Thanks Craig and Bernd, I’ll tinker with this and see how it goes. Marty
> On Jun 21, 2018, at 4:37 AM, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > I suppose you want to center those fields around a common horizontal baseline. > > You might try this if that is what you want. Should work with different fonts > and sizes. > > Two fields, one button. > > Kind regards > Bernd > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > on mouseUp > local tDescent1, tDescent2, tBot1, tBot2, tDiff1, tDiff2, tRef > local fFormattedBottom1, fFormattedBottom2 > > put 120 into tRef > > put item 4 of the formattedRect of line 1 of field 1 into fFormattedBottom1 > put item 4 of the formattedRect of line 1 of field 2 into fFormattedBottom2 > > put item 4 of measureText(line 1 of field 1, field 1 ,"bounds") into > tDescent1 > put item 4 measureText(line 1 of field 2, field 2 ,"bounds") into tDescent2 > > put the bottom of field 1 into tBot1 > put the bottom of field 2 into tBot2 > > put tBot1 - fFormattedBottom1 + tDescent1 into tDiff1 > put tBot2 - fFormattedBottom2 + tDescent2 into tDiff2 > > set the bottom of field 1 to tRef + tDiff1 > set the bottom of field 2 to tRef + tDiff2 > end mouseUp > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
