How to change size and color of "staticText"??

[manjunathk23388540]

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);

[Dan Ebberts]

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

[David Torno]

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;

[David Torno]

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();

[manjunathk23388540]

Perfecto!!!! Thanks man.

[manjunathk23388540]

Hi David

I executed your script directly and got this below result.

Colors are fine .

Fonts not working... ???

[David Torno]

Ok, first thing, what version AE are you using? I tested this in AECC 2014.

Second, and it's probably an obvious one, are the fonts you are trying installed and/or spelled correctly in the code? It is case sensitive I believe.

[manjunathk23388540]

Am using the same version as well..

AE2014..Windows 8.1

[David Torno · Accepted solution]

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.

[Hauke-H]

Same for me with InDesign CC 2018 and 2019 on macOS 10.14. Seems, that Adobe have broken ScriptUI.newFont().

[Laubender]

Right, it is broken with all versions of CC. Also with InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator etc.pp.

At InDesign UserVoice there is a bug report about this that needs your support. Add your voice here:

unable to change font, size, style in Script UI, alignment problem with Image on button – Adobe InDe...

And vote for fixing the bug.

Regards,
Uwe

[Ken Webster]

I'm on a Mac. This appears to work with CS6 but does not work with CC 2017 as I got the same result as manjunathk23388540. If there is a way to change the font of a statictext item in CC 2017, I haven't found it.

[manjunathk23388540]

Got it!!

Thanks for the reply Dan!!