Text fields that you can't resize in stacks
Mark Guzdial
guzdial
Fri Apr 18 14:53:33 PDT 2003
Thanks for both notes, Ted!
Mark
At 9:37 PM -0700 7/16/01, Ted Kaehler wrote:
>Mark,
> Two comments: Dan is completely rewriting text fields
>specifically for stacks. They will be much better behaved.
> I advise not using regular TextMorphs in stacks. In the
>Stack Tools flap, there is a 'Scrolling Field'. Use that for all
>fields. To make a Backgound field, choose "put into background"
>after you install it on a card. That's what I do. Sorry I did not
>propogate the knowledge better.
>
>--Ted.
>
>At 4:18 PM -0400 7/16/01, Mark Guzdial wrote:
>>I've now replicated the bug that I mentioned earlier, and I've
>>found a fix, too.
>>
>>- Create a new stack (drag one out from the stack tools flap)
>>- Add a background text field (again from stack tools)
>>- Select the text in the background text field. Type alot --
>>enough that it would extend past the end of the card if it were in
>>a line (see the picture attached).
>>- Now, bring up the halos on the background text field so that you
>>can resize it to make it look nice. KERBLAM! The size becomes
>>larger than the card, you can't move the yellow halo, and you can't
>>pick it up to drag it out of the card to fix (as in the attached
>>picture).
>>
>>The fix is:
>>- Add a new card to your stack.
>>- On the new card, you can select the background text field AND
>>CHANGE THE YELLOW HALO. Move it inside the card boundary.
>>- Go back to the front card -- your text is resized to match that
>>on the next page.
>
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>Ted Kaehler
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