Wouldn't that make a word processor necessary? You can't wrap words just because of the length of a field without respect to the grammar. Do other programming languages have this capability as a native feature? Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] Im > Auftrag von [email protected] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2012 01:55 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: Text Field Observation > > Cal. > > > You are not nuts, LC is. This is an ongoing bugaboo. The workaround Mark > suggested is effective, but the natives are clamoring for more sensible > native behavior. > > > Craig Newman > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Schonewille <[email protected]> > To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Oct 22, 2012 5:54 pm > Subject: Re: Text Field Observation > > > Hi Cal, > > In LiveCode, text wraps around white space and specific other characters. > As soon as yu type a space or tab or even a dash, it will wrap. If the > first word of a line is longer than the width of a field, it won't wrap. > You can hardwrap a word by checking the formattedWidth of char 1 to x of > word y. If the formattedWidth is greater than the width of the field, then > you could put a space before char x to force the wrap. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > > > On 22 okt 2012, at 23:27, Cal Horner wrote: > > > I've noticed recently that a text field set up to handle text > (naturally) > > has an odd attribute. > > > > As long as the user is typing normally, that is words with spaces > between > > each word when the sentence reaches the right boundary of the text field > I > > get text wrap. > > > > But when I take it in my dottery ol' head to hold any key down and let > the > > character move along the line to the end of the text field there is no > text > > wrap. The line of characters disappears into the never-never. Check it > out. > > If you put a space in that string of characters you then get text wrap. > > > > Now, this seems odd to me. My logic says when you have the text wrap set > it > > should wrap back to the next line and continue, until you left your > finger > > off the key. > > > > How wrong am I? Or has the code been left out, by mistake, when so many > new > > features are added? > > > > Has anyone else run into this oddity or should I just stop worrying > about it > > and get a day job? > > > > Cal > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
