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TextAlign Property
Syntax
For the text tool:
set the textAlign to <alignment>
For objects:
set the textAlign of [<part> of] <object>
to <alignment>
Description
The textAlign property determines the alignment of the text in an object or in a chunk of an object, except field chunks. Such text might be a button or movie label, a field's text, a column of a dataSheet, or text typed with the text tool in painting. Each property setting produces the effect described in the following list:
Property Setting: right Effect: right-justified
Property Setting: left Effect: left-justified
Property Setting: center Effect: centered
You can apply the textAlign property to the following object parts:
Bitmap and field parts: label
DataSheet and pickList parts: colLabel, \column (col)
Examples
Create a button with the following script:
on mouseUp
choose text tool
put the textAlign into format
if format = "left" then set the textAlign to center click at 100,100
type "Oracle Corporation"
choose browse tool
end mouseUp
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