Flash :: Text Leading

Leading In Text?
Hello,
i have a flash movie with various paragraphs of text , the text size is identical in every box (12 pt) the kerning is the same (1) but, for some reason the leading is different in one of the paragraphs, the text is very tight while it is loose in the other 5,,,

eg.. other 5

text
space
space
text

eg...weird 1

text
space
text

evrything is identical, how could one possibly have more leading than the others? Thier is no leading adjustment is flash MX that i know of, any help please...

Text Leading
Is there any way to adjust leading in text in any version of Flash?

Leading In A Text Box?
I cant figure out how to change the leading on a text box? Like it keeps double spacing my lines, how do i resolve this?

Joel

Text Leading
I have a dynamic text box that displays a string variable that often wraps to multiple lines.

How do I adjust the vertical spacing between text lines? I think this is called "text leading" (or "leeding")?

Nothing to control this appears in the properties box (in CS3). Is is possible to do with ActionScipt.

Anyone know if it is possible?

Text Format Property: Leading (=text Spacing, BUT)
Hi!

In Flash it is possible to set the line spacing to a negative value - with the result of tighter lines.
It is also possible to define line spacing via ActionScript (.leading property of text format), but it is not possible to set negative values.

I really need those text lines with less spacing than 0pt.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Maybe a workaround?

Thank you!

Tensile

Text Formatting (Leading)
Hi,

I can't seem to be able to set the leading of dynamic text field to a negative leading using the textformat object.... anybody out there with the know how of this? thank you

Leading On Dynamic Text
is it possible to change the line spacing or leading of a multiline text fiels using createtextfield?

also is there a way to alias dynamic text?

Dynamic Text Leading
Hi. I am trying to control the leading of a paragraph of dynamic text that is loaded from an XML file. The problem is that I would like to have different leading on different lines within the same text field.

What is the best way to do this? I have thought of changing the leading dynamically but there is no way to know when the line breaks (still) and even if there was, you can only change the leading for an entire text field, not change it at run time and each line stays with the leading you want...

The other solution is to create a text field for each line of text. I know how to do this, but I would like a sure-fire way of filling the whole line of text with not too many characters and not too less... Also since the xml data has html tags I would have to count how many characters, but not count characters within "<" and ">" ... it's too complicated! Whats the best way of approaching this?

Text Field Leading
Hi guys.....

I have created a textfield using as:

"_root.createTextField(blah blah blah etc.."

My question/problem is that if i set the text type to "input" I can't seem to change the leading of the text.

I tried changing the type to "dynamic" and the leading seemed to work fine!

As this is for a contact form, i need the text box to be "input".

Is there any way around this?

Thanks for your time

Dynamic Text Box Leading Problem.
Hi all,

I use a dynamic text box to create a digital clock. The time is input with the help of actionscript.

BUT i cant seem to edit the leading of the output time.It's set at 0 and cant be edited. Is there any script that i can add to increase the leading?

If it will help this is the script i use for my digital clock:
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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
myTime = new Date();
nSeconds = myTime.getSeconds();
nMinutes = myTime.getMinutes();
nHours = myTime.getHours();
if (hours>=24) {
ampm = "am";
} else {
ampm = "pm";
}
if (hours>=23) {
nHours = nHours-24;
}
if (length(nMinutes) == 1) {
nHinutes = "0"+nMinutes;
}
if (length(nSeconds) == 1) {
nSeconds = "0"+nSeconds;
}
nTime = nHours+":"+nMinutes+":"+nSeconds+" ";
}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks alot...i need to slove this.

Text Wrapping With Leading Hypen
Posted this over on flashcoders, but no response, so thought I'd see if anyone here has any insight.

I'm seeing something undesirable under some conditions with wrapping text and hyphenated words. Flash is breaking the line on the hyphen (good), but the hyphen ends up being the first character of the next line (bad). It's interesting, because flash will do the right thing when the second part of the hyphenated word just barely doesn't fit. Add a little more space and it breaks wrong. Plus, this is only exhibited when displaying the swf in the browser (IE 6.0.288, W2K, SP2, FP 7,0,14,0).

