Scott, Good idea. I haven't tried that. Will do so and let you know.
Thanks. -- Chris Sheffield Read Naturally, Inc. www.readnaturally.com On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Have you tried explicitly setting the textColor of all text in the field to > your default before setting the textColor of the next string? Perhaps > resetting the text to the default (or empty) in between updates will get > around the problem. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > > > Recently, Chris Sheffield wrote: > >> Wondering if anyone has a fix for this one. >> >> I'm working on an iOS app for iPad. I've got a block of text (a story) in a >> text field. I'm changing the color of sentences in time with audio that is >> playing. As the color changes, the text is shifting, almost as if the size of >> the text is changing slightly. All I'm doing is setting the textColor of a >> chunk of text. Something like: >> >> set the textColor of word 1 to 8 of fld "text" to blue >> >> I am not applying a font size or style or anything like that. The problem >> does >> not occur in the LiveCode IDE as far as I can tell. Only in the iOS simulator >> and on the device. >> >> Has anyone done anything similar? Can the problem be fixed? I don't know if >> it's just a matter of finding the right dimensions for my field and/or a >> combination of text size and text height? Right now the field is 600 pixels >> in >> width. The font is Arial, size 20, and the text height is set to 28. >> >> Any suggestions would be welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> Chris >> >> -- >> Chris Sheffield >> Read Naturally, Inc. >> www.readnaturally.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode