Unable to add text/rect into newScrollView

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi,

Is it only me, but I am unable to add text or rect inside a widget.newScrollView ?

For example (this is a code extract. group is good, widget is included, etc) : 

    local scrollView = widget.newScrollView

{

    top = 100,

    left = 10,

    width = 300,

    height = 400,

    scrollWidth = 600,

    scrollHeight = 800,

}

    group:insert( scrollView )

    local text = display.newText( scrollView, “this is a test”, 0,0, nil, 20 )

    text:setFillColor( 0,0,0)

The text will never scroll and will not be positioned properly inside the scrollview.

This is happening with build 2100 and 2155 (just try the latest build).

#2

In your code ‘scrollView’ cannot be used as a group. I think the actual group is something like scrollView._view, but the best way (read: safest, most future-proof) is to use scrollView:insert( text ), so you create the text first and then insert it into the scroll view.

Yes, there is a regular display group which you can access inside the scroll view widget, but it is “internal workings” so you should probably leave it alone.

#3

Oh! thank you very much as I was not aware of this.

#4

In your code ‘scrollView’ cannot be used as a group. I think the actual group is something like scrollView._view, but the best way (read: safest, most future-proof) is to use scrollView:insert( text ), so you create the text first and then insert it into the scroll view.

Yes, there is a regular display group which you can access inside the scroll view widget, but it is “internal workings” so you should probably leave it alone.

#5

Oh! thank you very much as I was not aware of this.