For our project we are not embedding font outlines, and don't want to (for reasons of localization, character crispness, bandwidth, etc.). Also it is a requirement that we publish to Flash 6. Here's a code snippet which exhibits the issue:

/////////////

stop();
var textVal = "Mike was just concerned about Miriam's well-being, he...";

var tf_fmt = new TextFormat();
tf_fmt.font = "Tahoma";
tf_fmt.size = 12;

var wstart = 258;
var wend = 259;

for (w = wstart, y = 10; w <= wend; w++, y += 50) {
var tfName = "tf" + y + "_txt";
var tfIndex = "tf" + y + "Index_txt";
_root.createTextField (tfName, y, 40, y, w, 19);
_root.createTextField (tfIndex, y*100, 0, y, 30, 20);
_root[tfIndex].text = w;

with (_root[tfName]) {
wordWrap = true;
border = true;
autosize = "left";
text = textVal;
setTextFormat (tf_fmt);
/*
_height++;
dummyVar = textHeight;
_height--;
*/
}
}

/////////////

The commented out code at the bottom fixes another problem with leading spaces in TextField's. With hope I had tried it here, but it had no effect .

As an added bonus mystery, when I publish this to Flash 7 player, the TextFields only display a single line. Publish to Flash 6 and all lines are displayed.

Any insights to solutions to these two problems (particularly the first one)? It will be a very undesirable solution in the actual project to manually break the lines, because there the text is being re-used in many different contexts.

Thanks for any insight on this!

Ward Ruth

How Do You Increase The Text Leading In Flash 8?
How can you increase the text leading in Flash 8? Flash MX had a text format option. Thanks for any help!

[F8] Leading Problem In Dynamic Text
Hi!

I'm having an 'interesting' problem with a dynamic text field. As can be seen in the attached PNG, the multi-line text field is placing all the text on the same line - ie. there is no line spacing at all. The text is loading from a bit of XML.

I've tried setting this with textformat, changing the font, html setting both on and off, a new textbox with different naming and was wondering if anyone could suggest what might be going astray here.

Many thanks

Neale

Text Overflow Problem With AutoSize And Leading
I'm having a problem with my text fields where if I set autoSize and specify a leading (linespacing) value, Flash renders the text with an extra line of white space at the bottom.

This causes the text to shift up within the text box when the user tries to select the text.

You can see an example swf here:
http://thepencilfarm.com/flashkit/textBug/

Setting the leading to 0 or omitting it completely solves the problem, but I would like to specify a leading value.

Has anyone encountered this problem before?
Any known workarounds?

Leading Zeros In Dynamic Text Fields
I have a dynamic text field that indicates the degree of rotation of a knob. I need the display to have three digits showing at all times. This means I need leading zeros from 0 to 99. ie, 000, 001, 002, etc.

Is there a way to do this numerically or do I have to change the numbers to strings and concatenate??

Thanks,

Input Text Boxes & Kerning & Leading
greetings!

i was hoping that someone might have an answer to my question. is there ANY way to dynamically change the kerning of an input box? i'd like to give users the ability to modify the kerning of my .swf file. i know flash allows you to change properties like font size, colour, alignment, etc., but i can't find a way to change the kerning property. i don't even think one exists for them. so is there any kind of work around to this?

also, is there any reason why i can't use negative values for leading for the input box? it only allows me to use positive numbers when i try to change it dynamically.. but when i'm in flash, i can use positive and negative values... weird! thanks

Leading, Linespacing Or Distance Between Lines Of Text
How to do leading on Flash may seem like a stupid question but there is no mention of it on properties, where they have font size and letterspace, nor is the word lead or linespace in the "help" nor is it in my book Flash 8 in 24 hours Kerman (is this book crap or what?)
Appreciate any tips you might have. I know there has to be leading linespace.

Flash 8 Text Leading / Line Spacing Problem
I have a dynamic text field which populates using an external .txt file. The font used is a non-device font (embeded). The leading of the text was too big (the space between lines of text is too big), so i changed the leading to -5. All of the text looks ok, except the part that is transfered to the next line using word-wrap; this next line doesn't follow the -5 leading but is even smaller - tighter text lines. I want all of the text to have normal leading that i specified (-5).
How do i fix this?

I hope you understood what i was trying to say: the text lines separated by pressing the <enter> keyboard button are ok; the lines which are too long to fit in the text frame are transfered to the next line and the leading is smaller than specified.
Please help!

Is Leading Possible?
I see all sorts of text tools, but I don't see a way to change the leading (vertical line spacing) Please tell me I'm just blind.

