How to prevent display text from exceeding the viewable screen?

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#1

Hi there great people. I wonder how to prevent the display text from exceeding the viewable width. By the way, I am using zoomEven as the scale. Any help will be much appreciated.

#2

Use the width parameter. If the text exceeds the width, it will wrap to a new line. See the documentation: http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/display/newText.html

#3

Yup… I did usedthat butit still going on to the bleeding side of the screen which is not viewable. 

#4

Code would be helpful. What does your config file look like?

#5

zoomEven will have some areas bleed off the screen.  You just have to make the width of the text string short enough that it won’t bleed off. 

Rob

#6

Hey James, this is my config file

application = {

content = {

width = 768,

height = 1024, 

scale = “zoomEven”,

fps = 30,

},

}

#7

Rob, how bout if the text is long and im expecting it to go down on the right border of the viewable screen

#8

I’m not sure I follow your description and needs? 

Rob

#9

Use the width parameter. If the text exceeds the width, it will wrap to a new line. See the documentation: http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/display/newText.html

#10

Yup… I did usedthat butit still going on to the bleeding side of the screen which is not viewable. 

#11

Code would be helpful. What does your config file look like?

#12

zoomEven will have some areas bleed off the screen.  You just have to make the width of the text string short enough that it won’t bleed off. 

Rob

#13

Hey James, this is my config file

application = {

content = {

width = 768,

height = 1024, 

scale = “zoomEven”,

fps = 30,

},

}

#14

Rob, how bout if the text is long and im expecting it to go down on the right border of the viewable screen

#15

I’m not sure I follow your description and needs? 

Rob