Vertical alignment in TextBox ? 1

[bfwriter]

Hi Guys,

Is there any way to vertically center the text in an increased-height textbox (as is routinely done in grid header captions)?

Under unusual circumstances, for special effects, I like to increase the height of a textbox; but when that is done, the text line stays attached to the top margin.

TIA
Bill

 

[StewartUK]

Hi Bill,

Not that I know of.

How about using 2 textboxes on top of each other, setting the BorderStyle of the top textbox to 0 so the two look like a single textbox. Then you increase the height of the bottom one and set the top textbox vertically aligned central to the bottom textbox?

Alternatively a textbox over a shape object.

Hope that helps,

Stewart
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[DSummZZZ]

You may be able to use the 'margin' property, as long as the change isn't too drastic.



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[craigber]

Use and Editbox and set the Scrollbar property to None.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com

Author, CrysDev: A Developer's Guide to Integrating Crystal Reports"

 

[GriffMG]

An interesting question bfwriter.

You can't use the margin, because that effects the horizontal placement as well as the vertical.

The editbox doesn't work either, because the scrollbars don't effect the placement of the text.

I would think Stuart's idea is the only workable one.

If it was a button, you could mess with the caption positioning - but not for a text box!

Good luck

Regards

Griff
Keep [Smile]ing

 

[Koen Piller]

Hi,

Maybe you could also implent the function "v1"

Please try:

myAvatar = "Jockey 2"
? myAvatar function "v1"

Regards,

Jockey(2)

 

[bfwriter]

Many thanks, guys.

Stewart's suggestion is exxxcellent, and should be a good work-around for those few times I need it.

Thanks again.

Bill

 

[StewartUK]

Thanks for the star Bill, glad I could help you.

Stewart