I think we would need to add a new property for that. Quite feasible as we already need to determine rects of the halite text to draw the selection. Perhaps create an enhancement request for this?
Cheers Monte > On 11 Jan 2022, at 9:19 am, Keith Clarke via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > Please can anyone advise how to get the rendered rectangle of highlighted > text in the PDF widget…? > > I can successfully get the first word from the page text using something like: > put pPageNum into tHilitedArray["from"]["page”] // = 1 > > put pPageNum into tHilitedArray["to"]["page”] // = 1 > put the length of word tWordNum of pPageText into tWordLength // = ‘3’ as the > word is “the" > > put tWordIndex into tHilitedArray["from"]["index”] // = 1 > > put tWordIndex + tWordLength -1 into tHilitedArray["to"]["index”] // = 3 > set the hilitedRange of control "PDF1" to tHilitedArray > > put the hilitedRangeText of control "PDF1" into tText // = “the" > > > However, when I attempt to get the rendered rect of this word, to compare > with namedDestinations in the page ... > put the rectangle of the hilitedRange of control "PDF1" into tRect // returns > (Chunk: error in object expression) near “the”... > > I’ve tried using the hilitedRangeText but get similar errors. > Any clues? > TIA > Keith > _______________________________________________ > 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
