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Dynamic textfield wordwraps incorrect

Jun 13, 2012 8:04 AM

Tags: #as3 #linebreak #wordwrap

Im loading text from XML into a dynamic textfield.multiline is true but the text doesn't wordwrap correct. Instead the text is cut off and the linebreak appears but at the wrong place.

This only happens if the text is leftaligned.

I just can't figure out a way to solve it.

Desperate for help.

1029 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: Rothrock, Jun 14, 2012 6:39 AM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    Jun 13, 2012 8:28 AM   in reply to gluemonkey7777
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    enable the wordWrap property of your textfield.

     
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  • gluemonkey7777
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    2. gluemonkey7777,
    Jun 13, 2012 11:42 AM   in reply to kglad
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    The textfield is set to wordwrap, so that is not the problem.

    The strange thing that if I set the text to be either center- or right aligned it wraps correctly. It also works if the the text is not anti-aliased.

    But as I want the text to be leftaligned and anti-aliased for readability those are not good options.

    The font is embedded and I use CDATA in the xml-tag to make it possible to use html-tags. I set the htmlText.

    Is it a flashbug or are there any ways around this.

     
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  • kglad
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    3. kglad,
    Jun 13, 2012 12:03 PM   in reply to gluemonkey7777
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    i've not enountered or seen anyone else that's encountered that problem so i doubt it's a flash bug.  but it's possible.

     

    create a new fla and duplicate the problem.  then copy and paste the minimum amount of code needed to demonstrate the problem.

     
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    4. Rothrock,
    Jun 13, 2012 6:49 PM   in reply to gluemonkey7777
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    Do you have any special characters in the text? Like em dash or some special unicode characters? I've seen this in AS2 and earlier versions of Flash. I never found a solution, but it can give you some ideas of where to look — maybe.

     
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  • vipul.khandelwal
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    5. vipul.khandelwal,
    Jun 13, 2012 11:28 PM   in reply to gluemonkey7777
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    Hi,

     

    I think you should set textfield property autosize to left.

     

    like : txtfield.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

    And if this not works, you can manually set the X property and width of the textfield on click event.

     

    This could be the solution of your problem.

     

    Regards,

    Vipul

     
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    6. gluemonkey7777,
    Jun 14, 2012 2:38 AM   in reply to Rothrock
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    No special characters only regular text and the font is embedded..

     
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    7. gluemonkey7777,
    Jun 14, 2012 2:48 AM   in reply to vipul.khandelwal
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    Setting the autoSize did not work.

    I tried setting the width dynamicly so that it makes it 50 px less after the text is set, but that only cuts off more of the text it doesn't change the wordwrapping.

    This is very confusing..

     
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  • kglad
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    Jun 14, 2012 6:16 AM   in reply to gluemonkey7777
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    create a new fla and duplicate the problem with the minimum amount of code needed to demonstrate the problem.  then copy and paste the code.

     
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  • Rothrock
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    9. Rothrock,
    Jun 14, 2012 6:39 AM   in reply to gluemonkey7777
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    Are you on a Mac or PC?

     

    Curly quotes and apostrophes count as "fancy characters."

     

    Is the font embedded? What font is it?

     

    And yes, do what kglad suggests

     
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