Re: Underlining text in Interface Builder
Re: Underlining text in Interface Builder
- Subject: Re: Underlining text in Interface Builder
- From: Adil Saleem <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 05:58:57 -0800 (PST)
I don't get it. If a user can not underline the text directly from interface builder, then why is the option given in the font window ?
Adil
--- On Tue, 11/4/08, Jonathan Hess <email@hidden> wrote:
From: Jonathan Hess <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Underlining text in Interface Builder
To: email@hidden
Cc: email@hidden
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 12:09 PM
Hey Adil -
A text label in Interface Builder is an NSTextField, which has an
NSTextFieldCell. NSTextFieldCell has three related properties, stringValue,
font, and attributedStringValue. When the cell has just a stringValue, and a
font, it combines the two during drawing to draw the string with the specified
font. An attributed string is a much richer combination of a string and styling
directives, when a text field cell has a specified attributed string value, it
will use that for drawing. Even though the underlining attribute is present on
the font panel, it isn't actually a property of fonts. Instead, underlining
is an attribute that you can specify for a range of characters in an attributed
string independent of the font. In order to have a NSTextField/NSTextFieldCell
pair with underlined text, you would need to use the attributed string instead
of the simple string + font. Unfortunately, Interface Builder only supports
configuring the string and font, not the attributed string.
I suggest filing an enhancement request at http://bugreport.apple.com/
Jon Hess
On Nov 4, 2008, at 12:37 AM, Adil Saleem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to underline a static text in Interface Builder (through fonts
window), but it does not underline the text. I don't understand why. Any
ideas ?
>
> Thanx
>
>
>
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