Thanks Bernd, but if I understand what you're suggesting, I've already tried this and it doesn't appear to work. Using different textShift values for the selected text and surrounding text just seems to average out, always moving text upward, never downward.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 1/14/16, 4:04 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of BNig" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of bernd.niggem...@uni-wh.de> wrote: >Hi Scott, > >the following works for me in 7.0.6 > >textSize 14, textheight 28, fixed lineHeight > >e.g. > >----- >set the textShift of char 1 to - 1 of field 1 to -9 >----- > >then a slider with values from - 9 to - 3 > >---- >on scrollbarDrag pValue > set the textShift of word 2 of line 1 of field 1 to pValue >end scrollbarDrag >---- > >this pushes word 2 of line 1 of field 1 down. If I use values above - 3, >e.g. -2 or 0 then it pushes the text up again. > >Maybe this is an option to set the textshift of the whole text to a >negative >number and then move down the text by setting it to another negative >number >but not as high as the whole text. > >Kind regards >Bernd > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Getting-textShift-To-Shift- >Down-tp4700184p4700193.html >Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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