How to Vertically center dynamic text?

I am trying to vertically center and wrap text within a Text div. I have figured out how to center text if it is a single line, but the text that I am using will be diffrent for each user depending on what language they view the page in. How can i make sure that text is always vertically centred and wrapped regardless of how long it is?

Could you do this with css? There is a css attribute display:table that allows you to set the paragraph attribute to align to themiddle of a region. See: http://css-tricks.com/vertically-center-multi-lined-text/
Hope that helps.

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I'm trying to extend the InlineGraphic TLF example to insert images of varying sizes, but vertically center them in the text Flow. I'm having trouble figuring out the correct parameters to properly center the element. I've been playing with alignmentBaseline & dominantBaseline w/ IDEOGRAPHIC_CENTER, but I don't get very promising results. Here's a screen shot of where I'm at:
Notice the blue box(added in post), the text MESSUP is being placed on the same line as the Lorem Ipsum text(in the string, it's Donec MESSUP). Also, the selection box (Ctrl+A) shows breaks in the text layout. It seems like the boxes should be shifted up. This may be as designed, if so, how do I compact/shift the boxes up?
For contrast, this is what it looks like without the centering:
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            textFlow.fontSize = 34;
            textFlow.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
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                    var span:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
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                    inlineGraphic.height = imageSize;
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Cannot, really.
Read this -
http://www.apptools.com/examples/tableheight.php
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> How to vertically center a div? :-S
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How do I make dynamic text look static while the HMTL tagging is enabled?

Hi all,
I am using flash 8 with AS 2.0.
I have a dynamic text field where I am setting it's text value through a variable. Now, I need this dynamic text field content to look like static font on runtime. I tried embedding the text field but that makes my file so heavy and most importantly, it disables the HTML tagging on the text field.
Please suggest me on how to make a dynamic text field content look static on runtime while the HTML tagging is enabled and working fine.
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I am sorry. But the attachment was not intended for what you
thought my friend.
It was there so that there are no confusions for what I mean by look of dynamic and static text fields.

How to make a dynamic text be SMS by fl2.1

Now ,I know use " getURL("sms:"+telnumber) "to send sms to a
specified no.,but how to make a dynamic text be the sms content.?
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How to vertical select a text in iWord. Like we do in Mac version of MS Word by Command Option [and selecting]

How to vertical select a text in iWord. Like we do in Mac version of MS Word by Command Option [and selecting]

m0thr4 wrote:
I want to make sure all text in my document is a particular font (at least), but Cmd+a only selects any text that is not in a table. There seems to be no way to include text in tables, or even a way to change the format of all text in a particular table (MS Word allows the whole table to be highlighted for example).
A double click in a cell selects it so you may enter what you wish in it.
Select the cell A1 then, pressing the shift key, click in the right-bottom cell.
Doing that you will get every table's cells selected which gives the ability to apply global attributes.
I've searched the built-in help and found "To select all text in a document, choose Edit > Select All." This does not work as tables are excluded from this selection. If tried some of the other suggestions, such as holding down shift while selecting text in tables, but as soon as I get to the end of the text in one cell, the selection disappears.
My guess is that some words are missing in the Help. Select All selects all the text … of the text layer.
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Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 10 octobre 2008 17:16:06)

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How to vertically center a div? :-S

Cannot, really.
Read this -
http://www.apptools.com/examples/tableheight.php
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How do i center the text of a JLabel?

How do i center the text of a JLabel?

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/swing/JLabel.html#setHorizontalTextPosition(int)

How to vertically center text within its container

Whether in a button, or a text element, I see no way to center the text that you type *vertically* in the container. I'm not talking about within the box element. I mean just the text element itself. If I size out a text area and start typing in it, I should be able to say center it vertically. That's what I'm looking for anyway. Help much appreciated.

Text elements cannot be vertically centered as they are not containers. However, you can fake that somewhat by making the line-height very large. But this means if you have text spanning two lines it would be very far apart though

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anything to do this. Can I get a coordinate that tells me the
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How to use same dynamic text, multiple times in a Movie

FLASH CS5.5
How can a dynamic text field be used multiple times, on any
frame, in any new layer during a Movie?
~~
A number of unique dynamic text fields are being used.
The intent is to use them each, many times during a Movie.
(i.e. a users first name)
They are successfully being "ExternalInterfaced" from a PDF form field.
(the SWF is displayed within the PDF as a RMA)
This all works well, IF I only use one instance of the dynamic text field.
(one use of each unique text field)
If I try and use that same dynamic text field, again, in a new layer, later in the SWF,
all of that said, duplicate dynamic text fields do not display.
~~
Stumped!!!
Thanks in advance for your advice / comments!
D-

