How to align text within an EditText?

[DBarranca]

Hello,

using this simple one as an example:

var w = new Window('dialog');
w.preferredSize = [200,100];
w.et = w.add('edittext', void 0, "Some text");
w.et.preferredSize.height = 40;
w.show();

The "Some text" is placed top-left in the EditText - is it possible to control its alignment, i.e. ['center', 'middle']?

(just to be clear, I'm not interested in the EditText position within the Window, but just the text within the EditText itself).

Thank you!

Davide Barranca

www.davidebarranca.com

[Chuck Uebele]

Davide, use the below example with either left, center, or right.  You have to have the justify line right after the line that creates the edittext box:

#target photoshop

var dlg = new Window('dialog','test')

dlg.txt = dlg.add('edittext',undefined,'this it the text');

dlg.txt.justify = 'center'

dlg.txt.size = [200,60]

dlg.show()

[DBarranca]

Hello Chuck,

thanks for the tip! Actually, I'm mostly bothered by the vertical alignment (top / middle / bottom) - since afaik I can't set any padding for the edittext I use to use bigger-than-default heigth - the only problem is that the text sticks on the top of the box, while it would be better looking if centered, along the Y axis.

Davide

[Chuck Uebele]

I don't think there are controls for that.