<li> And Leading
When I put a list tag into my textfield, how does it affect the leading
property of the textformat? The debugger gives me a "Null" value. Does
it mean it has multiple textformats?

I want to add a value on the existing leading (depending what language
is used in my application). Can I still do this on a html list. Can I
parse all textformats of the text? How?

Tab Leading
How can I create a Tab leading just like you would in Word but using AS.All the info is being pulled from a XML file.
I have this but it does not keep the text aligned correctly.

Code:
var cnt = new_news.length;
txt.text = "";
for (var i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
txt.htmlText += new_news[i].substring(0,15) + "................................................................................................................."+ " $" + prices[i] + "" + "<A HREF="asfunction:show_news," + i + ""> Read</A> ";
}
Any Help would be greatly appreciated

LEADING
not lead-ing.. but lead (like a metal)...

I just realize something. flash doesn't have leading set for text. For those who doesn't know, leading is the spacing between each line of text. There is kerning, which is between each letters in a sentence, but no leading.. :(

Please tell me I am mistaken, and there is actually a leading option hidding somewhere in flash..

Help In Keeping The Leading Zero
Hi,

I know that this is a fairly routine question and has prob'ly been answered dozens of times in the past (yes I did search, but didn't find anything), but...

How do I get AS to keep the leading zero in a number?

i.e. I want my counter to return 01,02,03... instead of 1,2,3...

I checked the methods of the Math function and nothing rang a bell.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Evan

Unit Of Leading
Can anyone tell me what is the unit of leading property for textFormat? pt? twips?

Thank you very much!!!

Leading W/ MX Formatting...
I've got a text scroll box and would like more space between each sentence (leading).

Could someone explain what sort of code I would need to put in order to adjust the leading and where it would go?

Thanks!

HtmlText Leading And XML
I'm importing a restaurants menu written in XML but it seems it is adding a few extra hard returns between nodes.

If I use a couple lines like this

Code:
<dish4>
Gourmet Pizzas with Basil Pesto, Mozzarella, and Goat Cheese Tomato Sauce also available
</dish4>
<dish5>
Chicken Satay with Toasted Coconut, Almonds and a Ginger Soy Dipping Sauce
</dish5>

There will be two hard returns between each entry. How do I change that?

Leading Not Working
Can anyone tell me why leading will not work?? I've tried setTextFormat and setNewTextFormat and to no avail neither are working. Here is my function applying the new format.

ActionScript Code:
function loadVideo(itemID)
{
TweenMax.to(_parent.thumbwin,1,{_x:-800, autoAlpha:0, ease:Expo.easeOut});
TweenMax.to(_parent.vidwin,1,{_x:2, ease:Expo.easeOut});
var mc = _parent.vidwin;
var flv = xml.firstChild.childNodes[itemID].attributes.flv;
mc.ns.play(flv);
var title = xml.firstChild.childNodes[itemID].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
var subtitle = xml.firstChild.childNodes[itemID].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
mc.titletxt = title;
mc.subtxt = subtitle;

//Set the format
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.leading = -20;
mc.title.autoSize = true;
mc.vidwin.subtitle.autoSize = true;
mc.title.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
}

Leading In Flash
anyone know how to set minus leading in a dynamic text box created with actionscript?

Remove Leading Zero= NaN?
Code:
//gasupdateArray = new Array();
//for(p = 0;p < 100;p++){
Chkgas= 12/06/2005 //Chkgas= _root.CMDB.data["gas:" + p][5];
//gasupdateArray.push(Chkgas);
splitdate =Chkgas.split ("/");

gasday = splitdate.slice (1,2);
gasdaynum = Number(gasday);
gasday=gasdaynum
this array is nothing more than dates in mm/dd/yyyy format
ive commented it as it does not really pertain to the problem
ive made chkgas equal to one of the problem dates

gasday when a leading zero exists can not be read as the matching value i want it to be
the format it should be is 1,2,3 and not 01,02,03 the leading zero is the problem
ive tried everything

gasday in turn uses tell target to load the movieclip numbers+x to load
the leading zero then makes the tell target numbers+01 and so on

Code:
for(i=0;i<=yourstring.length-1;i++) {
if (yourstring.charAt(i) == '0') {
yourstring = yourstring.concat(yourstring.slice(0,i),yourstring.slice(i+1))
}
}
doesnt work either

plz help thx in advance

Help Leading To Next Frame
I made a little movieclip animation of traveling circles and there is a btn that the user pushes to set this off and then when this finishes i want the user to end up on frame 2. i know how to make a button go to a frame with "gotoAndStop" etc but how do i make the little animation play first and then it leads to frame2?
I appreciate any help!

