Position the center of a TextField

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April 22, 2023
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Is there a way to position a TextField based on the vertical and horizontal center of its string? I gather the .myText.width and myText.height can be read, but the native origin seems to be in the upper left, as shown here:

so it will take trig todecide the offset to the center. Is there a native function to position at the actual center?

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Correct answer hclmed0

Very kind. That works. I had tried substracting half the width and height before, but it seems:

txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;

makes the difference.

Thank you.

JoãoCésar17023019

Community Expert

Hi.

You can also use the textWidth and textHeight properties to get the actual size of the text. Then you can add or remove half of these values to position the TextField in the center.

Regards,

JC

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hclmed0Author

Inspiring

That also seems to work since textWidth and textHeight are smaller and, I assume, more exact than width and height. Thanks.

Vladin M. Mitov

Inspiring

// AS3 code
var calculatedLocation:Object = {x:100, y:100}; // ***
var txt:TextField = new TextField();
	txt.type = TextFieldType.DYNAMIC;
	txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
	txt.border = true; // ***
	txt.text = "TEST"; // ***
txt.x = calculatedLocation.x - txt.width / 2;
txt.y = calculatedLocation.y - txt.height / 2;
addChild( txt );

- Vlad: UX and graphic design, Flash user since 1998Member of Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation

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hclmed0AuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

Very kind. That works. I had tried substracting half the width and height before, but it seems:

txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;

makes the difference.

Thank you.

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