Text Entry Box - text is not aligned correctly

May 17, 2022

Good day,

Recently noticed that textbox entry text are not aligned correctly. In this sample, I have three textentry boxes with text set to align to top, middle, and bottom.

  • Align to top seems to be working.
  • Align to middle is below the mid-point line
  • Align to bottom is beneath the text entry box. If the textentry box for the align-to-bottom is set to the middle of the slide, then a user can't click in the textentry box to enter text if the text is off-slide (see previous version of the sample).

Screenshot image of text entry boxes with three text alignment options

Is there a fix for this?

10 Replies
Alysha Smith

I'm having the same issue! Was there a fix for this?

One of my text entry fields doesn't allow me to align text at all, and it shows up great.

The other two text entry fields allow me to align text, but they're the ones that actually show up incorrectly. The middle is too high, the top is even higher, and the low is too low.

Eric Santos

Hi Alysha,

Thanks for taking the time to share what you're experiencing, and I'm sorry you ran into this! We're still looking into this issue where Text Entry fields display characters in an offset position.

I'll share your findings with the team and notify you of any changes. Here's a peek into our process:

In the meantime, we're happy to troubleshoot your file for any tailored options if you'd like. Please use this private upload link to share the Storyline file in a support case.

Jürgen Schoenemeyer

this "feature"

  • vertical text position in input text

works if slide scaling is deactivated

  • in classic player with setting "Lock player at optimal size" (outsite review360)

don't works if slide scaling is active

  • in classic player with setting "Lock player at optimal size" on review360*
  • in classic player with setting "Scale player to fill browser window" everywhere
  • in modern player at all

it's simply not yet migrated to browser scaling (Classic + Modern player)

* on review360 all courses are scaled - independent of the course settings

Kyle Yates

I'm not sure if this will help anyone else, or if they had a different issue but with modern player, player.zoomtofit set to false, and then "Do Not Autofit" and wrap text unchecked I am not getting misalignment. It appears that wrap text or text entry margins may have changed because projects I made in the past were suddenly not working for text entry, but I think this solved it.