Center alignment problem in display.newText

Solar2D Widgets
#1

I have two lines of text.but it display like this

"The love story  happened in 4weddings and a funeral. Actors did

not attend any birthday party."

but i need center alignment

"The love story  happened in 4weddings and a funeral. Actors did 

                           not attend any birthday party."

mycode is:

      local explText  = display.newText(“The love story  happened in 4weddings and a funeral. Actors did not attend any birthday party.”, 0, 0, 300, 25, nil, 10)

       explText:setReferencePoint( display.CenterReferencePoint )

       explText.x = display.contentWidth/2

       explText.y = display.contentHeight/2

when i used the code below code the text is centered but text is missing and only one line visible

     

        local explText  = display.newText(“The love story  happened in 4weddings and a funeral. Actors did not attend any birthday party.”, 0, 0, nil, 10)

       explText:setReferencePoint( display.CenterReferencePoint )

       explText.x = display.contentWidth/2

       explText.y = display.contentHeight/2

and there is no center alignment in corona for more than two lines of text.

how i get center alignment for more than one lines?

#2

We don’t currently have text alignment for multiple lines. This is a requested feature that we are working on. Sorry but I can’t give you a time frame when this will be available. My only suggestion for now is the break up the multiline text into separate text objects.

#3

Or you can use fontBox contributed by torbenratzlaff now … It is amazing!!! Get it at : 

http://developer.coronalabs.com/code/fontbox-finally-way-format-text

Does this : 

examples.jpg

#4

We don’t currently have text alignment for multiple lines. This is a requested feature that we are working on. Sorry but I can’t give you a time frame when this will be available. My only suggestion for now is the break up the multiline text into separate text objects.

#5

Or you can use fontBox contributed by torbenratzlaff now … It is amazing!!! Get it at : 

http://developer.coronalabs.com/code/fontbox-finally-way-format-text

Does this : 

examples.jpg

#6

Yes, there are a few alternatives. For example, here is a more simpler approach :

https://developer.coronalabs.com/code/useful-multiline-text-library#comment-form

It’s alignment is not working because it is using the old ‘newText’. Just update it with the new version of the ‘newText’ and you are good to go!

#7

Now display.newText has two variants. Second one was added at latest build and only it supports aligning.

#8

Yes, there are a few alternatives. For example, here is a more simpler approach :

https://developer.coronalabs.com/code/useful-multiline-text-library#comment-form

It’s alignment is not working because it is using the old ‘newText’. Just update it with the new version of the ‘newText’ and you are good to go!

#9

Now display.newText has two variants. Second one was added at latest build and only it supports aligning.