rect.y+" w:"+rect.width);
>> retA[i] = rect;
>> }
>> return retA;
>> }
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Matt Gitchell <m...@moonbootmedia.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> the AS2 one is a cool idea!
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Hans Wichman <
>>> j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> and for as2:
>>>> http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell <m...@moonbootmedia.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries()
>>>>>
>>>>> I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect:
>>>>> http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html
>>>>>
>>>>> --Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike <postmas...@glenpike.co.uk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> letter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> in???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> letterWidth,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> create
>>>
>>>
>>>> &
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> show the next one, add it to your array.
>>>>>> Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>> letters, removing them when they reach the other side???
>>>>>> Something like that??/
>>>>>> Glen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ali drongo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> their
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> stream.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> find
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> fixed-width
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas very gratefully received!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks :)
>>>>>>> Ali
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Glen Pike
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