-O

Leading Not Working
Can anyone tell me why leading will not work?? I've tried setTextFormat and setNewTextFormat and to no avail neither are working. Here is my function applying the new format.

ActionScript Code:
function loadVideo(itemID){ TweenMax.to(_parent.thumbwin,1,{_x:-800, autoAlpha:0, ease:Expo.easeOut}); TweenMax.to(_parent.vidwin,1,{_x:2, ease:Expo.easeOut}); var mc = _parent.vidwin; var flv = xml.firstChild.childNodes[itemID].attributes.flv; mc.ns.play(flv); var title = xml.firstChild.childNodes[itemID].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue; var subtitle = xml.firstChild.childNodes[itemID].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue; mc.titletxt = title; mc.subtxt = subtitle; //Set the format var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); my_fmt.leading = -20; mc.title.autoSize = true; mc.vidwin.subtitle.autoSize = true; mc.title.setTextFormat(my_fmt);}

Unit Of Leading
Can anyone tell me what is the unit of leading property for textFormat? pt? twips?

Thank you very much!!!

[CS3] LoadVariables Leading To Insanity
Situation: On the satge there is a large image of a map. This map is a movieclip, instance name 'map'. Inside this movieclip there is an invisble button over a certain location. The 'over' frame of this movieclip contains a box with information about that are so it will appear when the area is moused over.

I want to load variables from an external text file into the information box. The dynamic text fields have the var field set to the text file variable names. The text file looks like this:

Code:
&jh_base_name=Mezcal&jh_total_uploads=28647&jh_your_uploads=4&jh_upload_time=15-03-2008
&wp_base_name=WheyPat&wp_total_uploads=39865&wp_your_uploads=7&wp_upload_time=19-03-2008
and it is called data.txt

The frame of the main movie that contains all ths has the line:
loadVariables("data.txt","map");

None of the variable appear though.

What's driving me mad is that, to test this, I created a new file; created a movieclip;created a button within the movieclip;created the same text fields on the 'over' frame AND IT WORKS.

What is my file doing different? I can't work out what's stopping the variables getting through

Leading Font Attribute
Hi,

I would like to know if the Leading (space between lines adjustment) was removed from Flash Professional 8? I remember in flash 7 this option was in the properties panel, but now I did not find this. Thank you for your attention.

Line Space (leading) And CSS
Hello,

Is there a way to control line spacing (leading) when loading a CSS file as a styleSheet for a dynamic textbox?

Please note the following: The CSS property "line-height" is unsupported by in Actionscript 2.0.
There is a textformat property called "leading" that controls line spacing, but setTextFormat() has no effect once a styleSheet is set.

Thanks!

TextFormat Leading Has No Effect?
I'm trying to control line spacing in a dynamic TextField. Changing the leading property doesn't seem to have any effect.
var descFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
descFormat.leading = 50;
myText.setNewTextFormat(descFormat);

Thanks for any help with this.

Buttons Leading To Different Frames...
I have a few buttons, each with the actionscript of

this.gotoAndStop (frame);

and when I test out my project I get this in output :
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=more1, frame=3:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
this.gotoAndStop (2);
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=more2, frame=4:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
this.gotoAndStop (3);
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=back1, frame=4:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
this.gotoAndStop (1);
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=more3, frame=5:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
this.gotoAndStop (4);
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=back2, frame=5:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
this.gotoAndStop (2);
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=back3, frame=6:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
this.gotoAndStop (3);
Total ActionScript Errors: 6 Reported Errors: 6

Wondering what this means and how to fix it, thanks!

Applying New Leading Value To Textfield
I have a textfield that I'm using for both plain text (loadVariables) and XML. I need to be able to adjust the leading (space between lines of text) for the XML. Does anyone know of a way to change this value on the fly? Otherwise, I'm stuck using separate textfields and turning visibility on and off. That sucks. So far, I can't find a way to even apply leading changes to XML. It only seems to work on embedded text. Btw, I'm using Flash MX 2004.

