Hi Marty, depending how liberal you are in letting users choose fonts and sizes you might get "unexpected" results by aligning to field 1
try this stress test --------------------------------- on mouseUp lock screen set the textfont of field 1 to any line of the fontNames set the textfont of field 2 to any line of the fontNames set the textSize of field 1 to random(20) + 10 set the textSize of field 2 to random(20) + 10 -- put the textFont of field 1 into field "Font1" -- put the textFont of field 2 into field "Font2" unlock screen end mouseUp --------------------------------- then align via your script Your layout can start "moving" Additionally not all fonts report proper ascents and descents Kind regards Bernd > Marty wrote: > This works for me, assuming you want to leave field 1 where it is and align > field 2: > > on alignFieldBaselines pField1, pField2 > local tDescent1, tDescent2, tBot1, tBot2, tDiff1, tDiff2, tRef > local fFormattedBottom1, fFormattedBottom2 > > put item 4 of the formattedRect of line 1 of fld pField1 into > fFormattedBottom1 > put item 4 of the formattedRect of line 1 of fld pField2 into > fFormattedBottom2 > > put item 4 of measureText(line 1 of fld pField1, fld pField1 ,"bounds") into > tDescent1 > put item 4 measureText(line 1 of fld pField2, fld pField2 ,"bounds") into > tDescent2 > > put the bottom of fld pField1 into tBot1 > put the bottom of fld pField2 into tBot2 > > put tBot1 - fFormattedBottom1 + tDescent1 into tDiff1 > put tBot2 - fFormattedBottom2 + tDescent2 into tDiff2 > > put the bottom of fld pField1 -(tDiff1 - tDiff2) into tRef > > set the bottom of fld pField2 to tRef > end alignFieldBaselines _______________________________________________ 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
