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manjunathk23388540
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October 27, 2015
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How to change size and color of "staticText"??

  • October 27, 2015
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Can someone plz share how to change size and color of "staticText" object??

function buildUI(thisObj) {

var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj:new Window('palette', 'Stress Reducers',undefined, {resizable: true});

var txt=myPanel.add("staticText",[0,0,100,20],"txt");

//txt. newFont, fontSize,color?????

  return myPanel;

}

var myToolsPanel = buildUI(this);

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Correct answer David Torno

Am using the same version as well..

AE2014..Windows 8.1


I did a quick test on a PC at the office and it seems that Gill Sans is not a stock PC font. You might comment those out or change them to a stock font like Helvetica or something. Once I removed that it launched on PC just fine.

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Dan Ebberts
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Dan EbbertsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 27, 2015

I haven't done font size, but color you can do like this:

var txt=myPanel.add("staticText",[0,0,100,20],"txt");

var theColorArray = [1, 0.1, 0.2, 1];

var g = txt.graphics;

var c = g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,theColorArray,1);

g.foregroundColor = c;

Specifying the font attributes is covered in the JavaScript Tools Guide. Please post an example if you figure out how to make it work.

Dan

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David Torno
Legend
October 28, 2015

You setup a new font like so...

var arielBold24Font = ScriptUI.newFont("Arial", ScriptUI.FontStyle.BOLD, 24);

Apply it to your text like so...

text.graphics.font = arielBold24Font;

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David Torno
Legend
October 28, 2015

Here's a better example of color and font use.

var win = new Window("palette", "Fonts", undefined);


win.orientation = "column";






var winGraphics = win.graphics;


var red = winGraphics.newPen(winGraphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [1,0,0], 1);


var blue = winGraphics.newPen(winGraphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0,0,1], 1);


var gray = winGraphics.newPen(winGraphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0.5,0.5,0.5], 1);






//Create fonts


var ariaBold24Font = ScriptUI.newFont("Arial", ScriptUI.FontStyle.BOLD, 24);


var arialReg10Font = ScriptUI.newFont("Arial", ScriptUI.FontStyle.REGULAR, 10);


var arialItalic18Font = ScriptUI.newFont("Arial", ScriptUI.FontStyle.ITALIC, 18);


var gillSansBold20Font = ScriptUI.newFont("Gill Sans", ScriptUI.FontStyle.BOLD, 20);






//Sample text


var a = win.add("statictext", undefined, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");


var b = win.add("statictext", undefined, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");


var c = win.add("statictext", undefined, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");


var d = win.add("statictext", undefined, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");


var e = win.add("statictext", undefined, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");


var f = win.add("statictext", undefined, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");






//Apply font styles


a.graphics.font = ariaBold24Font;


b.graphics.font = arialReg10Font;


c.graphics.font = arialItalic18Font;


d.graphics.font = gillSansBold20Font;


e.graphics.font = ariaBold24Font;


f.graphics.font = gillSansBold20Font;






//Apply color


a.graphics.foregroundColor = blue;


e.graphics.foregroundColor = red;


f.graphics.foregroundColor = gray;






win.center();


win.show();
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