can't get newText() to align left

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m creating a Text Object using display.newText() and I cannot seem to find a way for it to align “left” when I update it later.

Here is what I’m trying:

timerText = display.newText( "0.00", 0, 0, "Impact", 23 )   
timerText.align = "left"  
timerText:setReferencePoint(display.TopLeftReferencePoint)

and later inside of a timer event listener where the target is timerText :

self.text = count\*.1

When I update it always defaults to left. Am I doing anything wrong? [import]uid: 2997 topic_id: 490 reply_id: 300490[/import]

#2

ahh, looks like should be using “label” no? [import]uid: 2997 topic_id: 490 reply_id: 953[/import]

#3

Yes. I did, self:setText(count\*.1) instead of self.text = count\*.1 and it kept the formatting.

hope that helps somebody. [import]uid: 2997 topic_id: 490 reply_id: 954[/import]