Code:
var myFormatter:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormatter.leading = 10;
this.createTextField("message_txt", 1, 100, 100, 380, 130);
message_txt.multiline = true;
message_txt.wordWrap = true;
message_txt.border = true;
message_txt.html = true;
message_txt.text = "This is my first textfield object test - leading is set to 10. This is my first textfield object test - leading is set to 10.";
//loadNewsXML(2006); // Leading doesn't apply to XML
message_txt.setTextFormat(myFormatter);

Type Leading In Flash?
How do you change the type leading of pixel fonts within Flash? Or any type of font for that matter.

Can it be done?
(If not, Macromedia should be ashamed)

Dynamic HtmlText Leading Possible?
Ok, I´ve searched this forum, but I couldn´t find any answer to my problem.

I have a movie that creates an empty text field.

ActionScript Code:
txt.html = true;
txt.multiline = true;
txt.wordWrap = true;
txt.condenseWhite = true;
txt.autoSize = "left";
txt.selectable = false;
txt.embedFonts = true;

How can I change it´s leading (line spacing)?

I´ve tried:

ActionScript Code:
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.leading = 20;
txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);

...with no luck...

Inconsistent Font Leading In Flash
I am running Flash MX on Mac OS 9.1.

Sometimes if I have the leading of a block of type set at anything other than the default, when I open the Flash file the leading is tighter than it should be. Sometimes, if I go in and just add a space, the type suddenly jumps back the way it was supposed to be, sometimes not. I find myself constantly changing leading values over and over.

Has anyone else ever experienced this problem? And if so, what do I do about it?

::: Hit Test Leading To Movie Clip :::
I want to put a hit test on two objects, but I don’t know the first thing about the hit test action. I was hoping someone could explain or just give me a basic code.
I have two symbols, first is named ‘guy’ and the second is called ‘dynamite’. I want the movie to jump to frame 2 of scene 1 when they collide, ‘guy’ is going to be moving into ‘dynamite’.
Please could anyone enlighten me in the slightest / post a script / or explain what I need to do?
It would be most appreciated as I am new and puzzled!

www.callumations.tk
www.animootions.tk

Leading Zeros In SlideShow Problem
The following script will not display the .jpg photo's when they are numbered with 'leading zeros' 001.jpg, 002.jpg etc.

Code:
i++;
if ( i > max_pictures) {
i = 1;
}
picture = i+".jpg";
loadMovie(picture,_root.viewer);

Can anyone please tell me why or help with a workaround?
I can renumber my photo's but that also means too many changes to existing work so would prefer not to renumber.

Regards,
LexyCon

PC To MAC Font Registration And Leading Problem
Hi,

I've had a good look everywhere but can't find a decent solution to this problem and it seems a lot of people are experiencing it

When working on flash files between mac and PC (the exact truetype font is installed on both machines) the font will display differently.

There used to be a solution it seems, but that was 4 years ago:

http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000386.php

Any ideas?

thanks

Can't Control Leading In Created TextField
So I am finally starting to work on creating dynamic text fields at runtime. And so far, the only hiccup that I've encountered is leading (line spacing). As you can see below, I've created a function for setting up the attibutes of a created text field. For whatever reason, the leading feature isn't working. It doesn't matter what number I put in after the equal sign, it doesn't affect a thing.

The fonts being used are embedded in the library. The text is html pulling from an external CSS. What else do I need to do to control the leading?

(thanks for your help)

function setUpTextField(myText:TextField) {
currentTextField = myText;
currentTextField.embedFonts = true;
currentTextField.multiline = true;
currentTextField.selectable = false;
currentTextField.wordWrap = true;
currentTextField.html = true;
currentTextField.styleSheet = xpakCSS;
currentTextField.antiAliasType = "advanced";
currentTextField.leading = 4;
}

Button Not Leading To Correct Frame
I am making a game, and there is a point where if you hit a spike, it directs to frame three. I made a button, then made the button a movie clip. In the movie clip, the spike moves back and forth. Then on the button, I added

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay (3)
}

So the movement works fine, the spike goes back and forth. But when you hit the spike, it goes to frame three of the movie clip timeline, not the entire movie timeline. Is there any way to get around this?

Text Leading

Is this true....text leading controls the spacing between lines of text???ThanksRishad

Is this true....text leading controls the spacing between lines of text???

Thanks

Rishad