Make an object start at a point x

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

When I have two texts with different sizes (one is 120 characters the other is 180) and give them an x value they are placed at the center of that value.

In other words giving the text a value of 150 would not make it start at 150 but would place the middle of the text at 150 or so it seems.

I also cant figure out how to make the texts go to the next line once it reaches the end of the screen or a certain point.

Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanx [import]uid: 76592 topic_id: 18733 reply_id: 318733[/import]

#2

By default most objects use a centre reference point. You can change their starting reference point by using stuff like this.

[/code]myText:setReferencePoint(display.BottomLeftReferencePoint)[/code]

Make sure you set .x and .y AFTER you set the reference point.

For text to go to the next line, I think you need to use a specific multiline text function? I know there was some news about that lately. Check the blog. [import]uid: 41884 topic_id: 18733 reply_id: 72017[/import]

#3

Thanks definitely helped!! :slight_smile: [import]uid: 76592 topic_id: 18733 reply_id: 72028[/import]