Hi Scott - I think you might be able to do something by manipulating the margins of the field as well as the textShift.
I did a test with 2 basic fields - one containing the text and the other the value I wanted to adjust the textshift by... Contents of fld 1 word1 word2 word3 word1 word2 word3 word1 word2 word3 Script of fld 2 on returnInField lock screen put me into y if (pMargins is empty) or (y<0) then put "8,8,0,0" into pMargins # default margins put pMargins into tMargins set the textShift of word 2 of line 3 of fld 1 to y if y „ 0 then add y to item 2 of tMargins end if set the margins of fld 1 to tMargins unlock screen end returnInField Šmy test was pretty basic but it seemed to work under these conditions. Regards, Terry... On 15/01/2016 11:41 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ 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