TextWrap word alignment problem

emre · August 2013

Hii, I have problem on TextWrap plugin,
On some words horizontal alignments are broken.
Please look at the attachment.
I could not upload the font used. But I tried another fonts also, same problem exist.

Thanks for your advise.

	local layer = Popup.new({easing = conf.easing})
	layer:setFillStyle(Shape.SOLID, 0x0000ff, 0.5)
	layer:setLineStyle(5, 0x000000)
	layer:setPosition(conf.width/2, conf.height/2)
	layer:setScale(0)
	self:addChild(layer)
...
	local helpDesc = TextWrap.new("Lorem ipsum a dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi ultrices varius tortor. Donec dui nunc, mollis eu dignissim ut, vestibulum vel nunc. Etiam odio est, facilisis imperdiet lacus ut, suscipit bibendum tellus. Ut bibendum elementum a tortor molestie cursus. Lorem a ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam ut elementum arcu. Fusce mollis eros sapien, sed dictum libero dapibus eget. In bibendum eleifend convallis. Nulla facilisi. ", textWidth, "justify", 5, conf.descriptionFont)
	helpDesc:setPosition(-layer:getWidth()/2 + 30, -layer:getHeight()/2 + 150)
	helpDesc:setTextColor(0xffffff)
	layer:addChild(helpDesc)

unlying · August 2013

It is not about textwrap. I have this bug for textfields too. Even if textfield has only 1 character - it can "jump" or "fall"

emre · August 2013

It is serious problem. I hope there is a fix of it.

ar2rsawseen · August 2013

Hmm, does it happen with any font, or with some fonts?
May it be related to half pixel positioning? Like positioning text to 10.5 pixel

unlying · August 2013

I think it is possible.

emre · August 2013

I updated the codes now I do not use decimal points on positioning(using math.floor),
And I try tahoma.ttf and again I get the misaligned texts on textwrap.

Thanks

emre · August 2013

I remove game files and only include Help page. Please look at the help page into the attachment project.
I think problem is on game template scale parts. But since I am a newbie, probably it is not related with that.

Thanks for your advise.

talis · August 2013

Hi @emre,
I solved alignment problem by changing TextWrap class to Atilim's version. See the attached project of yours and see the change in Textwrap.lua and help.lua.

ar2rsawseen · August 2013

@emre the issue seems to be with TextWrap after all, because if I set alignment to left the text seems to be ok, let me look at it more

EDIT: or you can use @talis provided version

emre · August 2013

Thanks @talis and @ar2rsawseen,
I am using Atilim's version. But I can not see 'justify' option on TextWrap class.
Is it implemented?

talis · August 2013

@emre it has 3 variants as alignment; left ,right and center.
see here it is the 6th paremeter:

local title = TextWrap2.new("How To Play?",textWidth,800,16,1, "left",conf.descriptionTitleFont)

ar2rsawseen · August 2013

I think I know where the problem is, it is combination of GiderosCodingEasy and TextWrap that causes it. I will try to come up with the solution tonight

ar2rsawseen · August 2013

Here's is your project with modified GiderosCodingEasy and TextWrap classes to make it work correctly. Meanwhile I'll update the repos

loucsam · August 2013

I'll have to get back into my game soon, as this was one issue that was holding me back from finishing.

Apollo14 · March 2018

Unfortunately 'TextWrap' class is buggy as hell atm, on some phrases horizontal alignment is totally broken.

For example phrase "Certainly\nyes" aligns perfectly, while phrase "Most\nlikely" for some reason shifts to the right.
Did somebody find a solution how to centrify multiline textfields?
Sometimes it centrifies text, sometimes it shifts it to the right, depends on God knows what:

answerTxt = TextWrap.new("No", 186, "center")
answerTxt:setFont(impact)
answerTxt:setLineSpacing(10)
answerTxt:setAnchorPoint(.5,.5)
answerTxt:setPosition(centerX,centerY)
stage:addChild(answerTxt)

P. S. it is supposed to be on center:

Apollo14 · March 2018

Not possible to create a very simple app just because of that, that's annoying.

Guys can you check attached project, is there a solution how to centrify text?
Neither TextWrap nor TextArea is of any help

Is there a bug in TextWrap/TextArea or somewhere in the very engine itself?

hgy29 · March 2018

Maybe try with TextField and it’s new layout abilities ?

Apollo14 · March 2018

hgy29 said:
Maybe try with TextField and it’s new layout abilities ?

I'd be happy to do it! Thx!
How do new layout abilities work? I didn't find any examples now.

pie · March 2018

@Apollo14 textwrap has not been updated in a long time and I suppose it broke when multiline textField was added.

http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/55387/#Comment_55387

Apollo14 · March 2018

@pie thx! now it aligns well with 'FontBase.TLF_CENTER':

answerTxt = TextField.new(impact, "Ask a\nquestion", "", {w=200, h=100, lineSpacing=7, flags=FontBase.TLF_CENTER})

antix · May 2018

Can somebody please delete that account already?

SinisterSoft · May 2018

@antix ?

antix · May 2018

@SinisterSoft.. the bot Skyblue?

SinisterSoft · May 2018

I've deleted the other bots I spotted - but are you sure Skyblue is a bot?

Apollo14 · May 2018

SinisterSoft said:
I've deleted the other bots I spotted - but are you sure Skyblue is a bot?

definitely it's a bot

SinisterSoft · May 2018

Deleted then.

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