Make a dot follow a centered text with expressions

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September 27, 2019
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Hello!

Right now I have 2 expressions, which make a dot follow my text. It works when the text is left-justified and right-justified. But I can't figure out how to make it work, when the text is centered.

This is the expressions I use:

LEFT-JUSTIFY:

x=thisComp.layer("SText").sourceRectAtTime(time,true).width + thisComp.layer("SText").transform.position[0] + effect("x Offset")("Slider");

RIGHT-JUSTIFY:

thisComp.layer("SText").transform.position[0] - thisComp.layer("SText").sourceRectAtTime(time,true).width - effect("x Offset")("Slider");

What do I need to change to make it follow the text, when centered?
Just like in the picture here:

Thank you and have a great day.

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Rick Gerard

Community Expert

What exactly are you trying to do? I don't see any advantage to the workflow. Dan's solution will keep the shape layer lined up with the right edge of the text + the offset, but it does not maintain the bottom right position because you have separated the dimensions. It will also not work with multiple lines of text, and it will not work at all if you animate anything but the text layer position.

If you accurately describe what you are trying to accomplish we can probably come up with a better solution that solves the problem of keeping the shape layer dot at the bottom right corner of a line of text.

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nikltv2Author

Participating Frequently

Hi Rick. Thank you for your response.
You're right. It doesn't work with multiple lines! I've actually already created another thread, since this problem was a bit bigger than I thought. I've tried to explain it as good as possible. Here you can also find the AE-file.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/After-Effects/Expressions-for-creating-1-5-lines-of-text-in-1-mogrt-template/m-p/10643829#M93281

Would love if you could help me solve this. This is what I'm trying to accomplish.
Please answer in a message to me, since I can't see the replies on that post. Don't know why.