Thanks Ned,
I always welcome learning something new.
I did not know creating a new keyframe,
creates a new instance.
Yes, I had used the same dynamic text field instance name in
numerous, new layers (great observation).
With the objective to display the User's name throughout
the timeline (on and off)...
I'll attempt to paraphrase your solution;
Use a single layer to display the dynamic text field.
Extend this layer's timeline throughout the movie, or end use of the dynamic text field.
Help with this one ??
Set the visible properties to true or false as need through out the timeline.
( Does require an AS3 ? )
I'll give that a try.....
~~
Side of effect of using the above solution;
The SWF in it's attempted state, uses the dynamic text field instance, in
different places, different text sizes, on the stage, throughout the Movie.
(i.e. the User's first name appears in different sentences...)
Per the solution above,
I believe I will be limited to One location, one format setting.
Is this assumption correct?
I can make this work from a display / Movie point of view.
However, your first VAR concept, noted above, might be
worth exploring should more flexibility be required.
Thanks for making the time to coach...
D-

How do I center a text field when input can be single or multi-line?

I'm creating a form in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI and have almost everything the way I want it. One of my last problems is trying to get a text in a text field centered. The input is sometimes a single line and sometimes multi-line. If I set it up so the multi-line entries are centered, then the single line looks off ... and vice versa. Is there any way to have the text automatically centered in the text field regardless of whether it's single or multi-line?

Unfortunately, there's no way to set up a field so that the text is guaranteed to be vertically centered in both cases. If you set it up so that rich text formatting is enabled, it's possible for a user to vertically center, but it's not something you can preconfigure so that it will remain in effect when the field is cleared. For a user to do this, with the focus set to the field they'd have to display the Properties toolbar (Ctrl+E), click the "More..." > Paragraph > Alignment > Text Middle [button]

How to display the dynamic text in the selection screen

Hi All,
I want to display the dynamic text in the selection screen .... ( I searched in forums , didnt get the any answer fot this sort of qustion ).....
EX: If i have the date of today 31st it has to show message like " today date is 31 like some thing " when i execute the report .
Could any one face this sort of requirment, Please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Reagrds,
Bharani

Where would you like this dynamic text being displayed? As an "message" or in some parameter field?
If first
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at selection-screen.
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   message text type 'I'.
If second
parameters pa_text type c length 50.
at selection-screen on date.
if date is not initial.
    concatenate 'Today is' date into pa_text.
enidf.
at selection-screen output.
   "show it as read only
   loop at screen.
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           screen-input = abap_false.
          modify screen.
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Regards
Marcin

How to use an dynamic text from Flash in FlashBuilder with swf ?

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i'm trying to develop a game in flex builder and i got a problem with the dymanic text i've imported from flash. I want to insert a scoreboard in my application and for doing that i should use dynamic text in flash. I create a dynamic text in flash and then a import it to Flash Builder in a movie clip, and i called the dynamic text "Score". Now i've tried to use the "Score" variable to change the value of the dynamic text box un my flash builder application, but it doesn't change anything.
I read somewhere that i've got to use the score.text value to change the number of my score but that doesn't works because Flash Builder tells me that this sort of variable don't contain the .text value.
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bye.

Thanks Ned,
I always welcome learning something new.
I did not know creating a new keyframe,
creates a new instance.
Yes, I had used the same dynamic text field instance name in
numerous, new layers (great observation).
With the objective to display the User's name throughout
the timeline (on and off)...
I'll attempt to paraphrase your solution;
Use a single layer to display the dynamic text field.
Extend this layer's timeline throughout the movie, or end use of the dynamic text field.
Help with this one ??
Set the visible properties to true or false as need through out the timeline.
( Does require an AS3 ? )
I'll give that a try.....
~~
Side of effect of using the above solution;
The SWF in it's attempted state, uses the dynamic text field instance, in
different places, different text sizes, on the stage, throughout the Movie.
(i.e. the User's first name appears in different sentences...)
Per the solution above,
I believe I will be limited to One location, one format setting.
Is this assumption correct?
I can make this work from a display / Movie point of view.
However, your first VAR concept, noted above, might be
worth exploring should more flexibility be required.
Thanks for making the time to coach...
D-

How do I center the text in full width accordion panel?

Hello!
Is it possible to center the text to follow the full width accordion widget?
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I created a page so you see what I'm talking about: http://fullwidthissue.businesscatalyst.com/index.html
Please respond if you know what to do or if it's impossible..
Thanx

This believe this can be fixed within the <head> of the document. I had the same problem and it took me a bit to figure this solution.
Step 1
Find the <div> ID that muse gives to the content portion of the accordion element. you can find this by using a web browser that lets you inspect the code.
Step 2 once you have that code replace u6174. with your specific <div> then past this into your <Head> of the muse document. Almost forgot.....Get a general idea of the minimum size around your content this example it was a width of 750px. and change the width accordingly on this code.
<style>
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width: 750px;
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padding-right: 0px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
border-right-width: 0px;
border-left-width: 0px; "}
</style>
you can see a sample of this here:
Alain Hunkins
At the bottom is this solution working.
Let me know if that helps.

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