How to align XML loading text to right

[Guest]

Hi,

I am loading in text using XML. I have applied some simple formatting but want the text to align to the right not the left. Can anybody tell me how to do this please?

Thanks,
Mikey

[Ned Murphy]

Look into the TextFormat.align property.

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi,

Try this:

var myTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.RIGHT;

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom

[Guest]

hmm, I'd already tried this and it isn't giving me the effect I want. I have an image box above it and I want the end of the word each time a new word is loaded to be aligned to the right side of the box. I am autosizing the text box too. When I set sutosize to the left it is fine but when I set it to the right it seems to jump all over the place with each new word. I can't figure out what's going on with it?

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi,

Lets see your code ;)

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom

[Guest]

Now I have discovered that if I remove the .x setting it stops jumping about and is aligned to the right of the text box but I can't get the text box to line up with the right side of the image box.

sorry if I am missing something obvious, it's the end of a long day!

[Guest]

ok, finally I fixed it. The .x setting was in the wrong place. It was in the function and should have been outside.

Now I can go home to sleep....

Thanks for help.

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi,

Let us see your fix, it might help someone down the line, share your fixes ;)

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom

[Guest]

Hi,

My code is generally very messy and long-winded but here is the section I was working on. It ended up looking like this:

function showPic(event:MouseEvent):void
{
imageLoader = new Loader();
imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(event.target.name));
imageLoader.x = 180;
imageLoader.y = 140;
addChild(imageLoader);

imageGlow.color = 0xFF9900;
imageGlow.strength = 255;
imageGlow.blurX = 10;
imageGlow.blurY = 10;
imageGlow.quality = 4;

imageLoader.filters = [imageGlow];

for(var j:int = 0; j <xmlList.length(); j++)
{
if(xmlList.attribute("source") == event.target.name)
{
imageText.text = xmlList;
imageText.y = 440;
myFormat.font = "arial";
myFormat.size = 14;
myFormat.color = 0xFF9900;
myFormat.bold = true;
myFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.RIGHT;
imageText.setTextFormat(myFormat);
}
}
}

imageText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT;
imageText.x = 555;
addChild(imageText);

Hope you find it useful.

Cheers,
Mikey

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi,

Nice one loki2357, that's what I'm talking about ;)

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom